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...DIED. ELEANOR HOLM WHALEN, 90, glamorous and saucy swimming star who won a gold medal in the 1932 Olympics but was kicked off the American team four years later for late-night carousing; in Miami. On the trans-Atlantic voyage to the 1936 Olympics, Holm spent an afternoon shooting dice with sportswriters and then stayed up late for "a few glasses of champagne." Her expulsion from the team made headlines, and Holm ended up writing about the Games for a wire service. She then acted in Tarzan's Revenge and performed in impresario-husband Billy Rose's Aquacade...
...Many of the people in my union are being laid off now,” said Carens, who held a sign reading “Justice for Janitors” during the protest. “Harvard should be the gold standard of how workers are treated and it’s just the reverse...
DIED. FANNY BLANKERS-KOEN, 85, Dutch homemaker who won four gold medals in track and field at the 1948 Olympics, the most ever in one Olympics by a woman. For the London Games, she trained--in the less intense manner of amateur athletes of the era--two hours a day, twice a week, with her two young children in tow. At 30, she was the oldest woman on the track--and the fastest...
...also represents two of 11 Olympians on the team’s roster. Ruggiero earned a gold medal in the 1998 Olympics and a silver with Chu at the 2002 Olympics...
Canada has taken home the gold in each of the seven games held since...