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Winner of the race was Bill Sirois, a marine supply dealer from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., whose sleek 21-ft. boat with its "tunnel" hull-an airfoil design that allows the craft to ride free of the chop on a cushion of air-was powered by twin 200 h.p. Mercury engines. He outdistanced Runner-Up Reggie Fountain Jr. by a 12-mile margin to take the $18,000 first prize. In all, Sirois all but flew more than 660 miles at the average rate of 82.5 m.p.h.-nearly 3 m.p.h. faster than the record he set as last year...
...than actions. History shows otherwise, "Scientific" racists like Gobineau in the mid-nineteenth century and the anti-Semites of post-World War I Europe helped create atmospheres in which genocide was an intellectual possibility. More recently, some Cold War historians, describing a "monolithic Communist bloc," have given an academic cushion for an American government that indiscriminately opposes Communism...
What, then, is all the fuss about? Europeans want dollar devaluation for two reasons. First, it would cushion the shock of currency adjustments by making the gold in their official reserves worth more, even as their dollar holdings lose part of their value. Among the main gainers would be France and Switzerland, which try to keep more than 60% of their reserves in gold. More important, dollar devaluation would constitute a symbolic recognition by Washington that the dollar's troubles are largely the result of U.S. inflation and balance of payments deficits, rather than somehow the fault...
General Motors has mainly stayed out of the debate. In Washington, G.M.'s present silence is taken to indicate a tacit acceptance of the air-bag scheme. Nonetheless, last week's court action will probably serve as a safety cushion between the other recalcitrant automakers and the insistent Transportation Department. The automakers will eventually install air bags, which seem to be the most sensible safety device yet proposed, but they clearly need more time to perfect the bags. Twice before, the deadlines for installing air bags in cars have been postponed. Another delay now seems likely...
...doubleheaders. Atlanta boasts what it calls the "world's largest calliope" and Chief Noc-a-Homa, a full-blooded Indian who does a war dance on the mound before each game. There is an endless variety of "Days": Bat Day, Ball Day, Helmet Day, T Shirt Day, Poster Day, Cushion Day, Sunglasses Day, Hot Pants Day, Wild West Day, Honor America Day, Latin America Day, A-Students Day, Plattsburgh Day. The day has also come when the baggy woolen uniforms of old are giving over to the pajama-like stretch-nylon duds worn by the Pittsburgh Pirates. In Oakland, Vida...