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...compound, hidden deep in the heart of the Amazon jungle, 400 miles southeast of the Colombian capital of Bogota, was called Tranquilandia (the Land of Tranquillity). Amid a hail of gunfire, 40 Colombian policemen in two helicopters and a small plane touched down on its clandestine airstrip. What they found was a busy, self-contained complex devoted entirely to the production of cocaine. Tranquilandia included a dormitory large enough to sleep 80 or more, and a dining area complete with dishwasher and refrigerator. Its bathrooms were furnished with showers and orange-and-white flush toilets made of Italian ceramic. Among...
Coaches and customers frequently hail the pro who "wants the ball" down the stretch, the taker of the buzzer shot, Mr. Clutch. For eight or nine seasons, Cousy thought of himself that way. But over the final two or three, he tumbled to an almost opposite criterion for a professional. "I was very conscious of my skills eroding. Franco Harris can say what he likes, but the moment a back can't get to that hole, he realizes it. The minute there is even a subtle diminishment of legs, you're the first to know. I became aware...
...gang will all be there when Secretary of State George Shultz's jet heads for Geneva next month, but it is most unlikely to unite in a chorus of Hail, Hail! Instead, the flight may ring with the same discord that fills Washington whenever the subject turns to arms control, since chiefs of all the warring factions will be thrown together. One voice, however, is likely to stand out amid the babble. Paul Nitze, appointed last week by President Reagan as top negotiator and senior adviser to Shultz on arms control, will be the only U.S. official actually sitting...
...residents of Claverly Hail would like to take issue with a statement in Paull Hejinian's article of November 26 on WHRB. He wrote that "the technical quality of the [WHRB] broadcast remains high." This is not true...
Though both books use their respective red objects as gimmicks to tie the photographs together, the snapshots and the snapshooters hail from widely divergent areas of the KodaColor World. Duncan specializes in dance photography, that magic art of dissimulation that turns aging Nuryevs into air-bound youths, or transforms a Natalia Markarova into a Natassia Kinski. These f-stop Michaelangelos glory in sweat, stretches, and lots of straining muscle, and a big hunk of Duncan's photos are devoted to lesser known celebs for the sake of their better built bodies...