Word: swimming
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...described a world of anti-matter that could exist somewhere in the universe in which "lakes shimmer and fishes swim," but would be annihilated if it came in contact with the world of ordinary matter...
When Nivola was approached by Washington Architect Walter Marlowe to design the Four Chaplains Fountain he jumped at the chance. "Sardinians have a great and terrifying regard for the sea," he says. "Most of them, including myself, have never learned to swim...
...took off on a monthlong, "entirely personal" air trip around the world, during which he will visit twelve countries. Cruising from port to port in the Mediterranean aboard Shipping Magnate Aristotle Onassis' luxury yacht, Swedish Sphinx Greta Garbo spent her 50th birthday at sea. Confident that she would swim the English Channel round trip and non-stop to international acclaim, California's Florence Chadwick set out thoroughly greased from Dover, but after giving up a mile off the French coast, was beached by irate French customs officials, who took a dim view of her arrival or departure without...
Incidental Intelligence: Radcliffe Athletic Department insists that all girls swim 76 yards and remain afloat an additional two minutes before receiving their diplomas. The Harvard Athletic Department requires only 50 yards and no additional minutes...
Grover pleaded innocent when arranged on Sept. 20 and was released on personal recognizance, to appear before Judge Thomas J. Spring today. His only other statement at the time was that he had placed third in the Montreal 40-mile swim on Sept...