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...exceed the limits of human endurance. Since the wingspan measures 112 ft. and the plane flies just 15 ft. above the ocean waves, even a second's pause would result in a quick dunking. To keep the human engine from sputtering, Nadel, with the Shaklee vitamin company, developed a lemon-flavored cocktail of energy-rich glucose, water and a blend of salts to nourish the pilot throughout the flight. In addition, Daedalus' team of five pilot-athletes staggered their training schedules, each of them bicycling an average of 450 miles a week so that one of them would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: On The Wings of Mythology | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

Maybe because Winfield portrayed George as a bumbling court jester. Winfield made George look stupid. And no one in New York can make George look stupid. Just ask Sparky Lyle, Yogi Berra, Bob Lemon, Billy Martin (at least four times), the New York Mets...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Davey and George | 4/22/1988 | See Source »

Truesdell also announced that he had concocted a new drink called the "Marie"--"one ounce Tabasco, one ounce lemon juice, poured over crushed sour grapes...

Author: By Arnold M. Zipper, | Title: State Rep. Holds Fundraiser | 4/22/1988 | See Source »

...farfetched. Besides, though Strauss would disagree, the Oval Office might cramp his style. Is Mikhail Gorbachev in town? Strauss -- and Gorbachev -- are at Mrs. Reagan's table for the state dinner. (Helen Strauss, his wife of 46 years, is at a distant table, seated between Caspar Weinberger and Meadowlark Lemon of Harlem Globetrotters fame.) Is William F. Buckley using his TV show to conduct presidential campaign debates? Strauss is co-Grand Inquisitor. When bad blood develops between House Speaker Jim Wright and Secretary of State George Shultz over Nicaragua, Strauss mediates. When a new bipartisan National Economic Commission is created...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ROBERT STRAUSS: Making Things Happen | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

...Reagan era, Shawn has written plays like Aunt Dan and Lemon, which dwell on questions of politics and people like Henry Kissinger. He has been true to his word. And I couldn't help thinking two thoughts. First, was he right? Is it so ethically suspect to be an American? And second, what does it mean that my values were being torn from the ground by a man who had only recently been the defender of a New Yorker's, if not an American's way of life...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: Wally's World | 2/19/1988 | See Source »

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