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Before they plunged into the calm waters of Pigeon Point, just north of Santa Cruz, Calif., Chris Rehm, 33, and Omar Conger, 28, joked about sharks. The two men were experienced divers, and they had swum in that part of the Pacific before. Paddling out about 150 yds., they began diving for abalone, which they gathered in large bobbing buckets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Dangers of the Red Triangle | 11/19/1984 | See Source »

...behind at ten meters, still behind at five, not yet even at two. He hit the electric touchpad on the pool end-wall four-hundredths of a second ahead of Gross. Both men sagged in the water as the rest of the field finished. Then Gross, who had just swum the fastest 200 split in history, congratulated Hayes, and added one word: "Unbelievable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: A Tidal Wave off Winners | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

...could've swum the boat across the line at that point and still won," sophomore five-seat Steve Potter said...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Oarsmen Sweep Past Hapless Huskies, Begin to Prepare for Eastern Sprints | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

...junior varsity eight probably could have swum the whole course and still come out ahead, but not by the two boatlengths they had on the Huskies at the finish...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Oarsmen Sweep Past Hapless Huskies, Begin to Prepare for Eastern Sprints | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

...actor in movie history, was one of Murphy's early comedy heroes; as a fledgling professional comic, Murphy used to perform an entire act using Pryor's material, calling it "A Tribute to Richard Pryor." Both performers have won the multiracial mass movie audiences, and both have swum in the dark blue undercurrents of ethnic humor. Since meeting Murphy on an airplane last year, Pryor has been "very kind and generous to me, offering all kinds of advice. I've started calling him Yoda. When I told him I was thinking of leaving Saturday Night Live, Richard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Good Little Bad Little Boy | 7/11/1983 | See Source »

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