Word: swimming
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Despite such precautions, there was an incident which caused a shudder to run through the Chamber of Commerce. Truman, out for his daily swim, was standing waist-deep in water near the sand of Truman Beach. As usual, three Secret Service agents were in the water near him and two more were in a small boat not far away. The men in the boat suddenly shouted with alarm. They had spotted two large grey fish about four feet long pursuing a school of four-inch garfish. The Secret Service men thought the big fish, heading for the area where Truman...
Next morning, the President downed a breakfast of grapefruit, a four-minute egg, toast & coffee, put on two shirts (wool over cotton) and, despite chilly weather, hiked along the Key West sea wall before the town was awake. The drizzle ruled out his swim at Truman Beach, but he spent the morning indoors beside the phonograph, listening to Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, Chopin's Polonaise and Brahms's Symphony...
...week's end, the temperature remembered its manners, warmed up to the 80s. Harry Truman plunged in for his first swim (in 73° water), came out with the first sign of his old bounce that the reporters had seen for days...
Last week Dr. Clark put aside her snorkel tube and swim suit for a while. Back in the museum, she began the much less exciting task of classifying and studying the biggest collection of fish ever dragged singlehanded from...
...released, they will reach the sea quickly, dodging the many dangers that await their wild cousins on their journeys down long rivers. When they return from the sea, grown to full salmonhood, they won't have to waste their strength and flesh on battling the rapids. They can swim right into their home farms-and into tin cans...