Word: swim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Unearthing such arcana is routine for the library's research staff. In recent months, it has been asked the gestation period of a cow (284 days), whether identical twins have the same fingerprints (no), the height of the Venus de Milo (6 ft. 8 in.) and whether worms swim (yes). Sometimes a straightforward answer does not drive home the desired point, and the library prepares a more creative reply. For a story on the skyrocketing price of gold last year, for example, it calculated that a suitcase of the precious metal would buy a tanker of crude oil. "Anything...
With Oscar night approaching, the mind begins to swim in superlatives. This new comedy, starring Gene Hackman as a middle-aged man shadowboxing an identity crisis and Barbra Streisand as the kooky love interest, is a film of firsts and worsts, leasts and mosts...
...Head swim coach Vicki Hays said yesterday she was pleased with the way the season finished for the team...
...felt really good the whole way," Zimic said after the race, adding that the fact that her mother and her younger sister had driven up from Arlington, Virginia to see her compete had motivated her to swim well...
Assistant coach Patti Cashman said last night that she expects today's performances to be better than the previous two days'. Among today's highlights will be sophomore miler Maureen Gildea's swim in the 1650-yd. freestyle--an event she is ranked sixth in, and which shestands a chance at winning...