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...corresponded, and then Frank followed his heart and his aspirin bottle to Kerry. The press on both sides of the Atlantic tried to fan the romance into flame. Back in the U.S. last week, Frank suggested that the press had tried too hard. Said Frank: "The papers said she swam out to get my bottle when she really found it on the shore-and she was insulted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRELAND.: End of the Affair | 9/1/1952 | See Source »

...pitch-black morning in August 1943, Lieut. Kennedy's PT boat was sliced in two by a Japanese destroyer patrolling the Solomon Islands. With ten crew members, Kennedy swam from one island to another for six days before being rescued, was later cited for bravery and for saving the lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: Big Battles | 8/18/1952 | See Source »

Fate of the World? Slowly, through Chicago's hot, traffic-jammed streets, the herd of delegates converged on the convention hall, the International Amphitheater, which swam in the pungent smell from the surrounding stockyards. The delegates were a serious bunch. They seemed to realize that their party and their nation had come to a crossroads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Eye of the Nation | 7/14/1952 | See Source »

Shock Treatment. In Lyon, France, Pierre Pellegrin, 32, grew tired of life and threw himself into the Rhone, shiveringly told police after he swam out: "If the water had been ten degrees warmer, I don't suppose I'd be here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 30, 1952 | 6/30/1952 | See Source »

...Burwell ("Bumpy") Jones's 15O-yd. individual medley (backstroke, breast stroke, free style) intercollegiate record performance. The versatile Michigan freshman swam the medley in 1:29.8, one second faster than the record held by Joe Verdeur, the U.S.'s 1948 Olympic breaststroke winner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Splashy Preview | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

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