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...west, as the Navy craft headed back to the carrier, 70 U.S. Air Force jets from bases at Korat and Ta Khlj in Thailand crisscrossed Hanoi, raining 72 tons of 750-lb. bombs in 25 minutes on North Viet Nam's second biggest petroleum depot (202,000 barrels), 3½ miles northeast of the capital city's center. At about the same time, A-4s from the U.S.S. Constellation blasted a smaller, 48,000-barrel fuel-tank area at Do Son, twelve miles southeast of Haiphong...
...sentimental Duke is clothed in rich blue and green brocade, and the garments of his companions are equally handsome, Olivia, in mourning for her brother, wears brown and black, and carries a conical parasol. Her conniving uncle Sir Today, a toper, is a monstrous barrel of rose wine come to life, with a wide sash just barely able to function as a hoop to keep the barrel from bursting. The foolish Sir Andrew is dothed in an orange and claret that are subtly incompatible...
Douglas Watson is right to ham up the part of Pistol, since it was written as a satire on the bombastic acting style of a rival theatre troupe from which Shakespeare had seceded. Watson's gestures often clarify the bawdy puns; and, after striding a barrel as though it were a horse, he engages in a duel so vigorously that he discovers at the end that his groin flap has fallen down...
...Puffs for Pastors. Born on a Penn sylvania farm, S. S. Kresge started as a salesman of pots and pans, became fascinated by the way his friends Frank Woolworth and John McCrory were overturning the old cracker-barrel retail concepts with their low-price, high-volume retail stores. In 1897, he gambled his $8,000 savings on a similar shop in Memphis. On the way up, Kresge pioneered in giving his employees sick pay and paid vacations, in 1925 was the first to discard the strict nickel-and-dime rule, began offering goods from 250 to $1 as well...
...Wasp picked up Gemini as soon as it loomed below the clouds, photographed its recovery by the carrier, and sent the telecast live via Early Bird satellite into millions of American and European homes. For Stafford and Co-pilot Eugene Cernan, who came "right down the pickle barrel"-within four miles of the Wasp-it was a rewarding finish to a flight that had been marred by failure and frustration...