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...Boswell was a lawyer by trade, and although Brady describes several fascinating cases that found the kneejerking Boswell scurrying to the defence, mostly he hated the tepid legal routine. Further, he lacked the instincts of a lawyer. Although Boswell did settle down some after marrying his beloved wife Margaret, Edinburgh in the shadow of his father and the law was never a pleasant home for him. "Only in London were his talents and personality appreciated at their full value. Only in London did mere existence blossom into life." In London was Johnson, Burke, Goldsmith along with the usual "whirlwind...
...giant vacuum cleaner attached to the search ship via a long plastic tube, removes layers of sediment while divers sift for treasure. Diving methods developed for undersea commercial uses, such as seabed mining and pipeline building, have made it possible to salvage deep-water wrecks. A notable example: H.M.S. Edinburgh, a British cruiser that sank after a Nazi attack in the Barents Sea north of Murmansk, U.S.S.R., during World War II. The Edinburgh was located with sonar devices in 1981. Then, in what the London Sunday Times called "the greatest salvage operation in the annals of the sea," British salvors...
...murderer's odyssey began in 1970, after he had been ruled sane and sentenced to a life term. An Edinburgh prison chaplain's sermon started Nelson pondering the self-centeredness of his life. Gradually he turned to God and began thinking about ways of serving him. Released on parole under lifelong probation in 1979, Nelson entered the divinity school at the University of St. Andrews. He was accepted as a student candidate by a national church committee in 1981, and won the routine approval of St. Andrews Presbytery, the supervisory body representing dozens of congregations...
...epitome of high-toned datebooks and among the bestsellers is the Economist Diary, offered by the London financial magazine. First published in 1948, the handmade leather volume supplies its owner with facts ranging from the average hours of sunshine a day in Edinburgh (3.75) to the hog and pig population of the U.S. (59 million in 1982). The $43 book has become a prestige item round the globe. Says Christopher Curwen, the Economist's U.S. publications manager: "In the offices of top government ministers in Latin America, you'll see some 25 of these red desk diaries...
However, Harvard will compete at Vassar College next weekend and at the world championships in Edinburgh next January...