placid
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She also organized the annual Lake Placid Conference from 1899 to 1908, which defined the field of home economics and framed domestic work as worthy of research and public funding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Each Olympic sport has had its iconic American triumphs too: Who can forget the 1992 basketball “Dream Team” in Barcelona, or the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” in Lake Placid?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
USA meanwhile have not claimed the men's title since 1980 - the 'Miracle on Ice' triumph over Soviet Union in Lake Placid - and have not beaten Canada in a men's final since 1960.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
“Nineteen-eighty was a pretty long time ago,” said Mike Eruzione, the captain of the squad in Lake Placid, “and these guys are so much better than we were.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
Even now my bedroom still has the walls painted in Placid Pink where she had got going on the bottom but didn’t finish at the top.
From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos
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