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...drank a quart of brandy a day. It was strict Prohibition, and I never had al lowed any in the mansion. I called up a fellow who I thought might be able to get it and said, 'John, I'm in a hell of a fix. I need you to deliver a quart of brandy to the kitchen of the Governor's mansion every day this week.' "Churchill had some fellow with him named Lord so-and-so, and the Lord had a girl in San Francisco and was always calling her up the whole time...
...chivalry in which the most ignoble action could be described as a deed of honor. Etiquette was rigorous, and manners so sacred that a noble Alphonse and a lordly Gaston could spend hours politely protesting that the other should go first. Though convulsed with change, society tried to fix every person in his proper "estate" or "order," down to the "four estates of body and mouth"-the breadmakers, cupbearers, carvers and cooks. Everything was ritual, and as can be seen in the little drawing of Dutch High Society (see color), fashion has rarely demanded such exaggerated sleeves or sweeping trains...
...sensitive, able to detect the tiny changes of direction that are all-important in missile and space work. Their lack of mechanical moving parts should free them from nearly all tendency to drift, making them valuable for guiding nuclear submarines, which cruise under water for weeks without getting a fix on the sun or the stars. They should be cheaper too. There are elegant instruments on the market, says Minneman, that cost $20,000. He is sure that the proton gyro, made .mostly of coils and water, can be produced for under...
...divots with Britain's bookmakers, who installed him as the 2-to-1 favorite, or with his fellow pros. "Don't you worry about old Arnie," drawled Sam Snead. "'There ain't nothin' wrong with him that a two-stroke lead won't fix. He's just trying to sweet-talk that tough old course into lyin' down and playin' dead...
...alert for bright ideas that will help them find their quarry. One promising trick is to station seven or eight men with powerful telescopic theodolites on the edges of the impact area. They note the direction of the dust cloud raised by missile impact; then computation gives an accurate fix...