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DURHAM, N.C.--Three "divers" emerged April 2 from a record 27-day simulated dive to a depth of 2132 feet below sea-level--all in a cramped chamber, not underwater, in the Duke University medical center...
Doctors pumped mixtures of helium, nitrogen, and oxygen into the chamber to simulate various ocean depths. The dive originally had been planned for only 1500 feet but after a successful air misture was found using helium, to replace nitrogen, the divers and doctors agreed to try to surpass the previous depth record of 2001 feet, set in 1972 by a French diving team...
...divers performed a number of experiments during the dive, including tests of breathing, manual dexterity and mental functioning. The only problems the divers reported were slight difficulties breathing and a mild case of the bends while surfacing...
...Wilson's stern actions pulled Boeing out of its dive. With improved operating efficiency, a slimmed-down work force, and the seemingly irresistible lure of the company's planes, the firm began to right itself. Productivity, which was slumping in the rest of the economy, rose spectacularly. In 1969 it took 25,000 Boeing workers to turn out seven 747s per month; today it takes 11,000. Sales and income started on a vertical path that has not yet ended. Last year's earnings of $505 million more than doubled 1977's already impressive $180 million...
...Both dancing and diving are made up of aesthetics and rhythm," Louganis said recently. "When I dive I usually have a music in mind and my favorite time to work out is when we have the radio on and I sing songs to myself, and dive, and have good time...