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...meter design. Near by, Skipper-Designer Charlie Morgan Jr. was hard at work seeking to improve his golden-hulled Heritage. At another slip, the crew of Helmsman Bill Picker's Intrepid lounged on the sloop's deck, sporting green-and-white buttons that declared PICKER IS QUICKER...
...Valiant took the lead but was soon overhauled by Intrepid in a furious tacking duel; from then on, Intrepid was never headed, as she repeatedly outfooted Valiant on the windward legs of the course to win by 2 min. 14 sec. Two more times Intrepid and Picker proved quicker-by the combined times of 4 min. 20 sec. Only in the last race was McCullough able to salvage something from the trials by boxing out Intrepid at the gun and going on to win a hard-fought race by 1 min. 50 sec. Final tally: 9 victories, 1 loss...
...obsession about Viet Nam and Southeast Asia." Clifford proposed 1) cessation of American combat activity by Dec. 31 and withdrawal of all military personnel by the end of 1971 at the latest, 2) U.S. avoidance of all offensive operations except those necessary to protect American personnel and 3) even quicker liquidation of the American presence if a cease-fire and certain other items can be agreed upon. More than 1,000 New York City lawyers were organizing an antiwar lobbying effort, and a similar move was under way among scholars in Asian affairs...
...Alexandria Quartet, the illusions were so masterly as to seem substance enough. In Tune, Durrell's 1968 novel, and now in its sequel, Nunquam, Durrell's virtuosity has slipped sufficiently to leave him exposed as a bit of a trickster. His hand is no longer quicker than the reader's eye, and many critics have clobbered...
...famed brothers, it is Lewis J. Stadlen as Groucho who achieves inspired mimicry. He has the best lines. (Groucho always did.) He has all the rest too: the eyes and eyebrows that whip up and down like window shades, the fluent crouch, the quick leer and the quicker wit of an urban bordello cavalier. He is a great credit to the show and-the ultimate compliment-to Groucho...