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...Walnut Creek. Calif...
PREP SCHOOL: Big Walnut...
Rivalry. When Mark's family moved to Walnut Creek, Calif, in 1961, Chavoor suggested that he join the program at the prestigious Santa Clara Swim Club under the direction of crusty George Haines?who cast an appraising eye at Spitz's first few performances and predicted: "He'll probably be the best swimmer in the world." That kind of praise was not given lightly; among Haines' stable of champions was Don Schollander, who won four gold medals at Tokyo in 1964. Mark, then 14, joined the club that year, and immediately became a formidable rival of Schollander, who was four...
...eyes in the walnut face held his. "I am the head of the Union Corse." The Union Corse! More deadly, and perhaps even older than the Unione Siciliano, the Mafia. Bond knew that it controlled most organized crime throughout metropolitan France and her colonies-protection rackets, smuggling, prostitution, and the suppression of rival gangs...
...Rejection of Obnoxious Commercials-or CROC-and its weapon is ridicule. Last week CROC, which has more than 2,000 dues-paying members, announced its selection of the ten worst TV commercials of the past year and offered the corporations that sponsor them the CROC award: the Lemmy, a walnut plaque topped with a plastic lemon. CROC's list, in order of obnoxiousness...