Word: swim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...practice. He tried a senatorial comeback in 1958, but was beaten in the Democratic primary. By 1962 he was earning more than $150,000 a year, representing mainly corporate clients. But when a new Miami congressional district was created that year, he jumped back into the political swim. He missed politics, and Mildred missed the capital's social whirl. Says Brother Joe, 73, about Claude's law practice: "He was very successful. But he was miserable, just plain miserable...
...student, 19-year-old freshman Glenn Hayes from Bartlett. N.H. was apparently overwhelmed by the cold water and the weight of heavy, wet clothes when he attempted to swim to land. Hayes's body was found at 5:17 p.m. near Greenland, N.H. seven hours after the first boats were swamped...
...provide shelter and sustenance for aquatic life. Says Puerto Rico's Arsenio Rodriguez Mercado, a scientific adviser to the U.N. Environment Program: "Sewage generated by 30 million people is dumped more or less untreated into the Caribbean." On some islands, hotels discharge wastes into the waters where guests swim. Adding to the mess are the cruise ships and yachts anchored offshore...
...godsend" is what Golf Pro Lew Bullock calls the IBM Personal Computer that totes up members' handicaps for the Bowling Green Golf Club in Oak Ridge, N.J. "It's a lifesaver," says Bill Poland, board member of the Northlake Aquatic Club swim team in Atlanta, of the Osborne computer he carries poolside to chart practice and meet results. "What used to take twelve people and two hours now takes two people and no time...
Aided by apprentices, the man makes beautiful images. After a banner unfolds to announce THE PICKPOCKET'S NIGHTMARE, the man stands between two screens, and mystically his arms and hands elongate, detach from his body, swim through air. As the dying light turns them orange like giant goldfish, six hands wriggle, free in space...