Word: swazey
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Bearing a distinction enjoyed only by figures such as George Westinghouse, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas A. Edison, General Goethals, Orville Wright, Guglielmo Marconi, Ambrose Swazey (TIME, Feb. 25. 1924), Mr. Stevens arose to deprecate, to give thanks. He briefly ran over his life?a start in Maine, no technical training, the acquisition of knowledge through observation. He concluded: "There is not a man who ever worked for me whom I cannot now call my friend. That is my greatest triumph...
...swimming meet between the Freshmen and Exeter, held at Exeter Saturday afternoon, was featured by the breaking of three records by the schoolboys, who won the meet by the score of 36-14. Richard Hayes broke the record in both the 50 and 100-yards and A. D. Swazey set a new mark in the plunge...
Plunge.--Won by Swazey (E), 71 feet 9 inches: second, Simms (H), 50 feet; third, Carpenter (H), 48 feet...