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Barnes' 440 feat was accomplished in 5:08.3, just half-a-second better than the previous record of Bill Delima '31. The 220 record time was 2:22.4. No other Crimson swimmer was entered in either event...
...bilge keel. . . . Jump into the water feet first; do not dive. ... If you have to swim through a patch of oil keep your head and eyes high and your mouth closed. ... If you have to jump from the ship into burning oil you may, if you are a good swimmer, avoid being burned. . . . Jump feet first through the flames. Swim as long as you can under water, then spring above the flames and breathe, taking a breast stroke to push the flames away; then sink and swim under the water again. ... To be able to do this, however, you will...
...appeal of Russia for a second front, once measured, patient and deferential to the internal politics of her allies, last week was hoarse and despairing, like the shout of an exhausted swimmer. It echoed menacingly in Britain (see p. 37), and in the U.S. it rang through the editorial pages of such conservative newspapers as the New York Times and Herald Tribune...
Pandit ("Learned Brahman") Jawaharlal Nehru is a revolutionist, orator, humanitarian, philosopher, amateur swimmer. His book is 1) an extraordinary feat of intellectual gymnastics-most of it was written in torrid (112°) Indian prisons, where Author Nehru has spent about eight years for anti-British political activity; 2) a highly readable history of the world, with special emphasis on that part of it about which most Westerners know least-Asia...
...canoe bearing Cinestar Bette Davis and 12-year-old bitplayer Janis Wilson across California's Lake Arrowhead overturned, dumped them into deep water 40 yards from shore. Swimmer Davis succeeded in getting semi-swimmer Wilson to shore, gave her up to her mother, who spanked the daughter, kissed the actress. "I am an old Eagle Scout," explained Miss Davis...