Word: biathlon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lilt-ingfemmefatale in the Crummies' troupe, a bitter near-deaf crone called Peg. By sulking or shrugging or exacting fatal revenge, she spins three sprightly variations on the theme. Nicholas' sturdiest friend and Kate's most dastardly seducer are both played by the same actor: Bob Peck has a biathlon field day exhibiting the far poles of man's temperaments. Even John Woodvine, a bleak house of malevolence as old Ralph Nickleby, gets to sing as the star of a comic opera skit...
...Alexander Tikhonov's teammates hurling him in the air after his smooth skiing and deadeye shooting helped them win the four-man biathlon relay. For the Soviet army major, it was an unprecedented fourth gold in four Winter Olympics...
...when a stocky Russian next accepted the gold medal for the biathlon, the cheering once again was unrestrained. Even across the town--where the people waiting for buses could see a the fireworks fill the sky but only hear strains of the National Anthems--cheers overpowered the cold, and a the politics that blanketed Lake, Placid like anthin coat of ice, melted, if only for a moment...
...figure skating, ice dancing, second run men's giant slalom, men's 1000 meter speed skating, 10 km. cross-country individual, men's 15 km. combined biathlon, men's doubles luge...
...snow slowly crept into the huge stadium where fans will sit to watch the start and finish of cross-country and biathlon events, the taciturn Fletcher smiled. "It was a big job, but we did it." The British biathlon team manager offered a more eloquent summation: "When you think of it, it's a modern miracle. They've made all the snow for an Olympic Games...