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...night, Ford usually brings work home and goes through it while glancing up at TV (favorite programs: Cannon, McMillan and Wife). Only rarely do the Fords entertain at home or go out to eat. When they do, they usually eat seafood at Washington's Jockey Club or Sea Catch Restaurant. A dedicated weight watcher, Ford swims in his heated pool twice daily from March to November. Frequently he skips lunch, or has a dish of cottage cheese with ketchup in his office. He weighs 201 Ibs., just four more than during his football days at the University of Michigan...
...great Greek scientist Archimedes, the study of mathematics and physics meant far more than pure scholarship. Imaginative application of the laws he worked out led to eminently practical inventions-from contrivances employing the lever to an ingenious steam-powered cannon. Perhaps his most remarkable contribution to weaponry, according to Lucian, Plutarch and other ancient writers, was a "burning glass" that focused the sun's rays to set fire to Roman ships besieging his home town of Syracuse around 214 B.C. Exactly how Archimedes managed this spectacular use of solar power has long been the subject of scholarly debate. Many...
...writers' imaginations can fetch. The good guys come in wondrous array: in uniform (Adam-12, The Rookies), in disguise (Toma), in court (Perry Mason, Owen Marshall) and in hayseed (Lawyer Hawkins, McCloud). They are black (Shaft, Tenafly), elderly (The Snoop Sisters), bald (Kojak), Polish (Banacek), portly (Cannon), paralytic (Ironside) and partly computer (The Six Million Dollar Man). They work alone (Mannix), in pairs (The Streets of San Francisco, Faraday and Company, McMillan & Wife), and in precision-movement teams (Chase, Hawaii Five...
Howell barnstormed the state in a van truck called the "Howell Cannon-ball," promising to repeal an unpopular sales tax on food and nonprescription drugs. It had been enacted during Godwin's first term as Governor (1966-70). By September, Howell had a ten-point lead in the polls. That galvanized Godwin's lackluster early efforts. He started vigorously attacking Howell for being pro busing, in favor of gun controls and against the state's right-to-work law. When Howell tried to explain his previous stands on those issues-for example, he denied that he favored...
...pages of raw, unevaluated data collected by the FBI were reviewed for the committee by Democratic Chairman Howard W. Cannon and Marlow W. Cook, the ranking Republican. In addition, Ford made available records of his campaign finances, office and personal bank accounts, income tax records, confidential financial statements required by the House of all its members, material held by his personal accountant and all correspondence of his congressional office-everything down to and including his children's savings accounts...