1.   American skiers benefit from the fact that winter is low season for flights to Europe.

2.   But a strong finish will be needed to gloss over the sketchy showing by the American skiers in the first four Alpine races this week.

3.   But even if the American Alpine skiers do not make a major comeback, both Miller and Koznick should take their bows on the medal podium.

4.   But the atmosphere for American skiers is anything but festive.

5.   But the news last month of a chiseled budget has clouded the outlook for American skiers.

6.   Considering that American skiers and snowboarders won a record six medals four years ago at the Nagano Games, it was a bold statement.

7.   Evert, formerly married to the British tennis player John Lloyd, has three sons by her second husband, Andy Mill, an American former Olympic skier.

8.   He had an especially good piece on injured American skier Bill Johnson.

9.   If he should win a medal in that event on Saturday, he would become the first American skier to win three Olympic medals.

10.   Megan Gerety, the veteran American skier, made that clear from the beginning.