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...recent U.S. military history, an explosion in the second gun turret of the 46-year-old vessel took the lives of 47 young sailors. At week's end investigators were still trying to determine the cause of the blast as the Iowa steamed toward its home port of Norfolk, Va. Defective electrical wiring, a damaged firing mechanism in the ship's gun system or even an errant spark may have been at fault. The tragedy ignited a new debate over the usefulness of the old dreadnoughts in the nuclear...
...Duke of Norfolk, Carl B.J. Fox gives a performance that is less animated than O'Keefe's, but his work is nonetheless convincing, particularly when he exasperatedly appeals to have More commit to the King's divorce. Jeremy C. Miller, who fills the role of the athletic and dandy young Henry VIII, has a similar tendency for cracking jokes and this humor fits the role. With a flippant bow and smile Miller turns to More and mocks: "I admire your taste in music; it happens to exactly coincide with...
...common element in these cases and in shootings at a high school in Washington and a car dealership in Norfolk, Va., was more than the threat to innocent bystanders. All involved the use of semiautomatic weapons. These fast-firing, powerful guns, capable of sending a bullet through a concrete wall, were once rare outside the military. But when the U.S. normalized relations with China, imports of Chinese weapons as well as other goods became legal. Purchases of the AK-47 copy soared from a mere 4,000 a year as recently as 1985-86 to more than 40,000 last...
...Shamie in the coming year may face a problem unfamiliar to his recent predecessors: too many candidates for governor. With Gov. Michael S. Dukakis retiring, at least eight Republicans including Pierce, George Bush aide Andrew Card, state Sen. David H. Locke '51 (R-Norfolk) and former U.S. Attorney William F. Weld '66 have been mentioned as possible gubernatorial aspirants...
...surprisingly, these qualities can be found in the character of Julian Ramsay, narrator and groping intelligence of Incline Our Hearts. Born in London with the coming of World War II, he is orphaned by German bombs and sent to Norfolk to be raised by his Aunt Deirdre and Uncle Roy, a local vicar. Rounding out the rectory household is Felicity, a laconic and inaptly named teenage cousin, who leaves her room long enough to be impregnated and abandoned by Raphael Hunter, scholar-scoundrel and the novel's sinister presence...