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...team looked very strong, Harvard Coach Maura Costin Scalise said. "Several people who hadn't had the opportunity to swim do so and rested some people for the [Alabama Invitational] tournament this weekend. It showed our depth and how consistently people have been swimming...

Author: By Martha C. Abbruzzese, | Title: Swimmers Make Thanksgiving A Feast of The East | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

...cheese and roast beef flowing out the back. But whenever I approached, they'd look at me dubiously. A guy would say, "May I help you?" and I'd say, "No, just looking, thanks." Oceans of ham and cheese and roast beef. And I couldn't swim...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Best Seats In The House | 11/20/1987 | See Source »

...considering the talent of Team USA, Francis responded well, lifting his head above water for a small gasp of air. It's not like any other goalie in the college ranks has been able to swim happily against the Olympians. Team USA has averaged nine goals a game against college teams...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: A Baptism in Rough Olympic Waters | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

...Tuesday from Death's Head Beach in the town of Nagua, about 110 miles north of the capital of Santo Domingo. The ship was only four miles out to sea when, according to some survivors, its two outboard motors exploded. Since most of those aboard were unable to swim, many probably drowned within a few minutes of the accident. But others, either swimming or clinging to hastily emptied floating gasoline containers, tried to reach shore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dominican Republic Horror off Death's Head Beach | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...lost child was everyone's property. But Stephen was alone. He looked through and beyond the kindly faces pressing in. They were irrelevant. Their voices did not reach him, they were impediments to his field of vision. They were blocking his view of Kate. He had to swim through them, push them aside to get to her. He had no air, he could not think. He heard himself pronounce the word stolen, and the word was taken up and spread to the peripheries, to passersby who were drawn to the commotion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Heartbeats the Child in Time | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

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