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Uniquely qualified as a top notch scientist, a supporter of America's involvement in the war and president of the nation's premier scientific research university, Conant was tapped by Washington to chair the atomic project...
DIED. HAROLD WILSON, 79, former British Prime Minister; in London. Wilson came to power in 1964, occupying No. 10 Downing Street for seven years, longer than any other 20th century peacetime premier except Margaret Thatcher. The silver-haired Labour Party leader was known for his pipe, raincoat and Yorkshire accent. Among his legacies: the 1967 devaluation of the pound to rescue a declining economy, the 1975 referendum that committed Britain to E.C. membership, and his recommendation of the Beatles for knighthood...
...PREMIER JOURNALIST IS GONE
...saddened to read of the pass- ing of one of the world's premier magazine journalists, Otto Friedrich [TO OUR READERS, May 8]. As a historical writer, I was enormously impressed by his highly readable and brilliantly analytical articles on the outbreak and consequences of World War II. I recommend that all thoughtful citizens read his insightful contribution to Time's 50th-anniversary issue on World War II [Aug. 28, 1989] at least twice...
...most dominating performances in the history of the America's Cup regatta, Team New Zealand's Black Magic I won the fifth straight of five races off the shores of San Diego and took home the world's premier sailing trophy. --By Melissa August, Christine Gorman, Belinda Luscombe, Michael Quinn, Alain Sanders and Sidney Urquhart