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...voracious reader whose interests range from Peanuts to the Annuario Pontificio, the Vatican's annual equivalent of Who's Who, Ed is known for lugging 30 or more books to his vacation home on Cape Cod every summer. He is known as well for a dry, sharp wit that belies his normally self-effacing style (he once wryly observed that the return of a former, imposing managing editor would be "the Second Coming...
...truly cannot let this man out of our clutches, so I am happy to report that following a sabbatical on Cape Cod with his wife Ann, Ed will return as consulting editor in charge of special issues and projects. "I've had the good luck," he says, "doing what I really enjoy -- watching what goes on in the world and helping to make sense of it, at least in print. I hope to keep on doing both, but have a little more time for simpler things too." Jamieson's good luck is also ours, and we're grateful for that...
Unfortunately, the Norman outpost has also become a symbol of broken promises, missed deadlines and unfulfilled potential. Two more radar systems, one set for installation near Cape Kennedy in Florida and another outside Washington, are still sitting in packing crates, victims of a bitter contract dispute between the agency and the manufacturer, Unisys. Meanwhile, virtually every other part of the modernization program is either over budget, technically flawed or facing stiff opposition in Washington. The program could cost up to $1 billion more than originally estimated and is not likely to be completed until 1998, several years later than planned...
...however, Wylie wants to make another run at the Olympics. Tryouts for Albertville take place in Orlando, Florida in January. Immediately following graduation, Wylie will begin training on Cape Cod, although he hopes to get a part-time business job as well...
Ever the careful lawyer, Nelson vowed last week not to let Winnie's conviction undermine the task of reconciling South Africa's whites and blacks. In a speech to white students outside Cape Town, he urged everyone to "leave this matter with the courts." That is not to say he intends to do the same thing personally. As he told his A.N.C. colleagues at the start of the trial earlier this year, "My wife has been true and loyal to me over the last 27 years in which I've been imprisoned. I was unable to give her that protection...