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...could develop a technique for discovering oil from the air. A French intelligence agent learned of the project, and the Giscard government decided that it might be useful for detecting submarines. Villegas signed the first of a number of contracts with Elf-Aquitaine, and payments were made into secret Swiss bank accounts...
McKinney is the first American woman to win an overall World Cup, and is also the giant-slalom champion. This season has likewise started slowly for her (seventh place), but last week in Maribor, Yugoslavia, McKinney followed Swiss Rival Erika Hess by just six-hundredths of a second, more than a good sign. "In the summer there was not much snow," McKinney says, "and I felt like I was training all the time. I think I got worn down by it." The trainer of the women's team, John Atkins, says, "If we put in the same amount of work...
...spent the major part of our lives in the snow The thought of Americans at the top of the mountain is still heady and strange. Alpine skiing is baseball to the Swiss, the Scandinavians and the Liechtensteiners. In the U.S., it is barely lacrosse. Skiing is not a necessity in Lexington, Ky., but the reigning women's overall World Cup champion, Tamara McKinney, is from there. For three years, Phil Mahre of Yakima, Wash., has been the men's overall World Cup king, and his twin, Steve, holds the World Championship gold medal in the giant slalom. Skiers...
...exciting times. World War II found her dabbling in spiritualism and writing an esoteric novel about lost airmen living in an astral dimension. "Nearly impossible to decipher, it is an upsetting book, as everywhere there is evidence of a disturbed consciousness," writes a fretful Guest. References to breakdowns and Swiss clinics indicate that H.D. was more unbalanced than her tactful biographer suggests...
...Logo programming language, which has its roots in the studies of Swiss Psychologist Jean Piaget and research done at M.I.T.'s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, teaches some of the most profound ideas in computer science by having children draw complex geometric patterns with a few simple commands. Versions of Logo have been available on such machines as the Apple, Atari, Commodore and Texas Instruments computers for more than a year. Now Digital Research has introduced Dr. Logo, an expanded edition for the IBM PC and compatible machines that emphasizes the language's ability to manipulate words and ideas. Price...