Word: surfed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Looking like a seal and feeling mighty seasick, U.S. Frogman Fred Baldasare, 38, lumbered from the Dover surf into the arms of his frisky German fiancee with a new record of sorts: he was the first man to swim the English Channel underwater. For 18 hr. 1 min. the former U.S. Army film director submarined along 15 feet beneath the surface, accompanied by a launch and encased in a steel cage that kept the aqualunged swimmer from drifting off course. Said the feisty Floridian, who prepped for his 22-mile swim by traversing the Straits of Messina's Scylla...
Syndet stands for synthetic detergent. Handed in sudsy quantity to the happy housewife after World War II, syndets proved so popular that they now account for 70% of all household cleansers, marketed under a series of bouncy monosyl lables as synthetic as themselves - Tide, Fab, Cheer, Breeze, Duz, Surf. During 1961, U.S. housewives bought 3,469,114,000 lbs., or $831 million worth...
...they have trouble with bugs-bees as big as rhinos. And that same afternoon the island is invaded by pirates-just regular-size pirates. At the height of the battle, the pirate ship blows up and sinks. How come? Moments later, a weird figure comes gliding through the surf. It's a fish. It's a sub. It's-Captain Nemo! And just where has Captain Nemo been hiding all this time? In his submarine, the Nautilus. And where is the Nautilus? In a volcano. Any further questions...
...Wall Street's professionals had only an imperfect notion of what they were buying into. And to the ordinary investor Unilever presents an even hazier image. Few U.S. housewives realize that they are fattening Unilever's coffers when they bring home Lux, Lifebuoy. Handy Andy, Rinso or Surf soaps, Imperial or Good Luck margarines, Spry shortening, Pepsodent toothpaste, Lipton's tea and soups, or Wishbone salad dressing...
Behind him, the surf broke with the flawless rhythm of a metronome, a whispering complement to the cellist's own compelling beat. "Now we are hearing two eternal sounds." marveled Violinist Isaac Stern, "the ocean surf and great music." A rapt audience enthusiastically agreed. Caesarea's centuries-old silence had been broken by beauty...