Word: floating
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...system enables swimmers to remain afloat for long periods of time. It is based on the fact that almost everyone with a lungful of air will float naturally just below the surface of the water. A person struggling to keep his head above the surface must tread water, using additional energy. In steps, the swimmer...
...manager had to be nimble to avoid being pushed into water by one of the shells as it was carried to and the boat house. One time I was not fast enough and I down in the Charles River, with all my clothes on in the space between the float and the runways of Newell. I remember how brown and yellow the water looked...
...assist in another eight baskets and catapulted off the floor to grab a dozen rebounds in elbowing, hip-swinging skirmishes under the hoop. In everything he did, Robertson fascinated pro fans with the same quality that has always set him apart: a rhythmic style of play that seemed to float him around the floor...
Even the politically beleaguered islands of Quemoy and Matsu began to float out of the center of U.S. debate and back to their rightful place in ambiguity along the China coast. The pollsters bustled across the U.S. like beaters on an African safari - and found themselves right where they were before the interruptions, staring into that great cliche of the 1960 campaign, the undecided vote...
...event, Miss Baez sang with the casual magnificence that is well known to Cambridge audiences. She sings without ever forcing a note, jes' letting that cool voice float out of her sligtly open mouth. Although the humorous songs in the Baez canon are superb; the quieter ones are even better, and Mary Hamilton, which Miss Baez sings softly with very little modulation in volume, was clearly the high point of the evening...