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...former covert operative for the CIA who helped organize the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion by anti-Castro Cubans in 1961. He officially left the Government in 1976, when the naval intelligence branch for which he was working, known as Task Force 157, was being disbanded by Navy Rear Admiral Bobby Inman. Wilson tried to persuade Inman to save Task Force 157 by offering what Inman took to be a bribe; the admiral, offended, immediately decided to abolish the operation. In 1980 Wilson was indicted on charges of illegally shipping explosives to Libya. He has been a fugitive, mainly...
Likewise, the finest moment in Rosencrantz occurse when Hamlet, having rushed onstage (to R and G's usual befud-dlement), begins delivering a soliloquy to the theater's rear wall, and the parallel strikes home: When the Prince delivered that soliloquy in his own play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were upstage of him, seeing only his back. The audience has been placed entirely within the spies perspectives as minor characters within a larger show, summoned mysteriously from a place they cannot remember on a mission they cannot understand...
...pleased. The companies have long maintained that impact-resistant bumpers are not only costly to make, but so heavy that the extra weight takes miles off a car's fuel economy. General Motors contends that cutting the current standard in half, to 2.5 m.p.h. for both front and rear bumpers, would reduce the sticker price by $40 as well as save $50 to $60 in gasoline bills over the life of the car. Automakers were also cheered last week when the Administration took another deregulatory step that they have urged, and scrapped the requirement that 1983-model cars come...
...billion, gadgetry-from water filters and orthopedic shoe inserts ($150 a pair) to stop watches-$1 billion more. Bicycling has rolled to $1 billion in annual sales. Equipment for enthusiasts ranges from a Raleigh Rapide ($165) to a $2,000 Gios Torino, plus plastic helmets and even eyeglasses with rear-view mirrors. The latest boom: distance swimming, which already accounts for another $1 billion in swimming pools, goggles, fins, etc. Even walking has become a fitness fad. Major sport shoe companies such as Nike and Etonic will be pacing the market with new models ranging from...
...were caught with their shorts down, however, by the phenomenon of women runners. Astonishingly, even five years ago there were no running shorts cut to fit the female form. Women had to run in men's shorts, which bound at the crotch and were too tight in the rear. Among the first to remedy the situation were New Yorkers Marni Weil and her husband Bernard Bouchardy. They came up with pairs of red, white and blue briefs cut especially for women, tested them on fellow runners and started marketing Panteras. Sales are projected at $1 million this year...