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...there were risks in the convoy scenario, they seemed alleviated by a formidable military backup. On station for a possibly larger evacuation operation, a "worst case scenario" in Pentagonese, were the carriers America and Guadalcanal, as well as at least half a dozen other ships of two special Sixth Fleet task forces; early in the week the Air Force had shuttled four CH-53 helicopters and three C-130 transports into the British airbase at Akrotiri in Cyprus, an hour's flight from Beirut...
...told, Walsh, with his coterie of 20 Indians and fleet of eight cayucos. has already saved more than 800 animals since arriving on the scene last December. As the waters rise farther to their eventual depth of more than 200 ft., Noah II will concentrate on rounding up bigger animals−jaguars, cougars, ocelots and tapirs−that have so far managed to survive by making their way to higher ridges. To avoid danger in taking the big cats, Walsh will use tranquilizer guns...
...sale in Luanda (pop. 400,000) only three days a week. Long lines form for everything from bread and cigarettes to beer and bottled cooking gas. Three of every four buses in Luanda have been sidelined for lack of spare parts, and only about 20 taxis (of a prewar fleet of 600) are still operating...
...Antony and Cleopatra cannot bear. Their love has grafted each in the other's heart and mind so that when they are forced apart, it is a semi-suicide. She wonders, in rapt preoccupation, whether he is sitting, or standing, or riding his horse. When he orders his fleet to turn and follow her deserting ships in the sea battle that destroys his fortunes against Octavius Caesar, it is not that he has totally lost valor, but that being anywhere but with her is the severest loss he can contemplate. When her eyes water in remorse, he chides...
...sure, there have been attempts in the past to rectify the situation. Apart from those that suggested sheer violence, the only sensible approach was to bring in a fleet of London taxis, which are wondrously compact and comfortable, can turn on a tuppence, and come equipped with diesel engines and drivers who say "Sir," "Madam," and "Thank you." Some New York operators experimented with a London cab in Manhattan eight years ago, but rejected it when they discovered that the passengers enjoyed the ride...