Word: winterize
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...rush of the world record he set--and re-set--that late winter day his first year does not compare, he says, to other achievements he has experienced in rowing...
...there have been plenty of historic moments, but I've also experienced the bizarre thanks to The Crimson. There was the threat of physical violence from a hockey player after I insulted a plethora of Winter Olympics events, including the luge, the bobsled, figure skating, curling and the Miss Canada pageant. Despite the fact I don't want my bell rung like I'm Eric Lindros, I refuse to apologize...
...Sunset. When Matthew flew to Sarah's hometown last winter vacation, her friends and family suspected he was about to propose. Matthew's plan was to pop the question at midnight on New Year's Eve, but he found the perfect moment a little earlier, and decided to get down on one knee during the last sunset of the millennium...
Pouring sprites at 31,000 feet when I'm 51 years old" was not what Alan Loper wanted to be doing in the winter of his working years. By age 33, he had already been a wrestling announcer, sportswriter and flight attendant. When Eastern Airlines closed, an event he later recognized as "a blessing in disguise," Loper sought a more meaningful career. He became first a classroom English teacher and later the head counselor at Chamblee High School, a magnet school outside Atlanta. He no longer has doubts about his present or his future. "When you can look at yourself...
...sort of 'olde-worlde' feeling about it that's all too rare these days." It is a feeling that appeals to a certain age and type. "They call themselves snowbirds," says Thomas Quinones, the ship's onboard public-affairs director. "They sail around the world, keeping ahead of winter." Many are retirees who make cruise ships their semipermanent homes. Some have sailed first class on the QE2 a dozen times or more; they are known to the crew almost as family, donning their jewelry and dining frequently at the captain's table as part of the evening ritual that includes...