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Died. Admiral Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith, 82, British World War I naval hero and inventor of the retractable periscope, who in 1915 took submarine Ell through the Dardanelles minefields into the Sea of Marmara, where in 96 days he sank 96 Turkish ships, for which he got the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest military decoration; of a kidney disease; in Elgin, Scotland...
...outlandish types. To untangle things-some-the real Yul Brynner, 45, stood up and went to the U.S. embassy in Berne, Switzerland, where he formally renounced the U.S. citizenship he has held since he was naturalized in 1947. He retains Swiss citizenship now, with his wife Doris and daughter Victoria, who do not qualify to become U.S. citizens since they live abroad. Some people thought the shift would ease his tax burden, but Yul said that he gave up U.S. nationality merely to normalize his family life...
NONFICTION 1. The Oxford History of the American People, Morison (2) 2. Markings, Hammarskjold (1) 3. The Founding Father, Whalen (5) 4. Journal of a Soul, Pope John XXIII (3) 5. Queen Victoria, Longford (4) 6. The Italians, Barzini (7) 7. How to Be a Jewish Mother, Greenburg (6) 8. Is Paris Burning? Collins and Lapierre 9. My Shadow Ran Fast, Sands (9) 10. Sixpence in Her Shoe, McGinley...