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...finally got past those jerks doing the mosquito imitation, and now you're taking ten along Magazine Beach. Watch out for the green buoys--you have to take this turn real tightly, like put your starboard oars over into forbidden water. But careful, if the boat goes outside a buoy, bang, that's a ten-second penalty. And you bet they watch you. Oh yeah, when you make the corner, look out--there's often a brisk wind and strong current that sends a couple boats onto the rocks every year...

Author: By Elizabeth N. Friese, | Title: You Say You Want to Cox? | 10/20/1978 | See Source »

Hackett won the silver medal for the 1500 meter freestyle last July, finishing at 15:03.9, a ten-second improvement over his previous best. He also holds the world record in the 800 meter freestyle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Olympic Silver Medalist Will Join Class of 1981 | 5/4/1977 | See Source »

...drive to keep ABC on top, Silverman leaves no worm unturned. He sifts through as many as 1,500 series proposals a season, reads every script and every rewrite of every script, approves every ten-second promotional spot and quarter-page newspaper ad for ABC programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Bionic Programmer | 11/22/1976 | See Source »

...first boat loss, which was run before the J.V. contest, spurred the second 'Cliffe unit to an impressive ten-second win over two Princeton shells. The second Radcliffe eight finished in a time just two and one-half seconds off the 'Cliffe's showing in the feature race...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Princeton Tops 'Cliffe Rowers With Strong Sprint at Finish | 4/23/1973 | See Source »

...hardest of all belongs to a luxuriantly mustachioed suburban dealer of Chevrolets and Fiats named Dick Balch. He moves his wares with the help of a 12-lb. sledgehammer. In ten-second TV spots, Balch has used the hammer to bash in the windshields, headlights and fenders of some 200 of his shiny new cars. His cockeyed routine often includes a devil's costume, a maniacal post-impact laugh and the question, "If you can't trust your car dealer, who can you trust?" This bang-up if nonsensical commercial has drawn attention as well as plenty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: More Bucks from the Bang: How to Sell in Seattle | 7/31/1972 | See Source »

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