Word: poole
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...prize surprise proposal brought howls of laughter from both sides of the House. He proposed a new ?1 bond, which would pay no interest at all. Instead, the interest would be put in a pool, and every three months the holder would stand a chance of winning up to $2,800 tax-free in a lottery held by the government. Anticipating moral objections, Macmillan insisted: "This is not gambling, for the subscriber cannot lose...
Courbet's crime lay in giving monumental treatment to everyday subjects and drawing some of his deepest inspiration from direct contact with nature. Among his favorite areas were the forests near his native Ornans. It was probably there that in the 1860s he painted Forest Pool (see opposite), recently acquired by Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, in which he set down a summer's instant that in breathless hush remains a delight to hunter and nature lover alike...
...Knott Hotels Corp. that the chain will build (at a total cost of more than $3,000,000) and operate three more near Washington, Pittsburgh and Groton, Conn. Washington motel, first to be built, will have 125 air-conditioned rooms with private balconies, a restaurant, an Olympic-sized swimming pool with cabanas...
Trained to a split second, Breen did just what Counsilman expected of him. In Yale's 50-meter "long-course" pool last fortnight he flailed through each 100-meter segment of his 1,500-meter grind in almost identical times-never under 1:13, never over 1:13.9. He touched the finish line in 18:05.9, an eye-bugging 13.1 seconds under the world mark (TIME, April 9) held since 1949 by Japan's Hironoshin Furuhashi, became the first American ever to hold that long-distance record...
Last week, in the same pool, he clocked 18:20.2 for 1,500 meters to win the A.A.U. title. The slower time was intentional-Breen kept on going until he had finished a full mile in the water, finished in 19:40.4, a new world record. Another Counsilman protegé, Frankie Brunnell, 17, of Philadelphia's Vesper Swim Club, finished second in the 1,500-meter with a commendable 19:38.2. Later in the week, Breen won another title with a fast 4:30.1 in the 440-just two seconds slower than the world record...