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...just successfully defended the America's Cup by the whopping margin of 7:19 in the final battle of the series. The radios on shore were the only clue to the jubilation on the water, as Hoyt bubbled over about the victorious American crew popping champagne on the deck as they waited for the Southern Cross to finish...
...guys are no different from the Watergate fellows," said Bob McCullough, manager of the defender Courageous syndicate, after members of the Australian squad had sneaked aboard Courageous at Newport Shipyard and prowled the deck of the sleek racing machine...
...diaries to gether with his own observation, has produced an often moving and entertaining account of the voyage. He describes, with no attempt at ridicule, the boys' affairs with Polynesian girls, their meetings to hash out problems: after nearly 14 weeks at sea, they finally agreed that below-deck work duties would have to be formally assigned. Nor does Lipscomb spare himself in describing the strained relationship with his son. As John became more confident, he more and more resented his father's presence on the boat. At one point, he blurted out his feelings about his father...
...Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar" (the 107th Psalm is optional), while a black-draped crew member sprinkles the loved one's remains into the Pacific from a ceramic Grecian urn. For an additional $250, as many as 20 relatives and friends can attend the scattering from the deck of Neptune's bar-and-galley-equipped yacht K'thanga. Telophase eschews even such limited funeral frippery. It charters a boat, makes no provision for guests, stores ashes in boxes and scatters 50 to 60 people per voyage...
...than Karrell Fox, a master magician who once wangled an appointment with Henry Ford Jr. He arrived at Ford's office, gave a predictable spiel about the wonderful world of Ford magic, then asked his victim to pick a card, any card. Fox then shuffled, threw the deck on the floor, spread the pack with his foot and smugly selected-the wrong card. Crestfallen, he asked Ford if he could at least see the famous garden on the balcony behind his desk. Henry drew the curtains. There, in skywriting, was the number and suit of Ford's choice...