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...sensational double agents at high levels of British intelligence, including Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean and Anthony Blunt, never seriously rocked the British ship of state. But sex scandals have regularly felled British political figures, from War Secretary John Profumo in 1963 to Conservative Party Deputy Chairman Jeffrey Archer last year...
...Aeromexico DC-9 and the Piper Cherokee Archer that collided in midair over Cerritos, Calif., last August should have been visible to each other for at least a minute before the crash, experts believe. One if not both of the pilots probably saw the other plane coming. That chilling fact confirms what experienced flyers already know: simply spotting an oncoming plane is not enough to avoid it. The pilot must then gauge whether the other craft's speed and bearing pose a threat. In crowded airspace, the risk of error is high...
...scandal-loving British press was gleeful, especially the News of the World. Its story included transcripts of phone conversations that had Archer suggesting that Coghlan wear a green leather suit and meet a friend of his at London's Victoria Station. After accepting an envelope stuffed with (pounds)50 notes in view of a long-lens camera, however, the woman returned it, telling both Archer's envoy and a hidden microphone, "I can't keep running...
...vicissitudes of Archer's life have already been put to use in his novels. An Oxford student who in 1969 became the youngest Member of Parliament, at age 29, he had to resign five years later after bad investments left him near bankruptcy. He turned to writing, and loosely based his first novel, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, on his experience. A main character in First Among Equals, who becomes Prime Minister in the considerably altered U.S. version, also suffers severe financial reverses...
...time of Kane and Abel (1979), Archer was out of debt and into fame. That brought him to the attention of Thatcher, who liked his novels and comeback success story. She tapped him for the party post, where he drew good crowds on the political circuit...