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...difficulty getting a post and went on teaching in East and Central Africa till Feb. 18,1975, when I resigned of my own accord, having reached my 92nd year. I credit my vitality to this service, exercising mind and body. I played squash till I was 73 and swam till I was 87, but have now replaced violent exercise by taking two walks a day. Incidentally, both President Kaunda of Zambia and the Queen of England honored me for my service in Zambia. So I can recommend that the elderly carry on with their work as long as health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Dec. 6, 1976 | 12/6/1976 | See Source »

There was a Crimson defender bearing down on each side, so Johnson swam a few strokes up the middle, took a left at the line of scrimmage (his 25) and then did his own version of the individual medley for 75 yards down the left sideline...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Crimson Stumbles Over Cornell, Nature, 9-3 | 10/12/1976 | See Source »

...twins named Flora put the finishing touches on us. Something is just not right. I just swear when I see them. Damn their souls. If we had some of that weed spray, I would have sprayed it on them. On a loss to Northeastern--We ran, we swam, we splashed and we struggled. We were purified by the rains from heaven and defiled by Northeastern. On last year's injury jinx-- At present writing we're not a team that started thick to begin with. With all these injuries you'd have thought we'd been fighting the Vietnam...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Savoir-Faire | 10/7/1976 | See Source »

...never enough to satisfy the communist party chairman or occasion complacency. Even at age 72 he inaugurated a second revolution in China, aimed at "revisionists," whom Mao felt were not true to the goals of socialist revolution. As the personal symbol of China's potential for renewed vigor, Mao swam against the currents of the Yangtze River. When China's agricultural production dropped, he went without meat. Mao did not expect any Chinese citizen to make a sacrifice that he himself could not endure--he was a leader in the purest sense of the word...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mao Tse-Tung 1893-1976 | 9/29/1976 | See Source »

Following his doctor's orders, Jerry Ford took it easy last week. At his hideaway in the Rocky Mountain resort of Vail, Colo., the President golfed, swam and partied with friends. As the days slipped by, Ford looked tanned, rested and confident-and with some reason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: The First Whiffs of Grapeshot | 9/6/1976 | See Source »

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