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...slow and costly, since the Admiral cruises at just 10 m.p.h. and guzzles 1.5 gal. of gasoline per mile. Most renters add on a separate speedboat, to be towed astern. Practical houseboaters tend to moor the big vessel on a secluded beach and use the faster, more fuel-efficient powerboat for recreation and exploration...
...believed to have drowned. Driving the exodus are Cuba's poverty and political repression, generous U.S. immigration rules for Cubans and the unprecedented rise of paid refugee smugglers. Elizabet's boyfriend Lazaro Munero charged $1,000 each from the 13 passengers whom he jammed into his 17-ft. powerboat...
...indicated earlier, Kennedy does not see factories as blights on Eden but as signs of a rich and useful economy. Neither he nor Cronin is opposed to industry, condominium construction, powerboat use or anything that might bring the fullness of communal American life into contact with the river. They simply oppose anyone destroying the river. "This is a fight to save a resource for as many constituencies as possible," says Kennedy. "Here there is room for everyone." As he speaks, a trio of ducks puts on a brief air show high above the electrical wires that cross the river...
...traffic, brings a splash of Las Vegas and Miami Beach to a decaying stretch of New Orleans' elegant St. Charles Avenue, bit back 48 hours later with a two-page ad of his own. Copeland, who favors ostrich-skin cowboy boots and is known across Louisiana as a powerboat racer and founder of Popeyes spicy-fried-chicken chain, began his volley with "Dear Anne" and ended with "P.S.: See you in court. In the meantime, I'm putting a little extra garlic in the food at Straya, keeping a crucifix under my pillow and carrying a wooden stake for good...
Some people get their brainstorms while singing in the shower. Boris Popov had his during a death-defying plunge in a crashing hang-glider. "I was about 500 ft. up over Lake Owasso," says the Minnesota businessman of the 1977 accident. A powerboat that was towing his craft over the water throttled up too fast and literally pulled Popov's gossamer wings apart. "I got all caught up in the material and was petrified. I had a lot of time to think on the way down, and I promised myself that if I survived, I would figure...