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...Kitajima, with his aggressive slices through the water, is hardly a subservient stereotype. In the pool's biggest spat to date, American Aaron Piersol accused the Japanese swimmer of using an illegal dolphin kick in the 100-m breaststroke, thereby relegating Piersol's friend and fellow American Brendan Hansen to a silver. Instead of quietly turning away from the controversy, Kitajima fought back, albeit in an understated way: "The questions got me slightly angry," he told reporters, noting that he had never been warned about any prohibited kicks in previous international competitions. "But I don't take them seriously." Regardless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bouncing Back | 8/23/2004 | See Source »

ROBERT J. PIERSOL...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 26, 1951 | 11/26/1951 | See Source »

Coach Paul Staley gave a short pop talk, while Lois Ebeling. Miss Radcliffe '54, and Wesley Piersol '55, lent visual encouragement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bunnies, Beauties Give Team Pre-Game Boost | 11/15/1951 | See Source »

Last week Governor Marland, now 61 and a bit dumpy, buttoned on his overcoat, went out his front door, trudged across the street to see British American Oil Co.'s No. 1 Piersol well. There they were taking oil at the rate of 500 bbl. an hour out of sand 6,000 ft. under the Executive Mansion. Even politics had at last placed Ernest Whitworth Marland on top of an oil dome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OKLAHOMA: Oil Man Forever | 1/6/1936 | See Source »

...line-up: WEST POINT. ANNAPOLIS. Hammond, r.e. l.e., Howard Graves, r.t. l.t., Grady, Doherty Thompson, Mettler, r.g. l.g., Chambers, Smith Tipton, c. c., Rees Riley, l.g. r.g., Oak, McConnell Doe, Thompson, l.t. r.t., Doherty, Piersol Rockwell, Gillespie, l.e. r.e., Soule, Whiting Hackett, q.b. q.b., Straussburger, Wilcox Farnsworth, Cooper, r.h.b. l.h.b., Decker, Strassburger Prince, l.h.b. r.h.b., Root, Dowell Davis, f.b. f.b., Halsey

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: West Point, 40; Annapolis, 5 | 11/30/1903 | See Source »

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