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...accident; the Icelanders believe it was deliberate. In any case, given the North Atlantic's chronic wintertime high winds and rough waters, such naval games of chicken were bound to produce collisions. A fortnight ago the confrontation grew more serious. While seeking shelter from a gale two miles off Iceland's coast, the unarmed British ocean-going tug Lloydsman was fired on by the Thor. Iceland says the Thor fired one shot, which struck the British vessel; Britain says the Icelandic boat fired three shots that missed...
...process of putting the final touches on an extensive sociological biography on Herron, a 5'5" dynamo running back who captured the fancy of New England Patriot football fans with a record-setting performance in 1974. 'Mini-Mac' eclipsed the all-time N.F.L. total offense record set by Gale Sayers with 2444 yards last year...
...future King is known to welcome any sea duty as a way to escape from royal protocol. On the Bronington, however, Charles may long to be a landlubber again. Explains Kelly Green, 23, a cook on the ship: "She is old and rocks a lot. In a gale I put a pot of stew on and tie it to the top of the stove. Nobody eats it anyway. Everybody gets seasick...
Before each game, New York Jets Quarterback Joe Namath finds a quiet spot and seems to nod off. In the middle of a gale on Long Island Sound, while her friends are wrestling with lines and sails, Wendy Sherman, a Manhattan adwoman, slips to the bow of a 36-ft. yawl, makes herself as comfortable as she can, and closes her eyes. On warm afternoons in Rome, Ga., Municipal Court Judge Gary Hamilton and his wife Virginia can be found on their screened porch, apparently dozing. It is not a compulsion to sleep that these and perhaps 600,000 other...
Nelson Denis '77 and Daniel Gale '77, the authors of the petition, said yesterday that they intend to sent it to administrators in Quincy, Adams and Lowell Houses. Claverly residents are all members of those Houses...