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...among the seven judges automatically gave lowest marks on every dive to Gary Tobian and Dick Connor of the U.S. and the highest marks to Russian divers. Even so, Tobian climbed to the platform for his last dive, nursing a slight lead over Mexico's classy Joaquin Capilla. Tobian flipped through a running double-twisting for ward one-and-a-half somersault with such consummate grace that his detractors could only hold him down to a high 19.76 points. Then Capilla soared into an equally spectacular double-twisting forward one-and-a-half and scored enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: End of the Affair | 12/17/1956 | See Source »

...most interesting photographs in the collection is that of the studio of Diego Rivera in San Angel, "a quiet suburb of Mexico City." Another work bound to attract attention is that of "Devotees at the Capilla del Pocito," which was taken at a spring in Guadalupe. Here, tradition holds that a spring with miraculous healing powers burst from beneath the feet of the Virgin of Guadalupe about...

Author: By C. C. P., | Title: Collections and Critiques | 10/28/1937 | See Source »

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