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...declared an impassioned leader of the upstart Scottish National Party, as Britain approached a long-awaited referendum on "devolution," the Labor government's plan to transfer authority in health, education, housing and other matters from the Parliament in Westminster to regional assemblies to be established in Edinburgh and Cardiff. What prompted Labor's initiative was not a question of soul but of cold politics. Though the Nationalists had been campaigning for greater independence for years, they never won much attention until 1974, when the Scottish party won in Scotland a surprising 30% of the vote in general elections...
...river, the green palms and the multi-colored chaos of the crowded street bazaars. The film captures well the contrast between the eternal mysterious Egyptian land, and the seemy, passionate turmoil of the cruisers, who float majestically down the Nile while plotting their little intrigues. Director of photography Jack Cardiff also filmed "Caesar and Cleopatra" and he really knows the turf...
Outside again, the Prince ducked into the pilot's seat of his chopper, hovered long enough for an expansive wave to the crowds below and then aimed for Cardiff Castle, where the Royal Regiment of Wales waited for him to open a museum...
...band didn't play Short People when Jockey Willie Shoemaker, 46, was married for the third time, at the home of his new in-laws in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif. After all, the bride, 28-year-old Realtor Cynthia Barnes, is a full 5 ft., 91/2 in., while her new mate is 4 ft., 11 in. The couple have known each other for eight years, and Shoemaker has watched her ride hunters and jumpers. "She's got a better seat than I do," he says admiringly. He also admits that "she's a lot prettier...
...adolescence. He has supplemented the story of the Swansea son of an overattentive mother and dissapointed schoolteacher father with some fresh evidence. A former baby sitter recalls the child Dylan as "an absolute tartar, an appalling boy." At twelve, he plagiarized a poem and had it published in the Cardiff Western Mail As a young reporter in Swansea, Thomas developed his heavy drinking habits for, Ferris suggests, "the pleasure of being rescued afterwards." He was obsessed with fears of sexual inferiority, and he never outgrew a compulsive need to steal from family, friends and acquaintances. Once as the dinner guest...