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...ever even tasted salt water knows who Jacques Cousteau is, name is synonymous with oceanography. This is the man who brought the world Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus--better known as SCUBA--and helped popularize it with his dives into virtually all of the planet's deep waters. Costeau, who is getting on in years, is something of a legend in his own time. He will speak at 8 p.m. in the Pound Building of the Harvard Law School. There is a $2.00 admission charge...
...sorta shallow parody of what usually appears in this space under some pseudonym or other of mine, Diana did the graphics, Tony is the magazine editor, Judy is the Crimson Arts editor, Peggy is the assistant magazine editor, and God's in his heaven, etc. Special thanks to Jacques Costeau and the entire crew of the Calypso except for Hairy Pierre...
...companions are the forerunners of a new era of undersea exploration. Using the remarkable aqualung, a light apparatus which supplies the diver with compressed air, they were able to plunge to depths of over three hundred feet, where the pressure is capable of crushing a submarine. Through Costeau's engrossing account and his starting photos, the reader can share in some measure the fascination of the curious realm of silence--a world of unknown colors, of sunken ships and playful octopi...
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