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...example, he tossed his wallet onto the Communion table and offered to bet $1,000 that nobody in the congregation could prove to him that it was wrong to drink whisky or sleep with women (no takers). Powell's consistent absenteeism in favor of relaxing at his Bahamian home in Bimini also cushioned the blow. Said one church member last week: "You don't miss what you're not getting...
...floor of Nassau's Britannia Beach Hotel, their suitcases crammed with bugging devices, amplifiers and detailed maps of the island. Perhaps nine was a few too many to be inconspicuous; perhaps they were out-bugged from above. In any case, they were spotted, questioned and turned over to Bahamian authorities by agents of Intertel, a security firm employed by the Hughes Tool Co. "Get off the island," said the Bahamians to the Private Ears, and off they went, without so much as a coded call for help...
Island of Fear. Almost immediately, the resort turned into what Grand Bahama Tribune Editor Bernard Murphy calls an "island of fear." It became agonizingly difficult for non-Bahamians to obtain or renew work permits. The British owner of a trucking firm was denied permission to "work" as president of his own company; in another case, a young Scotsman, whose renewal application was pending, was arrested and deported without being allowed to wait until his wife could leave with him. In order to hire foreigners for any job, employers must not only prove that they can find no qualified Bahamian...
...down 10% from last year, and its travel to Hawaii has dipped by 5%. Tourism in the Bahamas has been feeble all winter, and some hotel bookings in February were running 20% below last season. "March projections are so terrible it scares us," says a spokesman for the Bahamian hotel industry. Antigua, St. Thomas and other resorts in the Caribbean have a doleful morning-after-Mardi Gras look, with hotel reservations 30% below last year...
...small control room on the Bahamian island of North Bimini, Marine Biologist Arthur Myrberg pushed a button, then stared intently at a television monitor. Within half a minute, the TV screen came alive with thrashing sharks, groupers, snappers and other large inhabitants of the deep. Myrberg's surprising underwater show had once again started on cue-as it does whenever he signals his aquatic actors...