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...springboard diver who at age 14 became America's youngest Olympic gold medalist; in Honolulu. The 4-ft. 7-in., 65-lb. athlete won her first gold in 1920; got a silver and bronze in swimming and diving four years later; and late in life became the nation's oldest living female gold medalist...
...needs to be "some semblance of caution," says Eric Meyers, professor of Judaic studies at Duke University who has published on ossuaries. The combination of the three names could be simply a coincidence. "But there is a strong possibility that the artifact is what Lemaire says it is: the oldest extra-biblical archaeological evidence of Jesus...
Italy, once looked down upon for turning out cheap table wine that didn't travel well, has been quicker to catch on to the changes in the wine industry by improving quality and learning how to sell overseas. Says Francesco Trimani, owner of Trimani, Rome's oldest wine store: "Before, big wine producers bought grapes from small vintners. Now they are acquiring vineyards so they can control the quality of production from the start...
...Hasty Pudding Theatricals is the oldest theatre company in North America, and has been producing student-written shows since the 1860s...
...what of the design itself? The plan is to find the oldest tree near the center of the campus; Mingwei and his administrative allies in the Office for the Arts are already eyeing the grove near the chapel in the Yard. He wants to “design cloth that sort of coils out, like this”—he draws a widening spiral in the air with a finger—“like an eddy...