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...Cyclades owe their new verdant look to a fleet of water-carrying Dracones -huge, sausage-shaped bags of rubber-covered nylon, which are towed over to the islands daily from the Greek mainland. The Dracone-which gets its name from the Greek word for serpent-was conceived during the 1956 Suez crisis by British Engineer William Rede Hawthorne, 49. Seeking a quick way to build up Western Europe's oil-hauling capacity, Hawthorne began experimenting in a wave tank with sausage skins filled with alcohol. But soon there was a glut of oil tankers-and European refineries...
...gingerbread monstrosity by the sea. It's a barrel-of-fun house, of course, with live-in bats and a pump that requires surgery. Before Dad can get the luggage stowed away ("My friends all call me Redcap"), his two married daughters show up with broody broods in tow. and in obvious need of a good divorce counselor. One little grandson, who seems to have been born under a rock, calls Stewart "Boom-pah," and Boom-pah calls him a "little creep," though creepy would be more exact...
Climax of Civilization. The company turned out to be congenial. Attorney General Bobby Kennedy took into tow a fellow named John Glenn. "Hey, John," yelled Bobby over the din to the astronaut, "come over here and meet the ambassador." After dinner, the U.S. Air Force's 30-piece "Strolling Strings" came into the hallway where guests were mingling. Linus and Ava Pauling promptly swirled into a Viennese waltz. Other couples joined in, and Pauling, flushed with success, ordered a tango. About that time Jack and Jackie entered and-since there's not supposed to be dancing...
...Wilhelm. She was a svelte 42, he only 21. Noting that his withered left arm made him feel insecure, she put him at ease with a few soulful chats. She earned his gratitude by finding him a submissive little wife, who later bore him eight children. Husband in tow, Mary moved into an elegant house in Berlin overlooking the River Spree. Wilhelm, who lived 16 miles away at the Sans Souci Palace in Potsdam, was soon spending most of his time on the Spree. "The serene confidence of the American woman," writes Smith, "must have exercised a powerful attraction...
Here, two weeks of skiing runs to around $250 (room, meals), with tow tickets and a dozen ski lessons thrown in. Its altitude ensures reliable snow conditions, plus a good six hours of bright sunshine a day (some Alpine resorts, snuggled in steep valleys, get less than three hours of sun), providing plenty of prime tanning time. For the skiing crowd insists on returning home with a tan, even if it is only on faces...