Word: swimming
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Swimmers or Crawlers? Le grand Charles's latest fracas was spawned by a fine point of international law and the ways of lobsters: Do they swim as well as crawl? If lobsters swim, then the French may be entitled to catch them as fish; if they only crawl, they are Brazilian.* For, according to a 1958 Geneva convention, nations have a right to all the natural resources on the .continental shelf, including those living organisms that move in "constant physical contact" with the sea bed. Off Brazil, the continental shelf extends as much as 200 miles into...
...what coach Bill Brooks called "the greatest swimming race I've ever seen." Abramson cut a phenomental 8.5 seconds off his best time in the 500-yard freestyle to beat Eli favorite Lyn Straw. Abramson jumped to an early lead, and held it for half the race before Straw made his bid. The Yale star pulled slightly ahead, but Abramson refused to fall more than half a body-length behind. With 75 yards left to swim, Abramson pulled even, but his turn was slow at the start of the final 50 yards and Straw regained the lead. Abramson...
Madras will be much more important in men's wear this summer than last. Sports coats ($37.50) have already arrived at Sak's with labels reading: "Not colorfast: guaranteed to blood." Soon walking shorts, ties, shirts, and swim suits will also be available in madras...
...Love is not a stimulating emotion," proclaimed Dr. Morris Fishbein, 73, retired editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association. "It's a weakening one. The victim sweats, his blood vessels dilate, he takes on a pale and sickly look." For every Leander ready to swim the Hellespont, "the record is filled with stories of coronaries and strokes brought on by exertion caused by too much emotion...
Harvard will probably swim most of its second line personnel, but even so the meet will not be close. Brown has a few good men; the Bruins' Bob Martin set a New England Intercollegiate swimming Association record of 1:41.2 in the 160-yard medley against Springfield last Saturday, and Dick Paul lowered the Brown varsity record in the 100-yard freestyle to 50.5. This is as fast as Dave Abramson winning time against Princeton last weekend...