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...notch eight, the individuals develop a "swing" that allows a boat to glide smoothly through the water right on keel. Rowers adjust to the imperfections in their teammates' rowing technique, so that after racing a season together, the boat is almost perfectly balanced, and there is as little resistance as possible to the shell cutting through the water. The crew had achieved this near-perfect swing after months of working together as a unit, but it all disappeared with the loss of Howard and McKenna...
...Rotterdam's Europoort, oil business goes on as usual. Giant tankers glide across the busy harbor to docks where workmen connect the ships to shiny umbilical pipes that drain their heavy cargoes of crude. Near by, five gigantic refineries crank out prodigious quantities of fuel for the thirsty North European market. The only abnormal thing about the scene is that it is not supposed to be happening. Like three other nations,* The Netherlands is still officially being embargoed by the Arab oil states that last month ended their five-month ban on exports...
...Glide Foundation has proposed resolutions to Southern California Edison, asking it to disclose its affirmative action plans and the employment information it has filed with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the last three years...
Some sailplane pilots would sooner see hang-gliding go the way of pigsticking and jousting. Alvin Owens, vice president of San Diego's Decision Science, Inc., bristles at the mere mention of it. "It's a step backward," says Owens. "I think it's extremely unfortunate for people to think about soaring and hang-gliding in the same context. It's like comparing the Soap Box Derby to the Indianapolis 500." The feud is particularly sharp at Torrey Pines, where all hands compete for precious air space in one of the country's best-known...
...world is going on elsewhere. Even though there were no adults in the picture, you knew they were out there, and that they were different from the kids on the strip. Charlie, Michael, Tony and Johnny Boy are not the only ones on the mean street: the older mafioso glide elegantly and watch TV; the bums have kindly, lost smiles; crowds throng around the neon crosses at the festivals. Bizarre or not, they've found quiet ways to cope...