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Such close encounters on the high seas have caused many skittish yachtsmen to arm themselves before sailing in Bahamian waters, despite the authorities' insistence that there is no cause for concern. But there is no denying that the drug trade is booming in the small cays. Says Skip Nichols, 33, a Fort Myers marina operator: "Right where Kalia III was found, I have watched drug transactions with my binoculars." There are so many isolated cays-at least 2,000 among the 700 or so islands in the Bahamas archipelago-that the traffic is difficult to police. But some spots...
Many Florida-based yachtsmen accuse Bahamian authorities of being reluctant to act against the smugglers for fear of jeopardizing tourism. This is denied by Bahamian officials, who insist that the islands remain a peaceful playground for yachtsmen. Still, warns Skip Nichols, "If you're not careful, you can get run over by those high-powered drug boats...
...Business continued to boom after the line switched to nonstop jet service, which was still at cut rates. In 1977 Icelandic carried 240,000 passengers. But then came Freddie Laker's Skytrain flights and subsequent price slashing by the major airlines. Budget flyers could now skip both Reykjavik and Luxembourg and still save money. After losses of $15 million last year, Icelandair, its official name since 1979, slashed the number of transatlantic flights from 23 to 2 per week and laid off 900 of its 1,700 employees. Though it will continue European and domestic flights with...
...towns and cities along the way, crowds of well-wishers turned out to cheer him on. In Toronto, 10,000 people greeted him. It was impossible not to admire his gutsiness and determination. He ran with a kind of hop and a skip with his prosthetic leg, on good days covering up to 30 miles. He ran through rain, snow and hailstones during the early weeks, then endured the sizzling afternoon sun of June and July. At one point, a welder did spot repairs on the artificial limb...
...trying to tell politicians and networks something-about conventions as well as about the choice of candidates. If a political convention were a sitcom, it would be canceled by now. If it were a miniseries, as in some respects it is, any producer would be devising more ways to skip the boring parts and speed it up. Conventions, however, are the work of four different and uncoordinated producers-the party chairman and the three networks-all vying for an audience that gets smaller and smaller. Almost as many viewers in the New York City area watched an old Marilyn Monroe...