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...Jennifer Greene: the Crimson's top diver, this sophomore has broken several records and is aiming for a top national finish. Greene teams with fellow sophomore Lisa Pierce to give Harvard one of the top diving tandems in the Ivy League...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Next Stop, Eastern Seaboards | 12/6/1986 | See Source »

...defending Ivy League Champion Crimson (1-0 overall, 0-0 Ivy) was led by freshman Kaari Reierson and sophomore diver Jenny Greene, both of whom broke records in the meet...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Back in Blodgett's Fast Lane | 11/25/1986 | See Source »

...operation was ruled out. After the hijackers dispersed the remaining hostages to secret locations in Beirut, complex negotiations among the U.S., Israel and Syria led to the release of the Shi'ite prisoners and the TWA hostages. Of the original 153 passengers and ^ crew aboard, one person, U.S. Navy Diver Robert Stethem, 23, was killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism: Talk First Or Shoot First? | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

...copious treasure too. Aided by mailboxes, divers labored continuously last week, bringing up more of the Whydah's riches. "There's a lot of work, a lot of hours," says Diver Todd Murphy, 28. "No weekends. No holidays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Down into the Deep | 8/11/1986 | See Source »

Over the years, Alvin has been joined in the seas by dozens of other manned submersibles, most of them American or French. The deepest operational diver of them all is the U.S. Navy's 31 1/2-ft., 58,000-lb., three-man Sea Cliff, which can safely carry its crew to a depth of 20,000 ft. Its manipulator arms can operate a variety of underwater tools, including a drill, a cable cutter, scissors, and plier-like jaws that can grasp sunken torpedoes, as well as attach cable slings to raise heavier objects such as downed aircraft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Down into the Deep | 8/11/1986 | See Source »

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