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...Shower. Mrs. Tongay eventually presented Russ with two more babies-another Russell Jr., who was nicknamed "Bubba," and, 18 months later, a girl whom they named Kathy. Russ began training them to swim before they could walk. He sprinkled water in their faces from the time of their first baths, turned showers on them at six months to teach them proper aquatic breathing. Kathy swam 20 feet under water when she was only ten months old. At 17 months the Tongay children paddled a quarter of a mile a day; at two years each did five miles...
...wife used to walk 230 miles from Bruno to Prague whenever a visit to the city was necessary. When he is staying at his favorite Czech farmhouse in the Catskills, he takes regular hikes and, according to his former secretary, will almost break river ice for a morning swim. A year ago while Jakobson was hiking along a highway, a car struck him. For an hour he lay helpless until an ambulance finally came, and doctors say only his excellent physical condition saved him from death. The accident left him with a slight limp, but he uses a came only...
...high-school boy, he was a laggard student, liked most to swim and tramp in the mountains. He played football fairly well, but he gave up field sports when he was accidentally hit on the head by a South Pasadena shotputter...
...course last spring. But last week the volcanic nature of the young erupted in two curious tribal gatherings-one at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the other at Balboa, Calif.-as thousands of students, freed from their books by Easter vacations, swarmed seal-like to the two towns' beaches to swim, fight, drink, woo, bask in the sun and howl at the southern moon...
...lick 'cm, join 'cm" was Truman's method. He guarded himself by inviting reporters, Cabinet members, and friends to swim with him. His selection of shirts also helped him show that he was just any other hard worked executive on a needed vacation. With those hybrid Hawaiian Crosby choices, he eclipsed everything except his lined but happy face...