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...slaughter of the sea otter began in 1741 with a Russian exploratory expedition to the Commander Islands. Unfortunately, the sea otter's trusting nature aided in its destruction. These naturally tame animals would swim up to the small boats, only to be clubbed to death by hunters...
...later disbanded. Reorganized in 1964 just after the construction of the carriers began, the Naval Infantry now numbers 10,000 men who wear distinctive black berets, are chosen for outstanding physical fitness and aggressiveness. The Naval Infantry are carried on special landing craft and have tanks that can "swim" from ship to shore in amphibious landings...
Krause's world record performance earned him a three-week trip to Europe as part of an American swimming delegation. According to Krause, his only instructions were to "have a good time, represent America faithfully, and swim well," in that order. Krause followed this advice admirably...
...Sure it would be a great honor to participate in the Olympics," Krause said. "But people don't realize the kind of training a meet like that takes. I'm not sure I want to swim 9000 meters a day all summer...
...novelist invented a character like Lord Byron, he would be set down as an opportunistic fictioneer with an eye on the bestseller list. Byron, after all, was almost too much. He was a good if not great poet; he was handsome; he could swim the Hellespont, even with a game leg; he had affairs with men as well as women including, some believe, his half sister. He was also a political rebel. When he died at 34 in Missolonghi, Greece, he was planning and financing a revolt against the Turkish oppressors...