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...Roger Le Morvan, 26-year-old Parisian electrician, who had had former Record Holder Georges Michel as his trainer, had refreshed himself en route with glucose and champagne. Tiring in the last minutes, he could not match Abd el Rahim's sprint, climbed onto the beach just ten minutes after the Egyptian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Big Swim | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

...record of 11 hours 5 minutes was set by Frenchman Georges Michel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Big Swim | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

When Paulette wandered off the road to the quiet hamlet of Saint-Faix, she was given shelter by a peasant family. They made a home for her, but they could not understand how much she needed warmth and reassurance. Only Michel, the youngest in the family, understood her fierce affection for dead little animals. It was he who suggested their secret game. They buried dead moles, rats and lizards beneath improvised crosses, a ceremony which somehow consoled Paulette. To get more crosses, they began raiding the cemetery and the church. With covetous eyes, they examined the crosses, trying to decide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: They Stole Crosses | 8/14/1950 | See Source »

...game ended when Michel climbed to the top of the church to pull down its shaky cross. He fell, but only Paulette saw him fall. A little later, his family stumbled across the children's miniature cemetery, with its crosses labeled "Mole," "Rat," "Lizard," "3 Ladybirds," "15 Ants," "6 Flies." They did not think to look for Michel under the largest cross of all, the one from the church, where Paulette had buried him before wandering away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: They Stole Crosses | 8/14/1950 | See Source »

Davidson, Paul Lane '50 (Captain), Davis, Wilbur Michel '50, Mauran, Duncan Hunter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HAA Lists Spring Letter Winners | 6/20/1950 | See Source »

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