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...bird had been foisted on the Russians as the American version of Picas so's peace dove by the Lampoon's rival campus publication, the daily CRIMSON. Gentle spent a half hour explaining the subtleties of American college humor to Tsarapkin at his Park Ave. headquarters...
They commented that Tsarapkin was a bit puzzled as to what the bird represented. First he thought it was a stork, but was assured when he was informed it was "a sort of American peace dove...
...several years Yale backstroke champion Dick Thoman made it his custom to jump into the pool last, before the other swimmers lined up to begin the race. At the start of the 100-yard backstroke on the final day all the swimmers dove in except for Thoman and Don Mulvey, who paced back and forth, neither one looking at the other and neither willing to be the first to go in. Finally Mulvey plunged into the pool, Thoman followed, and the race began. Later in the afternoon the whole procedure was reenacted, with Mulvey outlasting the superstitious Thoman. Mulvey...
...indoor swimming season finished last weekend, and the outdoor meets don't start until mid-July, but James C. Murphy '54 nonetheless dove into the Charles River last night. Murphy claims that the purpose of his swim was to retrieve a golf club thrown in by Robin Farkas...
...solved by peaceful means. This refers to relations with all states, including . . . the U.S. . . ." The delegates broke into a roar of applause, and the more starry-eyed Western diplomats, on hand for the rigged meeting, began to hear the beat of the wings of Russia's mechanized dove of peace; some of them interpreted Malenkov's generalized remarks as an invitation for the U.S. to come to the peace table...