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...sir, that's not the point. For me and for all of my friends, growing up in the 1970s was a collage of "Free to Be You and Me" songs, Star Wars action figures and treasured Topps depictions of ace Yankee hurler Ron Guidry (1978 stats: 25 wins, 3 losses...
...negotiators despaired of settling the funding questions in advance and agreed to reopen the issue in Rio. Some observers think the Group of 77 may have made a tactical blunder by pushing so hard for financial and technical aid. Sir Crispin Tickell, Britain's former ambassador to the U.N., has called it a "diplomatic mistake of the highest magnitude." Others criticize the Earth Summit organizers, who by putting so many environmental problems on the negotiating table may have inadvertently ensured that none of them get solved...
...made an unexpected disclosure last week. During a parliamentary speech, Major declared the existence of MI6, Britain's international espionage agency. Although volumes have been written about the 83-year-old spy ring, bureaucrats have always maintained the polite pretense that the organization didn't exist. Major also named Sir Colin McColl as the division's long-standing head. Britain's Who's Who currently lists the MI6 chief as a counsellor in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office who enjoys cycling, tennis and the classics...
...through the semifinal rounds off San Diego this week, the 28th America's Cup competition is not just a matter of money. It is a spiritual quest that combines courage and seamanship with hubris and high technology. Yet deep pockets seem to be the common denominator. New Zealand challenger Sir Michael Fay has spent $65 million, Italian industrialist Raul Gardini at least $100 million. On the American-defender side, energy mogul Bill Koch has shelled out at least $60 million. Dennis Conner, the cup's three-time champion, is the poor cousin with a mere $15 million...
...Lodge's ability to juxtapose different worlds and to effect a composition out of what might be expected to be contradiction makes his work original. Bernard recalls some lines from The Tempest: Sir, he may live./I saw him beat the surges under him,/And ride upon their backs. "Is that, I wonder, the first description of surfing in English Literature?" Bernard muses...