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After 23 races-19 at home, four off Newport-the blue-hulled Sovereign leads the light-green Kurrewa by only the narrowest 12-11 margin. In the first of last week's races, sailed in a steady twelve-knot wind, Sovereign breezed home ahead by a quarter of a mile, showing superior speed to windward, where most yacht races are won. But next day, with the wind up to 20 knots, Kurrewa seemed to have it in the bag until a clew pulled out of the jib, and her crew took a horrendous six minutes clearing the mess. Sovereign...
...first caught my eye in The Blacks some years ago. A couple of months back I saw him demonstrate perfection in the African play The Blood Knot, which seemed to have been written expressly for him. That was, believe it or not, his twentieth show in three years. Only last week he was playing Othello, though his training and talent do not especially lie in classical drama. And now, in his Boston debut, an O'Neill role for which he is ideally suited...
...Pearson to cut the parliamentary Gordian knot and reassert his flagging leadership would be to call an election, in hopes of producing a clear Liberal majority. But the polls are discouraging; the Liberals would probably win, yet only enough to form another fragile minority government. "Canadians do not want another election," said Pearson. "I do not want an election. The Cabinet and caucus do not want an election. Though it is getting harder and harder, we remain determined to carry on as if we had a clear majority...
...that seemed academic once Eagle started racing. Aiming for an all-weather boat, Designer Luders had purposely given Eagle a low center of gravity to make her point higher in high winds, a shortened keel to lessen drag in light air. In gusty, 15-knot breezes, she stood straight as a shark's fin; and she ghosted gently through pockets of virtual calm, finding momentum where none seemed possible. In all of the seven races, Skipper Cox outmaneuvered his rivals at the start, pouring backwind into their sails and slipping out in front. And when it came to tacking...
...hand at judging tides and winds in protected waters, knows Long Island Sound as well as his own bathtub. He will lose that advantage when the twelves move to wide-open Rhode Island Sound. There, 6-ft. swells are common, and the boats sometimes race in 40-knot winds. But if he was worried, Cox did not show it. "The boat is great," he said. "This crew is the best any 12-meter ever...