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Immature Crops. All was far from quiet in London, where Sir Humphrey had overnight become the toast of the crown. The House of Commons passed an unprecedented motion of "admiration" for his stand, and Queen Elizabeth made him Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. Even so, it was becoming increasingly plain to Prime Minister Harold Wilson that the sanctions he had imposed on Rhodesia were a long way from bringing Smith to his knees...
...Yarmouth Castle pulled out of Miami, the towers of the beachfront hotels sparkled across the unruffled bay. Sailing with 375 passengers-more than 40 from a senior citizens' club in Pompano, Fla.-and a crew of 174, the cruise ship headed out on her twice-weekly, overnight run to Nassau. By midnight most of the passengers had gone to bed. At 1 a.m., 120 miles east of Miami, many were awakened by the smell of smoke seeping under their cabin doors. The Yarmouth Castle, a 5,000-ton, 38-year-old veteran under Panamanian registry, was on fire...
...negotiating for a truce. Harper was back in the Pentagon the next day, too, and he and McNamara also spoke several times by telephone. At 8:35 p.m. on Wednesday, Harper phoned McNamara from Pittsburgh to surrender: Alcoa would cancel its price boosts. Lest the company change its mind overnight, McNamara called in newsmen for a 9:45 conference, acting so quickly that he had no time either to shave off his 5 o'clock shadow or don the blue shirt he always wears...
...feel like someone in a Thirties movie, the overnight wonder," Alfred said yesterday, as he tried to give a senior tutorial without interruptions...
Since this is not likely to vanish overnight, De Gaulle's speech said much more about his state of mind than about his country. Le Monde sarcastically likened the De Gaulle choice to one between heaven and hell: "If it is to be paradise, for how much more time? And if the inevitable toll of time condemns us in any case to hell, what good are the extra years of grace...