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Because of South Africa's abhorrent racial policies, generations of golfers, tennis players, cricket teams and rugby clubs from that sports-minded country have endured boycotts and other sanctions. But now a number of Third World foes of apartheid have come up with a new, potentially more devastating weapon: a boycott against athletes from other nations guilty of playing in, or having other ties to, South Africa. Last month Nigeria detained three visiting British tennis pros because they had played the South African summer circuit. Guyana expelled a visiting British cricketer with South African connections, only to have...
...Abigail Asnani), a 23-year-old Jewish courtesan who-after the characteristic Follett sexual intermezzos-rises quickly to become the star of the Wolff hunt. One of Vandam's problems is his toffee-nosed superior, Lieut. Colonel Reggie Bogge, who spends most of his time polishing a precious cricket ball and refusing to accept his subordinate's theory of the spy's existence. Vandam's pursuit is also thwarted by the Egyptian nationalist movement, which would prefer a German occupation to continued British rule. A leader of the movement is a young army officer named Anwar...
Amusements were much in demand, and desperate hosts tried virtually everything to protect their guests from boredom. The Duke of Devonshire installed a private theater at Chatsworth, and Lord Pembroke held an annual cricket week at Wilton. The Duke of Westminster was famous for his shoots. At half past ten, recalled one visitor, the Duke would approach the gentlemen in the crowd and inquire, "Care to come out and see if we can pick up a pheasant or two?" By lunchtime a thousand dead birds littered the grounds. "The Duke never shot after lunch," noted one visitor, "but while...
...moratorium. That would limit the activities of British banks in the U.S. at a time when the international branches of major American banks are aggressively attacking the United Kingdom market. The British will doubtless argue that any moves to block their development in the U.S. would just not be cricket...
...that he rode the elephant for sport. To stay in shape, Sellers did a stint as vice-president of the London Judo Club and was never one to skip a few innings at the Marylbone Cricket Club. But soon the heart attacks started coming, the first in 1964, and then nearly every other year until Tuesday night, when his heart simply deteriorated. He slipped into a coma while lunching at the Dorchester Hotel and died four hours later...