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BRITISH ADVENTURER Sir Wally Herbert--a "phenomenon" to Lord Shackleton, a "hero" to Prince Charles--was widely hailed as one of the greatest polar explorers in history. The first to cross the Arctic Ocean on foot, Herbert trekked from Alaska to a remote Norwegian island on a 16-month trip. By the time he reached Norway, in April 1969, he had covered 3,720 miles, camped through temperatures of --50°F and wandered for three months in total darkness. Along the way Herbert, who likened the journey to "conquering a horizontal Everest," oversaw the drilling of more than...
HOWDY DOODY WAS FINE, BUT for legions of future scientists of the '50s and '60s, Mr. Wizard was the man. On TV's weekly Watch Mr. Wizard, the infectiously curious former actor Don Herbert intrigued kids by respecting their intelligence, employing them as assistants, and conducting cool experiments--with paper plates, straws and teapots--that illuminated such mysteries as how rain is made and why birds fly. The Peabody Award--winning show, which ran from 1951 to 1965, spawned thousands of Mr. Wizard clubs across the country, and in the '60s and '70s was cited by half the applicants...
...anti-Jewish as antiblack. The Klan's power peaked at the Democratic Convention of 1924, when pro-Klan forces battled for almost 100 ballots to keep New York's Catholic Governor Al Smith off the ticket. Smith managed to get nominated in 1928, only to be buried by Republican Herbert Hoover...
Under a blazing North Carolina sun, faith and power renewed their vows, as three former commanders in chief - Jimmy Carter, George Herbert Walker Bush and Bill Clinton - convened in Charlotte, N.C., to pay tribute to a man they all love...
...Washington, Zoellick is widely regarded as brilliant, extremely hard-working, frequently difficult to work with and keenly interested in politics. He started in the Reagan era as a prot?g? of Jim Baker's at the Treasury Department and followed Baker to the State Department during the presidency of George Herbert Walker Bush. During those four years, Zoellick was a behind-the-scenes architect for the reunification of Germany, the expansion of NATO and many of the complex negotiations that attended the end of the Cold...