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Myers replied that he had; in fact, he said, "I served at the tail end of World War II in France." But an aide said today that Myers didn't see "too much action" there. The vets, who made a special trip back to his office to see him today, only laughed quietly...
...buyer of a convertible car used to type himself as a free-spending sport. Today he types himself as a nostalgic eccentric. Once a symbol of status and romance, the convertible is well on its way to joining tail fins on the scrap heap. They account for only 1.5% of 1971-model sales, down from 1.6% in the 1970 model year and a peak 6.7% in 1963. The trend is toward an even lower percentage; American Motors stopped making cars with roll-down tops in 1968, and Ford may do the same in the next model year, which begins this...
...training school, I was assigned with a partner named Masino, known to his fellow officers, I soon discovered, as "the Big M." The Big M was a hell of a mean driver, and in no time flat he had the chance to show his stuff. We were on the tail of a procession of police cars chasing six joy-riders at top speed during rush hour. After doing several wide-radius circles through Union Station, and just when I was thinking our car had no business way at the back of this posse, the stolen car zipped around a corner...
...trick was to set up long spears and trip wires along the ground in such a way that they would be set off by the rotor wash of low-flying choppers. On occasion, startled pilots would find one of the V.C.'s wicked little missiles imbedded in the tail booms when they landed. Now as then, helicopters are extraordinarily vulnerable. Even a single rifle bullet in the huge disc-shaped target formed by the whirling blades and the complex rotor-hub mechanism can cause a ship to tear itself apart in midair...
...where it's at these days. A bang and a tinkle in front of Harrods last week brought Salesman Patrick Ling charging out of his little Zephyr, "my mind full of evil thought," to deal with the blighter who'd bumped his bumper and smashed his tail light. The girl behind the wheel of the spiffy Reliant Scimitar just sat there, but her male companion suggested that Ling send the bill to Buckingham Palace, where the insurance would take care of it. The bird was Princess Anne, her companion a detective guardian. "What are you doing-teaching...