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Ostensibly a ghostwritten political promotion for his California gubernatorial aspirations, Reagan mentions nary a word of his political ambitions until the last couple of pages. But he slips in a sentence now and then so we know he's really qualified. Take his long experience as a lifeguard for instance. "Life guarding provides one of the best vantage points in the world to learn about people," says Reagan. "During my career at the park I saved seventy-seven people." Funny thing though, all the "victims" accused Reagan of trying to play the hero. Ronnie admits it. In football, he recalls...

Author: By Geoffrey L. Thomas, | Title: Bomb Falls on Frisco | 1/21/1966 | See Source »

Beaches are a matter of personal taste. Under the impression that popularity spells quality, the timid tourist is apt to want his beaches garnished with multicolored parasols, well-lotioned nymphs, and even a lifeguard thrown in for good measure. But a few intrepid travelers still like their beaches au naturel, and more and more are discovering that some of the most beautiful, unspoiled beaches in the world are to be found between two remote little towns named Antalya and Anamur on the south coast of Turkey. Framed against the Taurus mountain range that rises sharply to the north, and edged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Resorts: Turkish Delights | 8/20/1965 | See Source »

...saying yes, but I'm not doing yes," Stella replies none too firmly. After a night together in a lifeguard's shack on the beach, her doubts are even stronger: "We're getting away with something in the bushes. It's just like using dope, only we used each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Hung Up | 5/14/1965 | See Source »

...sunny Miami Beach morning seemed perfect for a swim. But from his lookout perch, Lifeguard Al Moore spotted some purplish blobs-Portuguese men-of-war were drifting shoreward. Moore chalked up a warning on a big blackboard at the Biltmore Terrace Hotel: "Danger-No Ocean Bathing Today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toxicology: Beware the Man-of-War | 3/27/1964 | See Source »

Caterers & Couriers. U.S. students, in short, rack up a range of summertime experience that is a far cry from the old-fashioned lifeguard and learn-the-business jobs. Much of the student activity is being channeled into good works such as the Experiment in International Living, Operation Crossroads, the American Friends Service Committee, the International Association for the Exchange of Student Technical Experience and the Northern Students Movement. University of Chicago Students Jack Fanselow and Tom Burdick will spend their summer flying balloons in Manitoba to measure cosmic rays, and Harvard Senior David Crane has organized a mobile catering-bartending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Youth: Those lazy, Hazy Days | 6/28/1963 | See Source »

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