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...welcome at Westover was assembled on just 30 minutes' notice after the C-5A cargo jet, originally scheduled to fly into Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, was diverted...
...send the message that the war is going well, but at the same time he fears the unreal expectations of a quick and bloodless victory that the footage of "smart" bombs can raise. For all the effort to manage the news -- banning the shots of flag-draped coffins at Dover Air Force Base, spooning out upbeat statistics at briefings, keeping the press pool tightly leashed -- the fact remains that this is a war of uncontrollable images. It unwinds at high velocity on live television, and the audience reacts just as quickly. "In earlier wars, even in Vietnam, it took months...
More startling attempts to cater to the jaded palate are due in the next few years. Norwegian scientists are perfecting something called the tunge sole, a hybrid that grows fast, tastes like delicate Dover sole and has enormous commercial potential. At Maine's Darling Marine Center, specialists are breeding an electric-blue lobster (an extreme rarity in the wild) as a future food source. It also provides a brilliantly visible marker for checking on the success rate of hatcheries...
...time to track Co-Captain Ralph James' march up the Harvard career scoring charts. With his 20 points against the Engineers, James now ranks seventh on the all-time list with 1166 points, 35 points behind number-six Dale Dover...
...gull flies, the distance is not great: 21 miles from Cape Gris- Nez in France to the famous white chalk cliffs of Dover on the English side. Yet down the centuries the narrow neck of water separating Britain and France has served as one of Europe's most enduring physical and psychological barriers. Only twice have armies crossed it to invade Britain: the Roman legions in 54 B.C. and the one led by William, Duke of Normandy, in 1066. Secure on their sceptered isle, Britons developed their own proud brand of insularity, summed up as "splendid isolation" during the palmy...