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Article: Haute Route Suffer Fest: When thousands of mega-lunged ski-mountaineers descend upon Zermatt for the world's toughest single-day ski race, pain is mandatory--and spandex is everywhere.(Features)
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- Skiing
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- November 1, 2004
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Byline: Evelyn Spence
ALLEZ LES BICHETTES!
It's 2:07 on a Saturday morning in the centter of Zermatt, Switzerland, and hundreds of people are standing shoulder to shoulder on makeshift grandstands--or leaning against makeshift barriers--and frantically waving makeshift props: Swiss flags, hometown pennants, bedsheets spray-painted with words of encouragement. One fan holds a banner that simply proclaims, "Go bitches!"
The air smells like stale beer. A stumbling spectator pulls his pie-eyed friend out of a puddle of slush. Over the loudspeakers, military marching songs alternate with a cheesy remix of "Hey Jude."
As the 2:30 start time ...
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... ... BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2000 Atlanta-based PDG Software, Inc., a leader in Internet commerce solutions ... companies of all sizes, announced today the release PDG Distributor. Along with PDG Shopping Cart, PDG Shopping Mall, and PDG Auction ...
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