Word: pooling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...foyer and a small, cluttered study downstairs, with pictures of cherished stars of the past like Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable. The ceiling of her bedroom is painted sky blue, with puffy white summer clouds-her brother Richard's artwork. In the back there is a small swimming pool, beside which stand a 6-ft. metal robot, a souvenir from one of her TV specials, and a stone statue of a naked maiden-wearing a wig and sunglasses. Out front is a 1955 Dodge Royal Lancer. One of the ugliest cars ever to come out of Detroit...
Charlotte travels to escape unpleasantnesses like Warren-and the FBI, which keeps pestering her about Marin's whereabouts. In Boca Grande she spends a good deal of time at the airport and the hotel pool. She involves herself in some social work, has an affair and attempts to introduce lively cocktail society into the torpid tropics. In the end. Charlotte fails to heed the unmistakable signs and explicit warnings that precede one of Boca Grande's periodic coups, and is shot by one side or the other...
...NCAA's were last held at Cleveland State and the pool gained the reputation of being a very fast one. What makes a pool fast? I'm very glad you asked...
...important because a good gutter will keep the surface waves down and thereby increase the swimmer's speed. Also important, and present in Cleveland, is good lighting--a must to be able to execute good turns, the key factor in short races. Some people also feel the deeper a pool is the faster it is. Orscheidt said, however, it is mostly psychological...
...despite this success, Fayer said she is disappointed with her season because she failed to qualify for the Nationals. "Next year I will definitely make the Nationals," she declared. "With the new pool and fewer injuries, I should have faster times next season...