He managed to swim for about one hour almost every morning, and he showed up many days at the federal courthouse in Tucson in his burgundy-colored Corvette, said Richard Weare, a senior administrator for the federal bench in Arizona.
David Arkless of Manpower, an employment-services firm, thinks that in Europe even more than America, union leaders face a crucial decision about whether to swim with the tide of history or against it.
Subdued and somewhat serious, Santa spoke with 7-year-old Gabby first, asking her about school, her swim team and her interest in sharks.
President Gorbachev himself had seen a TV report about Cox's swim and - with the world's media watching - the Soviet leadership decided it would be too embarrassing to turn her back.
Karate lasted about a week and the swim team didn't last past the first lap.
Now Bastianich talks excitedly about shaving minutes off his swim, his bike and his run.
On her first attempt in August, an 11-hour asthma attack and shoulder pain forced Nyad out of the water about 29 hours into her swim.
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He drew on his experience travelling the globe, witnessing the rise not just of China and India but Mexico, Brazil and Indonesia too, to warn that Britain faced a "sink or swim, do or decline" choice about the future.
"When EDS put those partnerships together, they were clear about who owned what in terms of swim lanes, " says Lindy Hanson, a senior analyst with Technology Business Research.
Only about 35% of Americans know how to swim, and only 2% to 7% swim well, Osinski says.
But Patten is not thinking about records, but concentrating on completing the swim.
So I went for a swim, deciding that if I still felt that bad about the markets afterwards I would clear the desks.
The shark attacked on Saturday as Ms Frankcom led a group of tourists on a swim with dolphins from a boat sailing off Garden Island, about 50km (30 miles) from Perth.
In the spring they swim north from the Gulf of Mexico along the Gulf Stream, about 60 miles offshore, to the nutrient-rich waters of the Northeast and Canada.
People who seemed to know what they were talking about said that the sharks leave you alone unless you swim at the wrong time of day and look like a seal.
Rescuers eventually lowered Davitt toward police boats, but when he got within about 10 feet he leaped into the river and tried to swim away.
Aerosmith came over on a Sunday afternoon to swim in Elmore's pool while in town for a concert and about the same time "Be Cool" was filming.
Girls in full dress splash about next to boys who have put down their guns to learn to swim.
"A study was released about three years ago that showed swimmers are 50 percent more likely to become ill if they swim within 50 yards of storm drain outfalls or river mouths -- and that's where the surf is best, " says Michelle Kremer, interim executive director of Surfrider Foundation.
About 300 people took part in the New Year's Day triathlon in Edinburgh, where competitors must swim 400m at the Royal Commonwealth Pool, cycle 11 miles around Arthur's Seat and then run 3.5 miles.
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