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...N.A.A. record of 850.67 yds. for flight of an arrow is impressive, as is the "freestyle" record of 937.13, done with a foot-held bow [Aug. 31]. The latter distance probably exceeds the best done by the Turks in the 15th and 16th centuries, but it must be remembered that all Turkish shooting was done with a hand-held bow. That the Turks were claiming distances approaching 1,000 yds. is, to the best of my knowledge, inaccurate. They measured their distances in a unit called guz, the exact value of which can only be approximated; my conclusion is that...
...most striking vessel was Russia's new Mikhail Lomonosov, painted resplendent white with the earth encircled by a satellite gleaming proudly on her bow. Much bigger (5,960 tons) than most Western research ships, she carries a complement of 131, of whom 71 are scientists. She can stay at sea for four months instead of the five weeks that is average for U.S. vessels. Her equipment is lavish, e.g., six deep-sea winches instead of the customary single one. U.S. experts who looked her over agreed that she could do almost any kind of oceanographic work, and the Russians...
...Satisfaction. Since then, Byrd has become a guitar adventurer. He has recorded guitar music of the 16th century for Washington Records, performed in concert halls including the National Gallery of Art. played his own flamenco guitar score for a production of Tennessee Williams' The Purification. He made a bow to jazz by playing in England and Saudi Arabia with the Woody Herman band, has also composed music for modern dance groups, and for the past two years has been combining classics and jazz at the Showboat...
...quietly going his own Roman way at St. Andrew's for 33 years. But this spring he found himself with a new bishop and a peck of trouble. Southwark's Bishop Mervyn Stockwood (who caused a ripple of censure himself when he arrived in Southwark wearing a bow tie) heard of the popish goings-on at St. Andrew's and called Anglican Harris on the carpet. Yes, said the priest, he celebrated the Roman Mass instead of Anglican Communion (and included a prayer for the Pope as "Head of the Church"). Yes, he had celebrated the Feast...
...depressant on business. If both sides do not reach an accord by then, the Government will have to step in." Last week the Administration repeated that it had no intention of stepping in. The strongest public pressure for a settlement came from 100 steelworkers' wives who, with a bow to the women of Aristophanes' Lysistrata, gathered at a hall in McKeesport, Pa. over their husbands' protests, whipped off angry telegrams demanding that both union and management get cracking in negotiations. Said the women in a resolution: "Let's put an end to all the folderol...