I love the Winter Olympics, much more than the summer variety. The sports are more dangerous, the speed more deft-defying. Where else is the use of cowbells so encouraged? So it is fitting that today we commemorate one of the … Continue reading →
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This Day in History 2/22 – “The Miracle on Ice”; the US beats the USSR in the 1980 Winter Olympics
I love the Winter Olympics, much more than the summer variety. The sports are more dangerous, the speed more deft-defying. Where else is the use of cowbells so encouraged? So it is fitting that today we commemorate one of the … Continue reading →
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