Word: medleyed
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...only a languid sale in the bazaar, for Quettans, with a literacy rate of 10.3%, are not the reading sort. Several misguided publishers have tried to give Quetta a daily newspaper of its own; the most successful of these lasted only 18 issues. Quettans get along with a bizarre medley of nine local weeklies (est. combined circulation: under 5,000), which only charity could call newspapers...
...National A.A.U. women's swimming championships in Redding, Calif., three determined American teen-agers set world records: California's husky Sylvia Ruuska by 11.8 sec. in the 440-yd. individual medley (5:40.2), New Jersey's comely Carin Cone by .6 sec. in the 220-yd. backstroke (2:37.9), and Indianapolis' blonde Becky Collins by .1 sec. in the 110-yd. butterfly...
...squad was loaded with men who would be standouts anywhere. Captain Bob Kaufmann's time of 57.8 in the opening leg of the medley against Yale set a University and national collegiate freshman record in the 100-yard backstroke. Later in the same meet, he set another University mark with a 2:13.3 in the 200-yard backstroke...
Another University record is now held by Norris Eisenbrey, who did 1:32.2 in the 150-yard individual medley this season...
...Elis had been counting on a win in the opening medley relay to start them to another victory. Hawkins placed freestyler Bill Zentgraf in the weak breaststroke position, and backstroker Eisenbrey swam freestyle, as the Yardlings won the race in 3:58.0, taking a full 8.7 seconds off the freshman record set by the regular medley relay team earlier in the season...