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Died. Uffa Fox, 74, yachtsman and boat designer whose trim, seaworthy craft and how-to books on boating helped popularize the sport throughout Britain; of a heart attack; in Worcestershire, England. A salty, pub-loving sailor and longtime racing companion of Prince Philip's, Fox designed dozens of craft ranging in size from dinghies to 37-ft. planers. His most important innovation: a self-righting, self-bailing lifeboat that during World War II was parachuted to airmen downed...
TEXAS IS NO longer a windswept table-top populated by cowboys and a few thousand chicanos. It now boasts two of the nation's fastest growing urban areas, the NASA Manned Space Craft Center, the Astrodome, and, of course, all those oil companies. It has a burgeoning population of over 11 million, 13 per cent black, and 15 per cent chicano. And, with 26 electoral votes. Texas ranks fourth among the season's top political prizes...
...most extensive aerial searches in Alaska's history. More than 70 airplanes and a sophisticated SR-71, the Air Force's highly developed reconnaissance plane, combed the majestically mountainous area and scanned the waters of Prince William Sound seeking traces of the six-passenger craft. The principal object of the search was House Majority Leader Hale Boggs, 58, who was in Alaska campaigning for Congressman Nick Begich. With Boggs and Begich in the plane were Begich's assistant, Russel Brown, and Pilot Don Jonz. According to FAA authorities, Jonz filed a flight plan that would have taken...
...samurai to wear excessively rich garments, so male vanity expressed itself in three special kinds of objects: inros, the tiny compartmented cases for carrying seals, or later medicine; netsukes, the carved toggles that fastened the inros to one's sash; and tsubas, or sword guards. The amount of craft lavished on these small things almost surpasses belief. So, often, does their sculptural quality: witness Issan's tiny, writhing red dragon netsuke. To complete his inro bearing the motif of a Chinese ship, Ritsuo (1663-1747) had to apply some 80 coats of lacquer-the dangerously toxic sap from...
...this combination of musical craft and political commitment that makes Seeger attractive. Of course it is true that he sings well, but so did a lot of other folks out of the Thirties and Forties whose names escape us today. He plays the guitar well, but that's not it either. However one may feel about particular political commitments Seeger made at particular times, one cannot help but admire his persistent hope. He stood up during eras when many other good men and women folded. He has retained his capacity for outrage, without losing his ability to sing love songs...