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Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee died by fire on Cape Kennedy's Pad 34 because some of the best engineering talent in the U.S., hypersensitive to the perils of space, failed to recognize the grave dangers of a simulated flight only a couple of hun dred feet above the ground...
...become a complete square, like Caspar John, who turned his back on the turpentine turmoil, joined the British Navy and rose to become First Sea Lord; or to go Dad one better, as did Nicolette's sister Caitlin, who married Dylan Thomas and enthusiastically embraced his pub-and-pad life style. Nicolette herself became an artist, because "art" was the only thing she could do, and married an artist-Anthony Devas-because artists were the only people she knew. But she had the good luck or good sense to pick a nonflamboyant type with solid talent who achieved...
CLAO tries to preserve a normal lawyer-client relationship. No paupers oath is required; financial eligibility is determined in casual conversation. Clients fill out no forms; they discuss their cases and the staff member takes notes on the traditional yellow pad. One student works on each case until its final disposition, sometimes doing 100 to 150 hours of research...
...Hefner's pad on Chicago's North State Parkway has become a considerable tourist attraction, with guided tours available to anyone who has a minimum of pull. It is also the monument to a major American business success story. Unlike other Chicago businesses, the enterprise is not founded on steel, grain or transportation, but on a magazine. One of the great publishing successes since World War II, Playboy was started in 1953 with a 70,000 press run, now has a 4,000,000 circulation...
...doubt there are tens of millions who don't care either. If A.T.&T. or G.M. or any of the other giants wish to exploit space, that is their prerogative; I don't care to see my tax dollars going up in smoke from a launching pad...