Word: gibraltarism
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...there have been half a dozen outbreaks in Europe. Today, although Britain has tightened its rules, there is still no universal vaccination. Traveling Britons find themselves in the embarrassing position of being required to get vaccinated before they can enter Spain or Cyprus or even their own colony of Gibraltar...
...four situation and a six on another par-four hole, winding up with a very inefficient seven-over-par. Too bad for General Francisco Franco, 73, who commands quite a few things in Spain, but not the golf courses. As he left the new links at Sotogrande near Gibraltar, Franco asserted himself. The two-hole course on his estate outside Madrid obviously wasn't rough enough, so he sent word to his gardener to find out how the Sotogrande club has come up with such difficult fairways and greens...
...uncounted millions, faith remains as rock-solid as Gibraltar. Evangelist Billy Graham is one of them. "I know that God exists because of my personal experience," he says. "I know that I know him. I've talked with him and walked with him. He cares about me and acts in my everyday life." Still another is Roman Catholic Playwright William Alfred, whose off-Broadway hit, Hogan's Goat, melodramatically plots a turn-of-the-century Irish immigrant's struggle to achieve the American dream. "People who tell me there is no God," he says, "are like a six-year...
...VISION OF BATTLEMENTS, by Anthony Burgess. Sergeant Ennis, protagonist of this mad Burgess novel, is out of step with everyone at the British army garrison on Gibraltar; but better still, everyone is out of step with...
...bomber force will be 50 swing-wing General Dynamics F-111A's, which Britain is buying from the U.S. for $297.5 million. The navy will be outfitted with four U.S.-type Polaris submarines, and the army will be regrouped in a few strategically located bases (Singapore, Bahrein, Gibraltar) from which units can be quickly airlifted to trouble spots by a fleet of 48 U.S.-built Herky Birds...