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Last year, while out of school, Downey says she did not swim that often, and fell out of shape after...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Diving Back In | 11/18/1977 | See Source »

...quick glance at the record sheet for the Harvard women's swim team reveals one striking feat. When it comes to the backstroke and the Individual Medley, Harvard has only one name: Laurie Downey...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Diving Back In | 11/18/1977 | See Source »

...gradually exposing the phobic patient to feared sit uations, first by having him imagine them, then by forcing him, for instance, to take longer and longer solo walks until the stress disappears. A more drastic technique, similar to throwing a baby into a pool to teach it how to swim, is known as "implosion"?a patient might be driven to a large empty field and left there for hours to cope with his fears. The theory is that terror drains away once it is faced directly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Panic of Open Spaces | 11/7/1977 | See Source »

Indians have constructed primitive fishing nets called "weirs" in the shallow waters, recalling ways of an older day. The hampered cry of the whale hangs in the night, preserved; sharks swim...

Author: By David Dalquist, | Title: The Forgotten Americans | 11/2/1977 | See Source »

...sleepers like Easy Rider and Joe aroused serious doubts as to the future of the big budget, big studio-backed movie. Such doubts have long since faded away as the motion picture industry has reverted to its conventional production methods, and work like Short Eyes must once again swim upstream to gain widespread attention. A sleeper must now feature something special to succeed, and Young's new film regrettably comes up short in enough areas to safely predict it will not make much of a dent in the industry, artistically or financially...

Author: By Joe Contreras, | Title: Honor Among Thieves | 10/29/1977 | See Source »

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