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...Anne failed to qualify for a university this fall, but no one seemed to care, least of all the princess. "When Anne says she is intellectually lazy," said her former housemistress at Benenden, "I can't refute it." So far the young princess has been content to ride, sail, party, ski and tend to the ribbon-cutting chores that are the appointed lot of royalty. Though Prince Philip reportedly told a friend he would like to see his daughter "gain some sort of solid achievement," he quickly added: "It is difficult to know in what...
Soleri's solution to all of this is to build gigantic complexes that would float on the ocean just offshore, or hang on cliffs, or sail around the earth out in space. Soleri thinks that if the structures are planned well enough, natural recreation areas could be integrated into humanely constructed working and living spaces. People would no longer have to travel interminably to get to their jobs. These complexes, each of which would house about a million people, would be connected by extensive networks of rapid transit facilities. The earth could then cover itself with forest once again...
...Last week, after years of designing and testing, the three U.S. contenders for the 1970 America's Cup showed their shapes in public in a five-day series of trial races. Snub-nosed and broad-beamed, none would win a yachting beauty contest. Yet once they were under sail, all their parts seemed to conjoin in swift, sleek harmony...
...first race, for example, Valiant was threatening to take the lead when her genoa jib ripped. In the next race, Valiant was troubled by the wash from the 125-boat spectator fleet, a faulty backstay and a spinnaker sheet that snapped with a sharp bang, causing the sail to flap wildly until the crew could wrestle it down. During a race against Heritage later in the week, Intrepid's spinnaker halyard jammed, and she had to limp along like a wounded bird until a crewman was hoisted aloft in a bosun's chair to free the flapping sail...
...rolls down more smoothly toward the waterline, reducing excess weight in hull and deck. As with Intrepid, Valiant's ten-man crew work their winches below deck, thereby lowering wind resistance as well as the boat's center of gravity. Valiant carries 1,750 sq. ft. of sail, less than usual for a 12-meter. Under the cup formula, the reduced sail area allowed Stephens to build a bigger boat; theoretically, at least, the longer the waterline, the faster the boat. INTREPID should probably be rechristened Son of Intrepid. Designer Britton Chance Jr., 29, has altered...