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...next night the boat drifted to land, the island of Sipora, off Sumatra. One of the Javanese was killed in the surf, but the four survivors of about 30 days in the open sea were picked up by some Malays and nursed back to health. Later, when the Japs came. Gibson was sent to prison camp. Doris Lim, it turned out, had survived the sea only to meet death before a Japanese firing squad...
...flights are sure to be unpleasant, but Bill does not worry much. The flights will not come very close together; after almost every flight the X-3 is torn apart to remove some of its hazards. Between flights, Bill can enjoy his considerable salary, hunt for abalone on the surf-foaming rocks, and enjoy the guest of the evening in his beach house. If he worried overmuch, he would not be a test pilot...
...picture of former President Harry S. Truman cavorting in the Key West surf usually brought affectionate chuckles from Democrats and sarcastic grunts from Republicans. Now that Eisenhower is in office, his Grand Old friends smile fondly at him ambling down the links intent on breaking 100. His political opponents mumble something about first things first...
...Truman seemed to favor lengthy vacations. In March of 1949, he and his little family spent two weeks in the surf and sunshine at Key West. During this time the Atlantic Treaty Pact was signed, and he communicated daily with Secretary of State Acheson and other Department officials. He followed this "work while you play" pattern throughout his seven years in office. Roughly twelve percent of his first three months as Chief Executive was spent at vacation retreats...
...Land. Twice as big as Louisiana, and watered by the crocodile-haunted Volta River, the Gold Coast includes: 1) the Crown Colony proper, a strip of steaming forest along the surf-beaten coast; 2) the Kingdom of Ashanti, astride the interior plateau; and 3) the Northern Territories. The North is a sun-baked wasteland, many of whose primitive people live in holes in the ground; their women go naked, with a tuft of leaves before and behind...