Word: talbot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...darling she proved to be. Two days later, before the 880-yd. swim, Ilsa stoked up on steak, digested some Spartan advice from Family Coach Don Talbot ("Treat the second 440 as a new race, and go for your life"), and set out for glory with deep, slow strokes and a gentle-seeming six-beat kick. While fans in the stands whooped and whistled, she flashed through the second 440 in 5:12.2, sprinted the last 55-yd. lap in 35.7 and touched out in 10:17.7. The astounding announcement: Ilsa had knocked 16.9 sec. off Lorraine's world...
...children of a Latvian dental mechanic who emigrated to Australia in 1949, may already be the finest freestylers in the world-a fact to make swimming experts boggle at what the pair might do in the next few years, as they grow to adult swimmers' estate. Said Coach Talbot: "We're only in second gear. Just wait till we get into high...
William S. Talbot '59, vice-president of the HDC, said that while no definite deadline has been set, it is hoped that all scripts will be in by mid-March. The judging will take only a few days, and casting will begin immediately. The play will be given in Agassiz Theater...
...reserve Brigadier General of the Air Force, Leach has been adviser to all Secretaries of the Air Force since the war. The only interruption in his service came when Secretary Talbot fired him. "We just couldn't see anything eye to eye," Leach said...
Wheelbarrow to Millionaire. The magnitude of modern road building and the steadily rising cost of new equipment (up nearly 70% since 1947) have made it harder for the smaller contractor to survive. Says Talbot Bailey, vice president of Oakland's Fredrickson & Watson Construction Co.: "There used to be a time when you could just take a wheelbarrow and start out in this business-and work up to be a millionaire. Those days are gone forever. You need a lot of capital today." In the '30s a mile of concrete road could be laid...