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...winner fell almost 18 in. short of the record, the 1,500-metre walk in which it was so difficult to tell whether the contestants were walking or running that the judges disqualified the first two finishers for safety's sake. They were only slightly more interested when Dimi Zaitz, whose prodigious love for bananas is supposed to account for his strength, out-shotputted Champion Jack Torrance; when bespectacled Chuck Hornbostel won the 1,000-metre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Indoor Climax | 3/2/1936 | See Source »

Princess Ileana of Rumania, sailing her yacht from Balcik to Constanta, ran aground on a Black Sea sand bank. The escorting gunboat Lieutenant Dimi-rescut, coming to the rescue, also ran aground, tugged, pulled, finally freed itself and Ileana's yacht...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 11, 1929 | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

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