Word: swims
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...water in his lungs and a slight concussion. Do you call a doctor? Don't be ridiculous. The proper thing is to take your friend to the nearest ferry and, when the ferry is shut down for the night, just calmly stand there and watch him swim across the channel, preferably fully clothed. Now he'll be able to recuperate all by himself in a nice comfortable motel room...
...Swim. Unlike Indonesia, Thailand, where Nixon stopped next, is deeply committed to the U.S. Thai troops are fighting in South Viet Nam, and Thailand has become a massive base for U.S. aircraft used in Viet Nam. Many Thais are beginning to wonder how they are going to explain all those American airbases to the North Viet namese when the time comes to make friends with the other side...
...helicopter gunships buzzed warily overhead. Said one helicopter crewman: "If a stray dog had moved, he wouldn't have had a chance." The President bantered with some of the men about home towns and ball teams; he invited a soldier from San Clemente, Calif., to come for a swim at the new Nixon summer White House there. "Tell the Secret Service men I said it's O.K.," the President suggested...
...There is even more reason to doubt Kennedy's explanation for his dangerous swim from Chappaquiddick to Martha's Vineyard after the accident. Though regular ferry service stops at midnight, a 100 phone call from the Chappaquiddick dock will bring the ferry out at any time in response to any kind of emergency. A sign is visible for anyone to see, and the cost is only slightly higher than during regular hours (500 per passenger v. 150). "We come out after midnight for any legitimate reason," says Gared Grant, the ferry operator. "It doesn't have...
...keeping him awake, and inquired what the time was. To Peachey, Kennedy did not seem to be acting or talking strangely. As in the phase of his story concerning his escape from the Oldsmobile, his recapitulation raises odd questions. How did he have the strength to make the dangerous swim? If he was trying to sleep, as Peachey's recollection indicates, why the suit...