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...houses behind the British embassy, residents watched the top-secret files going up in smoke. "The ashes were flying all over," reported a Vietnamese professor. "We knew that the British were not burning incense for their ancestors." Soon afterward, Ambassador John Christopher Wydowe Bushell, spiffy in a well-pressed safari suit, headed for Tan Son Nhut in his silver Jaguar. The West Germans, the Dutch, the Canadians, the Thais, the Japanese and the Australians departed too, leaving only the French and the Belgians?who maintain diplomatic relations with the North Vietnamese?and, for the time being, the Americans...
...chorus of native musicians. "I've long had an interest in African music," said Duke, who joined an almost all-black Baptist choir in Nutley, N.J., back in 1969. For the still stately blonde, the Pate revels were part of an 18-day, 3,000-mile plane safari across Kenya and Zambia. After mingling with swarthy dhow captains, veiled ladies and outdoor coffee sellers in Lamu, Kenya, Duke toured the town's museum, then peeled off a $200 contribution. "It's like a tale from The Thousand and One Nights come to life. All I am thinking...
Instead of seeing an analyst, Sonny goes off on an African safari. While watching the lions gnaw on bits of zebras and wildebeests, he ponders the survival of the fittest and all the superb reasons for putting Castleman behind him. But it is no use. Only Castleman's death will release the younger man from his loyal bondage. Even worse, only Castleman's death, which does not oocur until seven pages from the end, releases readers from one of the more tiresome fictional presences in recent memory...
...song, Anderson can't resist mentioning the chaotic state of the world and the pleasure of the king, who day after day, flips the switch as play is resumed. The track is well constructed, beginning with flute, guitar and sundry animal growlings hinting at a safari into the darkest depths of Africa. The beat is promptly established allowing the glass-like quality of Barre's guitar to cut through the string section's forceful countermelody...
...world's highest Ferris wheels (150 ft.). LeRoy has already shouldered Hardwicke Companies Inc., a firm in which he is a major stockholder, into spending $50 million on Great Adventure; eventually the company expects to invest $200 million. Says Charles Stein, head of Hardwicke, which has investments in safari-type parks round the world: "We put our whole company at stake because we believe in his creations...