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...that Thompson's mom actually needs any more trophies in the basement. No other American, male or female, has dominated swimming in the past decade as Thompson, who swims the butterfly and freestyle, has. Since she started at age 8, Thompson has broken more swim records, won more international championships and held more college titles than anyone else who has dipped a toe in the water. The 27-year-old New Hampshire native already has five gold medals, albeit all from relay teams in the 1992 and '96 Games. That ties her with speed skater Bonnie Blair as the most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Solitary Pursuit | 8/7/2000 | See Source »

...Want something closer to Okinawa? How about swimming with deadly, poisonous sea snakes? I bet the Japanese have not told Bill (Clinton), Tony (Blair) and Jacques (Chirac) about the incredibly poisonous snakes that swim about the islands of Okinawa. Even more dangerous - Bill, pay particular attention to this - these snakes have a tendency to come onto the beach late at night. So anyone planning some tomfoolery on the beach may want to reconsider...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bored at the G-8? Here Are Some Cocktail Topics! | 7/21/2000 | See Source »

...Moore) is speaking for herself when she complains, "I don't think people want to be with him." Conrad blames himself for his brother's death, even though the real murderers are the droves of psychopathic molecules composed of two parts hydrogen, one part oxygen. He does quit the swim team, though it's too little, too late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Nonswimmer's 25 Scariest Movies | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

...Winthrop House: 1. A place to swim on rainy days...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvardisms: Harvard for Beginners | 6/23/2000 | See Source »

...latest book, The Camino, MacLaine reveals that during a spiritual trek in Spain, she learned that in a former life she and the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne had been lovers. She describes the King of the Franks, who died in 814, as a "lusty" man who "loved to swim." As luck would have it, she says she met up with him again in this lifetime, reincarnated as the late Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme. She reports the two had an affair and though they "fit in every way," he was concerned about how the press would perceive their union...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 29, 2000 | 5/29/2000 | See Source »

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