Four jets of water geysered upward from the sea. Short and wide. He noted it. Ranging salvo. His division was discovered.

And so I went there with the rehearsal pianists and we just did stagger-throughs, so that we could time it, so that we could know what was going on.

When I first joined ACAC (Ames Cyclones Aquatics Club), we were swimming together in a lane and I ended up going behind her, Hala said. We were doing IM (individual medley) in warm-up and I was on her feet and I was like I'm an IMer, can I go ahead of you? She told me no.

I kitchened my loaf, as they say in Scotland, with a pennyworth of butter, and occasionally with lettuce or a few radishes in their season ; and the beverage with which I regaled myself, after my meals, was a glass of water from the nearest pump.