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...helmsmen, Jim Hardy of the Southern Cross and Dennis Conner, who handled strictly the starts on Courageous--relinquishing the command to sailmaker Ted Hood the rest of the way--attempted a seemingly fruitless game of staying on the other's tail in order to force the opponent up over the line early...
Senior Marie Roehm, the team's "A" Division skipper, will sail in Radcliffe's first boat. Junior Sarah Herrick and sophomore Anne Johnson are in the running for command of the second vessel...
...approach has not worked. Partly because of the uncertainty over how long FEA will live (Congress authorized it for only two years), Sawhill has not been able to hire a second-in-command. Thus, he has been forced to play both Mr. Inside, running FEA, and Mr. Outside, testifying on Capitol Hill, and the agency has suffered from the division of his attention. On one occasion, the FEA created a loophole in pricing regulations that permitted oil companies to make bigger price increases than Sawhill intended to permit-and did not close it until more than two months after staffers...
Specialist Burke, heretofore silent, pulled me aside as we left the mess. "They're under orders from command not to give reporters any more information than they specifically request--and not to volunteer anything." Sgt. Hurlbut emerged from the mess just then, and saw the two of us chatting. She stepped back and began whispering to Sgt. Brownwen. That afternoon, Specialist Burke was assigned to cover an awards ceremony for the local paper...
...grievously ill? That recurrent question began circulating again in Rome after a visiting diplomat came away from a meeting with the Pope, worrying that his "sunken eyes presaged death within weeks." However, another recent visitor described the Pontiff, who turns 77 on Sept. 26, as "energetic and in full command." That assessment seemed to be bolstered by the Pope's appearance at last month's feast of the Assumption; he surefootedly negotiated the cobblestone streets near his summer villa at Castel Gandolfo to say Mass at a parish church. Rumors about Paul's health vary widely. Some...