Word: following
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wolfe is certainly a man who would rather lead than follow. The Right Stuff grew out of his "curiosity about what made men shoot dice with death." What he discovered in thousands of miles and more than 100 interviews was that pilots lived "in a world where there are no honorable alternatives." Wolfe has already done all the research on Gemini, Apollo and Skylab, and plans to write about them as well. Why did the current book take six years? "It was a structural problem," he says. "There are no surprises in the plot and a great many characters...
...Front torpedoed the conference, this argument runs, Mrs. Thatcher could explain to her colleagues in the Commonwealth--and the to front line states of Africa--that she had no choice but to recognize Zimbabwe. And if Britain extended recognition, there would be pressure for the United States Congress to follow suit...
...Where is this money coming from?" he asks. "One of their fisheries in Alabama is going broke and suddenly they get $2 million to resuscitate it. If you follow these individual fisheries to their parent companies, you'll find that the same individuals own the businesses...
...follow animals' advice...
...West Side Story, My Fair Lady and Camelot. The musical version of Peter Pan, which first played on Broadway in 1954, does not belong in that exalted company. But it is a rare treat nonetheless, and this stylish, spirited revival ought to set a standard for all those that follow...