Word: swimming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Then we went to Honolulu, and we were enormously well received. It thrilled the hell out of me, frankly. Then came the Jack Anderson morning. That would be Thursday. I had left a call for 6:15. I wanted to swim. At 6:15 one of my guys comes in and says, "Well, you won't believe this, but Jack Anderson says, eleven times arrested, six times for drunken driving." I said, "Bull shit, it's a goddam...
...meters. More than Spitz did at Mexico, cool, unpretentious Shane faces the pressure of proving herself in the tense, compacted competition of the Olympics. She is determined to compete in the four women's freestyle events and, if the scheduling is right, she may swim in three others. In short, Sydney Schoolgirl Shane Gould has a good chance to win an astonishing seven gold medals...
...thousand Chinese youths gathered on the shores of Lake Kun Ming, plunged into the water and swam 15 abreast to the accompaniment of rhythmic whistling. They were commemorating Chairman Mao Tse-tung's swim down the Yangtze River six years ago. When Mao took his dip, according to official press reports, he "at times swam side stroke and at other times he floated and had a view of the azure sky above." Mao was reported by his hagiographers to have swum nine miles in 65 minutes-a lot better than last week's youngsters, who climbed out after...
...Russian bear." There is no bluster about him, no impatience, nothing restless. While waiting for an opponent to move, he gets up and strolls around with his hands folded behind his back, like a skater cruising over the ice on Lake Ladoga. "I like sports," he says offhandedly. "I swim a bit, and now I play a little tennis. I have other interests: reading, music and, yes, I do some chess." When he does, his remarkable calm makes him a formidable bear indeed. "Spassky's strength is his emotional stability plus his stamina," says Larry Evans. "His strength away from...
...World. He made 23 perilous voyages from France to Canada in the years just after the turn of the 17th century. He navigated the coast of New England down as far as Cape Cod, and pursued inland lakes and rivers to their sources exploring New France. He could not swim. He never managed to learn any Indian language. He had almost no sex life. But he could digest anything. He was also brave and resourceful, as well as the best mapmaker and navigator...