Word: ymca
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...some time for such outside pursuits as creating patterns for stained glass. The difference in their temperaments is perhaps best revealed by the way each learned about his award. Hauptman, married to a schoolteacher and father of two daughters, had just finished his daily hour of swimming at a YMCA pool. Karle, whose three daughters are also scientists, was flying home from a scientific meeting in Munich when the pilot announced the news. "We are honored to have flying with us today America's newest Nobel prizewinner," he said. "And he doesn't even know it yet." --By Natalie Angier...
Most performers are on the street to earn their living by collecting contributions. Despite working as a lifeguard three times a week at the Central Square YMCA, Kevin McNamara makes most of his money by playing his guitar, harmonica, and mandolin, shaking his maracas, and stomping on his tambourine in front of hundreds of delighted strangers. How well does he do? "It's very therapeutic," McNamara says. "We save a lot on shrinks...
Like many a cross country runner, Regan did not plan to be a 10-kilometer expert. His earliest contact with longer distances came when he and his younger brother Mark joined a local YMCA's distance program. This consisted of two-mile workouts, "usually once a week," Regan remembers, since they were only in the third and fifth grade at the time...
Mayer thought so too, and continued to play in the YMCA league for the next nine years. Besides being one of the league's foremost right forward wings, she ran track and played basketball for her high school In fact. Mayer considered attending UVA and playing for its nationally acclaimed basketball squad. But once she arrived at Harvard, Mayer put her high tops away for good...
Mayer thought so too, and continued to play in the YMCA league for the next nine years. Besides being one of the league's foremost right forward wings, she ran track and played basketball for her high school. In face, Mayer considered attending UVA and playing for its nationally acclaimed basketball squad. But once she arrived at Harvard. Mayer put her high tops away for good...