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With introductions and testimonials from Donald McKnight, Tamara Moskvina, Tatiana Tarasova, Dick Button, Oleg and Ludmila Protopopov, Robin Cousins, and Brian Orser.

Cracked Ice: Table of Contents

  1. The Scandal in Salt Lake City, 2002
  2. The Start of the Adventure: ISU Congress in Helsinki, 1963
  3. A Shock: My First Experience as an ISU Championship Judge, 1964
  4. Figure Skating Enters the Modern Era, 1967
  5. The Technical Committee, 1967-1973
  6. Judging
  7. Some Memorable Judges' Seminars, 1973-1983
  8. Bloc Judging, 1970-1978
  9. The Skaters and the Coaches
  10. The Fight for the Goal, 1973-1988
  11. And Then There Were None, 1990
  12. Election to the ISU Council, 1988
  13. A Peculiar Concept of Democracy, Herenveen, Netherlands, February 1989
  14. A Joke: The Television Contract with NBC, 1989
  15. The Excellent Bargain, Varna, Bulgaria, June 1989
  16. A Fantastic Deal, 1989
  17. The President's Self-Defense, Halifax, 1990
  18. Waiving of Rules and Changing of Congress Decisions, 1989-1992
  19. The Quivering Sheep, New Zealand, 1990
  20. The Dirty Game Begins, 1990
  21. The Television Contract with Eurovision, 1991-1995
  22. Street Fighter, 1989-1992
  23. The Plot, 1992
  24. The Task Force, 1992
  25. The Relief: ISU Congress, Davos, 1992
  26. Kicked Out: Elections in Davos, 1992
  27. A Novel: The Advertising Contract with Gloria International, 1992
  28. Mr. Norbert Gschwend's "Flowers," 1988-1992
  29. The Olympic Games in Lillehammer, 1994
  30. The Backstairs Machination, Spring 1994
  31. The Double Game: ISU Congress in Boston, 1994
  32. The Dirty Trick, 1994
  33. Ottavio Cinquanta, 1996-2002
  34. The Other Victims, 2002
  35. The ISU's Laxness, 1994-2003
  36. The French Connection, 1997-2002
  37. The Mockery of Democracy: ISU Congress in Kyoto, 2002
  38. The Revolutionary New Judging System, 2004
  39. The Skaters Who Made the Sport Great