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...loss; some try to spare them from confronting their conditions by dressing and undressing in closets or bathrooms. But most women find their sex lives relatively unimpaired, and more than a few believe that their mates become even more understanding after the operation than before. "Most men are more tender and loving than ever," says Mrs. Hilda Aks, 56, of Washington. "Mine certainly has been...
...Cross was sailing by the Americas Cup bouy long before Courageous was towed out by its tender two hours before the 12:10 start of the race. The Cross was followed about by her tender and watched with curiosity by the then-small spectator fleet that had begun to gather near the starting line. She even received a rousing round of applause from the 80-or-so paying spectators as she tacked next to the Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant, which patrolled the boundary of the race course...
Remaining Poor. Queensland Mines officials have been trying to overcome the aborigines' fear of the ants' anger by offering them higher and higher sums for mining rights. The bids started with a "good-will" tender of $7,425 in 1971; they have since grown to a package including $891,000 in cash plus a 3.75% royalty, totaling $13,619,000. The company is willing to invest so much because the uranium deposit is conservatively valued at $300 million. In a plot only 755 ft. by 33 ft., there are more than 443,000 tons of uranium ore -roughly...
...uncrated 20,000 cans of Aussie Courage beer in a resort that prefers champagne or gin-and-tonics. Then he gave in to his crassly commercial instincts, briefly sporting the name of his own 20,000-acre development on the transom of his yacht. Finally, Southern Cross's tender rudely ran an opposition boat off its practice course. As if all that were not enough, later this month the brash Bond could well upset the oldest racing tradition in Newport: the U.S.'s unbroken, 123-year grip...
...less cost-conscious than his four brothers. While they tended to reflect their father John D. Jr., a shy philanthropist and devout Baptist, Nelson was closer to his mother Abby, the daughter of the powerful Rhode Island Senator Nelson Aldrich. It was Abby who imbued her son with a tender social conscience and a lifelong love...