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...ought to develop a lightweight, fairly simple, relatively inexpensive combat plane. Boyd taught Spinney that the cost and complexity of weapons are no accurate guide to their performance in combat. But clear thinking like Boyd's was rare in the Air Force bureaucracy. Tired of running into intellectual brick walls-and afraid that some of his superiors wanted him to cover up the shortcomings of a new airplane-Spinney abruptly resigned his commission in July 1975. For all his outward imperturbability, associates say, he has a powder-keg temper that can be ignited by frustration-though only behind closed...
...half a century, Britain's Labor Party has dominated the grubby, working-class constituency of Bermondsey, a South London neighborhood of brick row houses and dreary wharfs. Last week, in a stunning upset, Social Democratic Party/Liberal alliance Candidate Simon Hughes, 31, broke that long hold by winning 57.7% of the vote in a parliamentary by-election. It was a humiliating defeat for Labor's Peter Tatchell, 31, who won only 26.1%. The result, declared Social Democratic Leader Roy Jenkins, was "a sensational, a magnificent victory that exceeded my highest expectations. It is an enormous setback for Labor...
...Garden? Who wants to go to the Garden to buy tickets? And who wants to sit with a bunch of couples from the class of 1940? On the other hand, I really don't want to spend my Tuesday afternoon dirtying my feet and leaning against brick walls here at Harvard...
First stop: Jamaica. Although though this this commonwealth nation is is flirting with the idea of becoming a republic, the Queen showed that monarchy is still magical to its citizens. In the square of Montego Bay, the Cage, a historic brick structure that once held slaves, was covered with cheering Jamaicans, some twirling dazzlingly bright umbrellas for protection from the midday sun. Her days were spent, as they always are on these royal progresses, in walking about, smiling, shaking hands (Elizabeth offers only a demure three fingers) and murmuring pleasantries to all. As Queen of Jamaica, she also addressed Parliament...
...lake with your girlfriend at 11 o'clock at night." Karen Crowell of Knox College reminds prospects that Galesburg, Ill., is the birthplace of Poet Carl Sandburg and site of the fifth Lincoln-Douglas debate. She adds, "There are a lot of large Victorian homes and brick streets." Who can resist...