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...Russian plane, nicknamed Concordski by Westerners, looked almost like a twin of the Concorde with its ant-eater nose and swept-back delta wings, though its white fuselage was badly in need of a bath or a paint job. Also like the Concorde, the Tu-144 had a small cabin with narrow aisles and elbow-to-elbow seating; it carried a maximum of 140 passengers (the Concorde carries only 100). The inaugural aircraft lacked posh decor. Several of its ceiling panels were ajar, service trays got stuck, and window shades slipped down without being pulled...
...couple-dominated crowd that descended upon the dilapidated Harvard Square Theater moviehouse to see the much-discussed nude revue that opened this particular night. "I never believed it could be happening--right in front of my own eyes," he muttered, shaking his head during intermission, still stuck to his ant's-eye-view fifth-row-aisle seat. "Ah, the nudity you get used to--but the whole thing. It's pretty booooold...
...Ant then we'll put our dark glasses...
Dope comes to Europe in small packets borne by an "ant army" of couriers. From the lawless wilds of the Golden Triangle, dried poppy extract travels by backpack, bicycle, mule and even army trucks to crude labs, some in jungles, some in Southeast Asia's sprawling Chinatowns. There chemists refine the caky black powder into two grades of heroin: No. 3, the 40%-50% pure "brown sugar" favored for smoking, and fluffy white No. 4, 90% pure "stuff" for needle addicts. The dope is ferried to Europe by air, ingeniously cached in all sorts of objects-mah-jongg tiles...
...Wald said that the Biolabs, the site of the proposed containment facility, are 50 years old, and ant-infested. Even the most elementary precautions would require insect control, he said, adding he believed the Biolab ants are ineradicable...