Word: diversion
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Stuft Shirt, Newport Beach, Calif. Local divers descend 200 ft. for abalone, which is pounded, dipped in egg, sauteed in butter.
Named the Valsalva maneuver, after the 17th century Italian anatomist who described it, the trick is the same used by air travelers and skin divers to clear their ears on descent. It also has much the same result as a dose of nitroglycerin or amyl nitrite. Both drugs are rapid...
ALAN KAPROW dressed himself in black plastic, donned a World War I helmet, dubbed himself "The Neutron Kid," and set Southampton on its ear with a three-day Happening that included smoke bombs, sky divers and giant, helium-filled balloons. See MODERN LIVING.
Film in the Struggle. Amagansett is an artists' colony and used to anything; but even the lethargic sunbathers blinked open their eyes and squinted when a rock-'n'-roll band moved onto the beach and began blasting away in the hot afternoon sun. Then, in quick succession...
Conquering Hydrospace. In West Palm Beach, a privately developed 22-ft-long submersible is nearing completion for a planned dive in the early fall. Designed jointly by Perry Submarine Builders, Inc., and Ocean Pioneer Edwin Link, the PLC4 will be "flown" under water by means of helicopter-like propellers at...