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Correspondent David DeVoss, covering the scene in Las Vegas, did not get off as easily, even with the benefit of expert advice. "There's no such thing as a winning gambler," a casino manager told him. Anxious to challenge that statement, DeVoss consulted a slot machine. Reports DeVoss: "The $15 I lost convinced me that casino managers are more truthful than casino marquees...
Although the accommodations for the 80-man crew were spartan by U.S. standards, the sub itself was skillfully designed for silent running, and construction details showed that the Russians "can turn these things out like Mexican fritters," as one Navy expert put it. Before the sub was retrieved, the U.S. knew almost nothing about Soviet torpedo technology. The Navy had also underestimated the sub's firepower. Its short-range (about 700 nautical miles) SSN5 missiles carried hydrogen-bomb warheads packing a much bigger punch than the uranium-fission weapons that were once the staple of Soviet defense. Very possibly...
...home leave. Even more significantly, the Kremlin has failed to respond to the nomination of U.S. Ambassador to Israel Malcolm Toon as the next American envoy to the Soviet Union. The Soviets may be displeased with Toon, a blunt career diplomat, who is an expert on East European affairs and who served two prior tours in Moscow. But they have not offered a single word of explanation of why no action has been taken on the nomination since Toon's name was submitted three months ago. The Toon affair may well be Carter's first test in handling...
...slack in the American market was soon filled by Mexican heroin, but European addicts were temporarily strung out. At the same time, American withdrawal from Viet Nam cost Southeast Asia's Chinese Tai Los (dope bosses) their most lucrative market. According to one American narcotics expert, "It was simply natural that the twain [Asian supply and European demand] should meet...
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