Word: placidness
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...main reason for Indiana's dominance is Coach James ("Doc") Counsilman, 42, a paunchy, deceptively placid-looking thinker who sums up his approach to training in three jarring words: "hurt, pain, agony." Pushing toward "the ultimate in stress without physical damage," he puts swimmers through hard pool workouts seven days a week, plus calisthenics and isometric exercises. Under the "interval" method that Counsilman follows, swimmers sprint 50 meters and pause for 25 seconds, keeping that up through 40 sprints. He drives himself hard, too, often working a 5 a.m.-to-midnight day. "Hurt, pain, agony swimmers," he says, "need...
During his placid career, Ramsey had gradually earned a reputation for spirituality as well as theological scholarship. Two years ago, it fell to Harold Macmillan to choose a successor for the retiring Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher. Although some Englishmen suspected that Ramsey was picked because he looked the part, the Prime Minister had his mind set on getting a "religious" primate, and Ramsey was his personal choice...
...Placid above the twisting rapids...
...Central University suffers understandably from a poor reputation as an institution of higher learning. Politicking, rioting, and bomb scares managed to keep the school closed for three months last year. Students who can afford it are more and more turning to Caracas' formidable, placid, and unspectacular Catholic University...
More than 150 intrepid Summer School types have sought refuge from the heat on the placid waters of the Charles River. These students have been participants in the sailing program conducted this summer by the Harvard Yacht Club...