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While the less time spent here the better, I can give up a couple of weeks in September. Sorry Pete, we had to sell our house at Newport to pay the tuition. I want a Christmas vacation filled with the Chicago Bears and with Budweiser, not Kant, Durkheim and other people--all not my friends--who worry a lot about Weltanschauung...
...lost the America's Cup in 1983 on Rhode Island Sound. The longest winning streak in sport history--132 years--was ended, and with Australia II's secret keel, the victors from down under had audaciously out-teched the Yanks. But what really steamed some of the bluer-blooded Newport yachting crowd was when the winning skipper, John Bertrand, taunted during the races that the next Cup competition would be sailed out of the mostly working-class port of Fremantle in the sun- drenched Indian Ocean. "It's absolutely glorious," he told anybody who cared to listen. "It is probably...
...seas did not seem to bother the Cup's defenders, however. When the breezes were lightest, in the fourth race, the winning boat was Australia II, the winged-keel victor at Newport. When the Doctor was in, the honors went to Australia III, a boat specifically designed for Fremantle's heavy weather by Ben Lexcen (who also designed Australia II). Skippered by Colin Beashel, Australia III finished ahead of the pack in three of the first six races, building such a lead that the championship was won even before it was over. For the seventh and final race, the Australian...
Freshman year, Jernigan played in the number-two slot behind David Boyum '85 (presently the 14th ranked professional in the world) and sometimes in the third position, after Brad Desaulnier '85, who is also now a pro. The Newport, R.I., native beat both of them, though, the same year to capture the national individual title...
...deadline for bids on four new attack submarines. This leaves open the possibility that General Dynamics will eventually be permitted to compete for this contract despite its current suspension. According to the Defense Department, the reprieve is an effort to preserve competition among contractors. Only one other firm, the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., is capable of making the attack submarine. Said Navy Secretary John Lehman: "This is not an action to protect General Dynamics. This is an action to protect the public interest...