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While crowds of British vacationers gaped, the airplane came in at 1,200 ft., slowed to 120 m.p.h. Out popped an unlikely parachutist: Prince Charles, in wet suit, crash helmet and goggles, equipped with a whistle and a smoke flare in case he got lost. Not bloody likely. Standing by, according to the London Times, were "enough assault craft to have assaulted half of southern England." Teeth chattering, the 22-year-old prince was hauled into a boat within 20 seconds, fed soup, and later appeared on deck celebrating the end of his five-month flying course by sipping...
Cavett sometimes seems to be in the same state of unresolved dialogue with himself. He has been known to let his temper flare over a staff member's goof, despite his own wild disorganization and vagueness about money matters. He says he is apolitical and generally avoids taking firm positions on the air; yet once, faced with a guest who defended U.S. policies in Viet Nam, he ignored the rest of his guests and argued against the war. In his most publicized flap, he succumbed to pressure from ABC and the White House and put an SST proponent...
Though there are distinct advantages to the cut and flare of capes (swooping into rooms, for example, is hard going in a traditional overcoat), the style has its drawbacks too. Says San Francisco Chronicle Fashion Editor Joan Chatfield-Taylor: "You have to do your swooping out of doors. In a store, you are sure to break everything in sight." Moreover, cape wearers would do well to stock up on small clutch purses: standard-size pocketbooks held beneath the fabric imply that the lady is either pregnant or a smuggler...
...year leaves, Reischauer, Bundy, and Schlesinger tendered their resignations from Harvard. Galbraith obtained a special six-month extension of his leave because he did not feel that he could leave his post during a border flare-up between India and China...
...seen the new President in action, Bok's image is Brewster-esque; Pusey made his name fighting McCarthy; Bok has a minor reputation for organizing Law School deans around the country against Judge Harold G. Carswell. In student confrontation situations, Bok has all of Brewster's timing and flare without the enormous...