Word: konoshin
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...Since the war," complained a 22-year-old Tokyo girl, "we Japanese have been feeling no passion in our lives." Last week, the citizens of Tokyo felt a sort of patriotic passion for Konoshin Furuhashi, 19, a muscular, close-cropped literature student at Nippon University. In the all-Japan swimming championships at Meiji Shrine pool, Furuhashi thrashed out the 400-meter free style in 4:38.4, three-tenths of a second better than the world record set in 1934 by the U.S.'s Jack Medica. Supreme Command Allied Powers officials thought that Furuhashi's mark would be internationally...
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