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...Russian-born employee of a U.S. intelligence agency climbed the steps to his suburban Washington apartment. He fumbled with the key-and froze. From the darkness behind him came a tiny rustle of clothing. Then a voice rasped his name.* The man whirled, faced a stocky stranger in a trench coat who stood back in the shadows, his powerful arms outstretched. Again the stranger spoke in Russian: "Don't you know me? I am your brother Volodya." The brothers had been apart for 23 years. Vanya would not have immediately recognized Volodya even in broad daylight. At first...
...Navy is reasonably sure by now that Thresher lies close by, under a small area of ocean marked by bright orange buoys. Hopefully, the Trieste will soon photograph the actual wreck. The depth will be moderate for the Trieste, which has already cruised to the bottom of the Marianas Trench off Guam, 35,800 ft. down, but the strong currents off Cape Cod are a serious threat. Though proof against water pressure in the deepest ocean, Trieste has feeble propulsion. She can creep only four or five miles at about 1.4 m.p.h.; during the 45 minutes that it will take...
...been a machine gunner in the war, and his drawings did to war-weary Germans what Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front did in words. By 1923, he had sold an enormous triptych, Trench, to the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne for 10,000 gold marks, or nearly $3,000. Carrying on as lance bearer of the Neue Sachlichkeit (the New Objectivity), Dix went on to influence Max Beckmann and Georg Grosz with his sharp-edged, magical realism that applied the techniques of the old masters to the social misery of the anarchic Weimar Republic...
Anthony Chenevix-Trench. 43, an out-of-tradition choice since he did not go to Eton or even teach there. But Oxonian Chenevix-Trench, a Berkshire headmaster who lists his recreations as "shooting and general outdoor activities," thinks right about the rites of Eton. He plans no changes: "It is a wise chap who waits and sees." He is for "fagging," the custom that makes new boys the servants of older boys. As for another old custom, the right of head boys to beat others, he says: "If I were going to a school that didn't have...
...seasoned operatives from Japan's wartime intelligence services, including Yuzuru Fukamachi, 65, a onetime navy code specialist, and Tatsuo Furuya, 55, Japan's intelligence chief in wartime Shanghai. President Kurihara and his men claim to be down to earth about their job. Says Kurihara: "We wear trench coats for warmth, not atmosphere...