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...North American men's sailing championships is a test of sailors alone. After summer-long eliminations, eight men are chosen to sail eight races in eight virtually identical boats. After each race, the contestants swap boats to eliminate any possible edge. The victor gets his name engraved on the Clifford D. Mallory Cup-and proud claim to the title of No. 1 U.S. sailor...
...evening when a new young faculty couple stops by for a nightcap. "Give your coats and stuff to sourpuss," snarls Martha, and the foursome is off on an orgy of truth-and-consequences that lasts until dawn. They slosh down a superhuman amount of booze, blurt family secrets, swap partners, claw the flesh away from old, still-festering wounds...
...because of the location the Administration was willing to offer a substantial sum for the land. First, the University offered in the vicinity of $40,000 to $45,000 for the plot; then, in a move to help McNamara avoid paying capital gains taxes on the sale, offered to swap houses. In return for his home, Harvard would provide a house sub-divided into apartments. The apartments would provide annual income, Harvard officials reasoned, and the house's value was comparable to the money offer...
Scrabble & Swap. The hero is James Walker, 32, English novelist, Angry Young Man. Actually he is dim and aging, and resentfully married to a dowdy, motherly, working nurse. Life, as seen from a dull suburb of industrial Nottingham, makes him not angry so much as itching with vague discomfort, as does his hairy tweed suit, which "makes him look as if he had been rolled over by a sheep." He has chronic spiritual snuffles. His novels are about "sensitive provincial types who live far away from where things happen...
Zero Landings. Since the Federal Aviation Agency requires all gyrocopters to be at least 51% homemade, there were hairy tales of accidents to swap. One builder had mounted his rotor blade upside down, then vainly tried taking off with it that way. Another had added bolts to eliminate rotor teetering; when he took off, his craft turned into a gyroscope, flipped over and collapsed...