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...years immediately before the Revolution, life in the colonies became increasingly turbulent and for Copley politics and art just didn't mix. Finally, on June 10, 1774, Copley set sail for England and though he was reluctant to give up the security of his established position, his not only an escape from the political tension but also the opportunity to pursue his desire for a career in history painting...
Stability, light weight and low cost are the small boatman's criteria. In dinghies, Chapman Yates leads the fleet with its new 8-ft. 3-in. Hydro-Pram, available for either sail ($465) or outboard ($250). Because of a thick bottom layer of polyurethane foam, it will not capsize with a 145-lb. boy standing on its gunwale, nor sink when filled with water and two beefy men. Total weight: 90 lbs. Lighter still is the 10-ft. 4-in. Swift, George O'Day's bid for a slice of the sailboard market. Only...
...rate Hull is going, what needs protection most is the N.H.L. record book. With the aid of a specially curved stick designed by Stan Mikita, Bobby has developed his shooting skills to the point that he can make a puck do practically anything he wants: curve, sail, flutter unpredictably like a knuckleball in baseball, or dip suddenly about 6 in. just before it reaches...
...loll in the Saigon River waiting to be unloaded. Last month the marines at Danang ran out of mosquito spray in the midst of a malarial epidemic that has forced the evacuation of 800 infected servicemen: 37,500 gallons were borrowed from other bases. Twice the U.S.S. Kimbro set sail for Viet Nam from the Philippines, only to be ordered back because of lack of dock space for its cargo of rockets, bombs and 175-mm. shells. Last week the ship finally made it, and just in time: the troops at Qui Nhon were running low on 175-mm. ammo...
Here is the Cuban invasion force setting sail for the Bay of Pigs, with the boats "tinted by the red light of the dying sun." Here is Kennedy in Vienna, annoyed by Nikita Khrushchev's description of the Soviet Union as a young nation and the U.S. as an old one, and replying, "If you'll look across the table, you'll see that we're not so old." Here, in a less weighty moment, is Kennedy at his children's bedtime, inventing stories about "Caroline hunting with the Orange County hounds and winning...