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...fogged-in ports shouldn't have mattered to any of the Gazette's readers, because who in good sense would want to leave the Island? The Vineyard has everything--fresh seafood, clean air, unspoiled beaches, and such interesting people. There are year-round celebrities, like James Taylor, Carly Simon, and James Cagney, but these keep a lower profile than the brash intruders like Frank Sinatra--who arrives annually in yachts 100 feet long and longer. And there are intellectuals to provide some sophistication, ranging from Doris Kearns to Ewart Guinier '33, from Rev. Harvey Cox to Roger Baldwin...
...Best year-round resort...
...with the idea of starting a new league, he quickly dropped his tax cases to barnstorm the country looking for prospective owners. In the hunt, Davidson coupled his penchant for cold calculation with a latent but awesome talent for salesmanship. Davidson, 39, makes an impressive appearance with his year-round tan and robust physique (he plays tennis and basketball at least three times a week). His pin-stripe suits, moderate Republicanism and background as a Beta Theta Pi at U.C.L.A. tend to reassure businessmen. In the final crunch of negotiation, they discover that he is a tough bargainer...
...soon as the 1973 campaign began, I rushed down to Veteran's Stadium to watch not the Phillies, but the professional vendors. I noticed two types of real hawkers: the 40-year veterans who sell year-round, and the college kids from the Mainline area who work from May to September. I realized I couldn't vie with the aging hustlers. These lower-deck professionals had techniques and aisle space-rights not to be violated by any rookie...
When Congress imposed year-round Daylight Saving Time on the nation, the idea was to cut down on energy consumption. Whether that has actually happened is still being widely debated, but the shift to an earlier rising period has already had one disturbing result - the danger that school-bound youngsters face from predawn auto drivers. In Florida, eight children died in early morning traffic accidents after the time change took place early in January; there were two such deaths during the same period in 1973. "Daylight Saving Time in the winter," said one TV commentator, "has proven to be Daylight...