Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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If at a given moment, says Stone, all 750 million Chinese obeyed a command to jump from 6½-ft. platforms, they could constitute a "geophysical weapon." How? Assuming that the average Chinese weighs 110 lbs., he calculates, the energy released by this great leap downward would be equivalent to...
Would there be any defense? Certainly, says Stone. By having its population jump between the peaks of the ground waves stirred up by China, a threatened nation could damp them out before they grew intense enough to cause damage. There is one catch: the target nation would, of course, be...
Married. David Ormsby Gore, 51, fifth Lord Harlech, former British Ambassador to the U.S.; and Pamela Colin, 33, stunning New York socialite and former London editor of Vogue magazine; he for the second time; in an Anglican ceremony; in London.
Married. The Rev. Daniel McLellan, 53, Denver-born Roman Catholic missionary priest, who while on assignment in Peru in 1960 pioneered a savings and loan association, Mutual El Pueblo, for impoverished peasants, then built it into a $14 million concern; and Ada Chirinos, 28, his Peruvian secretary; in a civil...
Died. Eric Portman, 66, commanding figure of British stage and screen for nearly half a century; in Cornwall, England. Broodingly handsome, Portman starred at the Old Vic as early as 1927, and during his career appeared in more than 100 British productions. Americans know him best for his Broadway roles...