Word: diversion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although the Navy refuses to comment on the nature of the dolphins' tasks, private sources claim the dolphins defend moored nuclear submarines by identifying and killing saboteur-divers. Others are reportedly trained to locate mines (one dolphin died during recent naval operations in the Persian Gulf). Apparently, the CIA has...
As teams of divers from the U.S. and South America struggled last week to plug a hole in the Argentine ship Bahia Paraiso, which had sunk and was leaking 3,000 gal. of fuel a day, squadrons of scientists rushed in to assess the damage caused by Antarctica's first...
In diving, Harvard senior Patrick Healy finished second on both boards against competition by three Army divers.
In 1980, while rebuilding a competitive-diving program after the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese were inspired when they competed against Greg Louganis and his American teammates in the People's Republic. They vowed to master the great leap downward. Just eight years later, a squad of dazzling and determined divers...
Whatever the outcome, some of the Games' most glorious moments will occur high above the water. During their training, which often begins at age ten, Chinese divers spend as much time practicing acrobatics in the gymnasium as they do dives into the pool. The result will be an aerial aria...