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Word: swimmers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Swimmer Shirley May France, 17, sailed for Europe to take another crack at the English Channel. Trim and chipper, she was eating two steaks a day, weighed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jun. 26, 1950 | 6/26/1950 | See Source »

...ever called F.D.R. an s.o.b. to his face: Leon Henderson. Myrna Loy was the President's favorite actress, and he loved poker. He saved and filed Christmas cards and he kept the bullet fired at him by an assassin in Miami. When F.D.R. flew to Casablanca, a strong swimmer was brought along to keep him afloat should the plane crash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Let's Wait | 6/5/1950 | See Source »

Each month the research librarians answer about 5,000 requests for facts and background material. Some of them are one-of-a-kinds: How much does the U.S. budget weigh? What is a sneeze? Was Julius Caesar a good swimmer? Did Shakespeare wear a nightgown? How much money was bet at U.S. race tracks on Memorial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, May 1, 1950 | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

Navy's best swimmer is a junior named Boots Johnson, a converted freestyler who now competes in the backstroke. He is reputedly the second best backstroker in the League. Racing against Johnson will be speedy John Steinhart and Tom Woods...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Six Varsity Teams on Road Today; Quintet, Green Clash in League Tilt | 2/11/1950 | See Source »

Grover is a 32-year-old Navy veteran from Boston, a resident of Lowell House, and a militant booster of Crimson swimming coaches Hal Ulen and Bill Brooks. It is his considered opinion that Ted Norris, who was graduated in June, is the greatest distance swimmer in America...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 1/18/1950 | See Source »

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