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...kings and queens of old." For this week's cover, Cronin learned even more about perseverance by watching the watchers of the royals. "The Fleet Street reporters and photographers are a breed unto themselves," she reports, "devilishly competitive, clever and professional. The chase and the 'hit' [scoop] get their blood up." Cronin, who journeyed from Buckingham Palace to Acapulco last week in pursuit of the royal family, finds her fellow reporters' zeal, if not their perfervid imaginations, infectious. Says she: "I felt myself wanting a fast car with a two-way radio so that I could...
...Captain Calvin Dixon led the Crimson chase, speeding up the tempo of the Harvard offense with spin shots from inside the key, underhand scoop layins and jump shots off the dribble. Dixon hit a team-high 19 points on the night, leading an offense that had sputtered in the first period of play to a 47-point stanza and its first Ivy win since the Dartmouth game in early January...
...compared with the six Presidents from Kennedy through Reagan, you can draw up a list of defeated candidates and defeated contenders for nomination that may well include some better presidential material than some of the Presidents we actually got. On the Democratic side: Edmund Muskie, Hubert Humphrey, Scoop Jackson, Adlai Stevenson (still a factor in 1960). Republican: Nelson Rockefeller, William Scranton, Howard Baker, George Bush, John Connally...
...Kong's riches are a prize that others covet. Like heirs surrounding a millionaire's deathbed, several countries have launched efforts to gather the spoils that might flow from Hong Kong's demise. In different ways, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines and Singapore are all hoping to scoop up some of the estimated $20 billion in capital that could flee Hong Kong before 1997 if the question is not settled...
...playmate Katherine "Koo" Stark on a flight to Barbados, all hell was bound to break loose. The photographer called the office, received orders to cancel his vacation and follow the prince instead, and was soon joined by a multitude of Fleet Street Johnies eager to cash in on the scoop...