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Turcotte never even bothered to cock his whip-which means transferring it from between the last two fingers and the palm to the working part of the hand. Who needed a whip...
...targets earnings from tourism at $140 million by 1980. By that time -and provided that the present uneasy truce does not get any uneasier -Ngoc even visualizes Con Son Island, the home of the notorious tiger cages for political prisoners, catering instead to tourists. They would enjoy miles of palm-fringed beaches that are occupied mainly by giant tortoises...
...borrowed a huge blender from the Pentagon to purée 90 quarts of strawberries for the dessert. Two hundred extra butlers were recruited to help serve a feast that began with suprême of seafood Neptune (crabmeat, tiny shrimps and scallops in sauce) served with hearts of palm and proceeded, with grateful disregard for the high price of meat, to roast sirloin of beef. Military orchestras and Les Brown's band provided music, and Bob Hope played host at the after-dinner show. A sample Hope line (greeted with traditional groans): "This is the first time...
...Harvard's latest bungle in the affirmative action mess should come as no surprise. The Administration once again is attempting to palm off a plan that falls far short of any real demonstration of commitment to the policies it has no trouble verbalizing...
...Marx Brother (real name: Herbert), who quit the madcap vaudeville and movie team in 1934 to become an actors' agent; and Barbara Marx, fortyish, former model and current golfing and tennis pal of Frank Sinatra and Vice President Spiro Agnew; after 14 years of marriage, no children; in Palm Springs, Calif...