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Article: Politics take to the slopes. (Art & Culture).(Anglo-Swiss Parliamentary Ski Week is discussed)
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- January 1, 2003
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Swiss and English skiers compete in two traditional downhill races held every January at Davos and St-Moritz, where friendly camaraderie counts as much as winning times.
It is a well-known fact that the English are largely responsible for the development of winter sports in Switzerland, a phenomenon marked each year by friendly competitions between English and Swiss skiers. Not unexpectedly, the Swiss usually win, but that doesn't keep the Brits from coining back, year after year, to claim their Alpine antecedence.
The Anglo-Swiss Parliamentary Ski Week, whose centerpiece is an individual race dating back to a friendly challenge made almost 50 years ...