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Celts probably never possessed so grand a vision as seen in The Celtic World by Barry Cunliffe (Mc Graw-Hill; 224 pages; $39.95). But grand they were. Their language and culture spread across the ancient world from Anatolia to Iberia, from the Danube to the edges of the British Isles. They were artisans of genius, yet they fought like madmen, striking a respectful fear in ancient chroniclers by sacking Rome in 390 B.C. In this sweeping, lucid and amply illustrated history, Barry Cunliffe becomes their bard, celebrating the fact that the Celts endure...
They seat six students, bound and gagged, in the middle of the plaza. There is an executioner wearing a black veil. He totes a padded wiffle-ball bat. The MC speaks into a homemade PA to the motley gathering of workers, bums and passers...
...team's strengths are concentrated in the 880 and up where there are three returning all Americans. John Murphy, Adam, Dixon and tri-captain Thad Mc-Nulty. Two freshmen Bob Higgins and Buck Logan, will also bolster the squad in these events although Logan, who McCurdy claims "will be a good one," may be sidelined today with injuries...
...known. Then the Soviets came to his assistance when they tried to rush Ballerina Ludmila Vlasova out of the U.S. McHenry was put in charge of the laborious negotiations with the Soviets at Kennedy Airport. Deputy White House Press Secretary Rex Granum said that the President was impressed with Mc-Henry's "toughness and coolness under fire and strong, forceful negotiating techniques." The appointment, said Young, "reaffirms the Administration's commitments to the United Nations and to the policies that we have worked together so closely...
Scientists pooh-pooh the notion that a ragtag team can transform PuO2 powder into bombs. But a senatorial aide, Kelly Gilliam, assisted by the Senator's daughter, puts two and E=mc² together and sets out to crack the conspiracy. The couple have to outwit the feds, who spend more time trying to defuse Kelly than the backyard armorers. In the end, on time, a mushroom cloud over Chesapeake Bay provides the adventure with a fissionable finale. Authors Oran and Hoklin, who have both served as congressional aides, do a Capitol job of describing the suites and sours...