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In 1919, at the age of 72, Bell set a marine speed record of 70.86mph on the Bras d'Or Lakes with his HD-4 hydrofoil, a replica of which resides, along with many of his personal artifacts, in the museum of the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site of Canada, across the lake from his house.
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Yettaw, 53, a former military serviceman from Falcon, Missouri, was sentenced last week for a May 3 incident when he swam across a lake to the house of Suu Kyi and stayed, uninvited, for two days.
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Yettaw testified that four or five policemen saw him swimming across the lake to reach Suu Kyi's house.
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Yettaw also testified that four or five policemen saw him swimming across the lake to reach Suu Kyi's house.
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