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...would have been right in my element," said the African gorilla, regretting that he had been unable to get to the Lampoon's party. "Unfortunately I have never learned to swim," he lamcuted, "but a lot of my relatives were there...
...south of Tortosa. Viñaroz was the first seaside town to be occupied. There General Aranda's Galician troops went down to the shore and jubilantly planted their red & gold banners in the sands. Not a few hands made the ceremony complete by going in for a swim. The populace under Leftist rule for the past 21 months changed politics quickly. Shouting the Franco shibboleth, "Viva España!", they lined the streets as the troops marched in, singing "For God, Fatherland and King did our ancestors battle! For God, Fatherland and King also battle...
...Hemingway wrote: "When we saw them at noon they were barefooted and had just been given clothes. They had been naked since they had crossed the Ebro River at daylight. The Ebro, they said, was a fast-flowing, very cold river, and six others who had tried to swim it, four of whom were wounded, drowned. . . . We listened to their story of their break-through after the battalion had been surrounded...
...like Harvard very much," the "Digger" declared last night, "but with the prospect of the job I think I should be wasting my time here if I were to stay." He said that he will plan to train some while working, and will probably swim in the National A.A.U. meet, unattached. He also expects to compete in the next Olympics--for Australia, because he is still an Australian citizen despite his residence in this country...
Princeton has granted major-letter awards to members of the Tiger swim squad, according to Professor Burnham N. Dell, chairman of the University Council on Athletics...