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...calmer Conner than the one who groused abrasively as he was overtaken by Australia II in Newport has long been quietly plotting his course for the Cup's recapture. After breaking with the N.Y.Y.C., Conner, who owns a drapery business in San Diego, raised some $15 million (mostly from corporate sponsors, including Ford, Merrill Lynch and Budweiser). Two years ago, he assembled his crew and began sailing in near secrecy off Hawaii, where wind and water duplicate the Western Australia conditions. Conner had also noted that the Fremantle Doctor, a wind so named because it relieves the almost 100 degrees...
...second meeting was a replay of the first: Stars & Stripes blew ahead on a gusty breeze to a 1:36 victory. But Dennis-no- longer-the-Menace did not crow. "I've been ahead two-zip before," he said, referring to his lead in Newport prior to disaster...
MOST SPIRIT SINKING Already, starchy Newport, R.I., is stiffening itself to wait until at least 1995 before playing host again to the America's Cup. Even if the Cup is recaptured by one of the two surviving U.S. boats (Stars & Stripes out of San Diego and USA out of San Francisco), neither skipper is likely to choose the East Coast home of the swells for the next trip down...
...There are two syndicates each from Italy and France as well as ones from Canada, Britain and New Zealand. In addition to the N.Y.Y.C., U.S. syndicates from around the country included the sponsors of Heart of America (Chicago), USA (San Francisco), Stars & Stripes (San Diego), Eagle (Newport Beach). The twelve- year-old Courageous IV (New Haven) withdrew in October...
...slightly and can leave the face red for about a day, takes 15 min. to half an hour and can be completed during a lunch hour. "The nice thing about collagen is that the individual doesn't have any telltale signs," says Dr. Frederick Grazer, a plastic surgeon in Newport Beach, Calif. "When you have a face-lift, you have to go into hiding...