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...practice slope, two of them stood guard, calling out "No pictures" to anything in a parka that came too close. One night two agents accompanied Bobby, Jackie and the Smiths on a brief visit to two Aspen taverns. On another evening, the clan joined the McNamaras at the Golden Horn. On both occasions, the jukeboxes raised the only uproar. "Who's got time for the Kennedys?" demanded one Aspenite. "I've got invitations to six cocktail parties tonight, and I can't go to any of them because I'm giving one myself...
With his grey hair, horn-rimmed spectacles and stooped shoulders, J. P. (for John Paul) McConnell has a grandfatherly look about him. But there is nothing old-fashioned about McConnell, 56. He is a missile-age airman who can double as a diplomat, and last week he was tapped to succeed General Curtis LeMay, who retires Jan. 31, as U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff...
...protect himself against infection, Dr. Thuita slipped an antelope horn into his trousers, carefully allowing the prong to protrude from his fly. Then he tested the patient's credibility by placing a live toad in his mouth. If the toad jumped down the patient's throat, he was clearly a malingerer. If not, he was truly a victim of that all too common African malady, nightmare. The toad stayed put, so Dr. Thuita smeared acacia gum across the patient's brow, slapped on a dried snakeskin, and advised him to take a long swim. Prognosis: excellent...
...turned out 138 major vessels during the next three decades. Among them were the clipper ships Challenge, which had a 210-ft. mainmast (the tallest ever built) with almost three acres of sail, and the Comet, which set the record (76 days) for sailing round the Horn from San Francisco to New York...
Many of our well-dressed friends were surprised earlier this year when they found themselves casting their Presidential ballots for a man who had shown himself capable of leaping atop a freshly Simonized limousine, grabbing a bull horn and shouting hoarsely, "Y' all come to the speakin...