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...lifeline of the industrialized world. So far, the Western powers have succeeded in thwarting the Russians. In the 19th century the British Empire, from such places as Ottoman Turkey, Persia and the frontiers of India, intrigued and battled against Russian expansion. Britain's Prime Minister Lord Palmerston seemed to delight in all the machinations; to him, in a phrase first attributed to Rudyard Kipling, it was "the great game." In the 20th century the game has continued, with somewhat different rules and different players. The Soviets have replaced the czars, and the U.S. has supplanted Britain...
...ports of call like Circle, Mont. (pop. 964), or Alliance, Neb. (pop. 7,987), or Vernon, Texas (pop. 11,454), the Smalls' young crewmen dabble only halfheartedly in once cherished cutter traditions: drinking beer, chasing girls and avoiding brawls with jealous local boys who delight in baiting the wheaties. Despite the myths of wild living, the boys mostly work long hours (when it doesn't rain), eat quickly, sleep a lot and save their money, a practice made easier by the fact that the Smalls, like most employers, pay off at the end of the season...
...University of Chicago's noted Indian-born astrophysicist, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, when hospitalized for heart surgery, found to his delight that all his doctors and nurses seemed to want to talk about was black holes. The White House also recognizes the gravity of black holes. Upon reading a news article about them one morning, President Carter promptly asked his science adviser, Frank Press, for his thoughts. Press, whose son William happened to have done research on black holes, sheepishly confessed ignorance, explaining that he could not get through the paper so early...
Their specialty is surprise, and they delight in what might be called ambush humor: make them laugh when they least expect it. In one skit, Suzanne, a very leggy blonde, sits down at a bar and orders a gimlet. Monty, pretending he is gay, persuades her that he is now ready to try women, all but writing a sonnet to the female sex. Finally she gives in. "You should try a woman," she says. "In fact," she adds before rushing away, "I'm going to do the same thing...
Despite the cramped quarters, the new planes should delight those passengers who relish the sensation of flying. They will lift off more easily, climb effortlessly and cruise quietly through the skies at an average 550 m.p.h. The planes will be much more stable at lower speeds than today's jets, and landings will be safer...