Word: diversity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Six weeks ago, Sue Abkowitz was getting that third place point in the diving events either because there were only three divers, or because of this no shut-out rule. But things have started to change.
The swimmers were under pressure to produce because two of their divers were unable to compete. Sophomore Kathy Lindenthal is currently on academic probation, and freshman Molly Munch also had to sit out the meet.
We entered [the White House]and having twice or thrice rung a bell which nobody answered ... on the ground floor, as divers other gentlemen (mostly with their hats on, and their hands in their pockets) were doing very leisurely ... The greater portion of this assemblage . . . had no particular business there...
Oceaneering has grown largely because of technological innovations that enable its divers to descend as far as 1,000 ft.-a depth that was rarely attempted a few years ago. It has developed, among other items, a complex fiber glass "rat hat" that warms the helium-oxygen mixture that divers...
The suits, pumps, lighting gear and other support equipment needed to put one diver on the bottom today can cost more than $500,000-one factor that gives a firm of Oceaneering's size a competitive edge. Another expensive item is the diver himself. Oceaneering trains its own divers...