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* To prevent the bends, the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the bloodstream, which occurs when deep-sea divers ascend too rapidly.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Rehearsal for 1975 | 12/23/1974 | See Source »

The women's swim team had scheduled practice time in two lanes of the IAB pool for only four-and-a-half hours per week. (The men practiced four hours each day.) The women were assigned to the lanes under the diving board, often at the same time that Harvard...

Author: By Jenny Netzer and Dale S. Russakoff, S | Title: An Athletic Trial of Merger | 9/16/1974 | See Source »

The lava flows that the deep divers found in the rift valley were hardened into all sorts of bizarre configurations:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Down in the Valley | 9/9/1974 | See Source »

One of the architects of the new Egypt is Osman Ahmed Osman, 57, the principal contractor on the Aswan High Dam, who after the war was named Minister of Housing and Reconstruction by Sadat. Osman's first assignment is a $6 billion reconstruction of the Canal Zone, including the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Sadat Opens the Door | 5/20/1974 | See Source »

Even before the carrier anchored, U.S. Navy RH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters had begun the clearing operation. During the first stage of the project, code-named "Nimbus Star," the Sea Stallions will be working with British minesweepers to locate the thousands of shells, rockets and bombs that fell into the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Clean Sweep of the Canal | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

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