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Crowhurst had embarked on a passage that he was largely unequipped to complete-morally or materially. When, three weeks out of Teignmouth, he realized that his leaky boat would never weather the full voyage around Cape Horn, he had too much of himself and his fortune invested in the project to return, and was gradually forced into fraud. He sailed slowly through the deserted South Atlantic, doctoring his log and dispatching radio messages of his progress round the world...
...Gregory cheered visibly each time he spotted a woman driving alone. Whenever one passed, he waved happily and gave the air-horn cable a long, hard pull. Air-conditioned, stereo-equipped cabs keep truckers cool, clean and reasonably contented. From his perch in the sleeping bunk behind the seats, Graves observed: "I know most people think of us as big, brainless, sweaty old men, but today there's a lot of drivers dressed better than most people." Some even wear neckties on the road. Drivers are no longer required to help with the chores of loading and unloading; mechanics...
...white Mercedes, an open palanquin in which she is carried by her subjects, a golden mace presented to her chieftaincy by Queen Victoria, and an elaborate bathroom in which everything from bidet to bath salts is pink. She is accompanied on her official rounds by an official elephant-horn player, who blows great blasts to announce her arrival and departure. She conducts her tribal court with dispatch and dignity. At a recent session, she quickly settled the case of a man who was accused of beating his wife because the woman did not want him to marry her sister...
...winners, all kinds of people you might wanna know." It embarrasses The Band to have one member singled out over the others. Yet at one time or another it is hard not to pay particular attention to Garth Hudson's organ breaks as well as his fine horn playing, Richard Manuel's smooth piano and plaintive vocals, Levon Helm's drumming and his raunchy vocals, Rick Danko's intense bass guitar and Robbie's kinetic lead. Together they form a group that remains unique in a highly imitative field...
...they touch; painted horn...