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...Port Royal, in its time the "wickedest city in Christendom," Henry Morgan and his marauding mates sailed to wreck and plunder. On their return, the pirates swaggered through the narrow streets with barrels of rum on their shoulders, harlots on their arms, daggers in their belts and ill-gotten pieces of eight in their pockets. An appalled visitor once described it as a place where "the body of a murdered man would remain in a dancing room until the dancing was over. Gold and precious stones were cheap, but life was cheaper." A Royal Tear. In 1692 an earthquake shook...
...says Shea, was broken down into major elements, starting with takeoff from the earth. To each element was assigned a number expressing its relative hazard as accurately as possible. A very safe element, for instance, might have been given the fraction .9998, while a very dangerous one might have gotten .75, meaning that it would probably fail one out of four times. After all the hazard numbers, from take-off to return, were multiplied together, the result represented the hazard of the whole mode. In the final reckoning, LOR looked best. Chief advantage is the smallness of the lunar landing...
...should Boston couldn't hope to be too more higher in the standings. Desperate no-hitters by right-handers Earl Wilson and Bill Monbouquette, Red Sox pitching has been a sad disappointment this season. 1961's Rookie of the Year Don Schwall has been terrible. When he's gotten the ball within three feet of strike zone--which doesn't happen all the time -- he's been bombed...
...Paul's A.S.P. students, Rector Warren has 19 summer teachers, among them faculty members from Yale, Smith and Dartmouth. It is hardly a vacation, but they enjoy compensations. As one science instructor put it, "The freedom. The equipment. Everything I've asked for I've gotten. This is a pedagogue's paradise...
...Help. The more lavish retirement centers will probably never be within the reach of most people who retire. But in recent years, the U.S. has slowly gotten around to helping with the housing of what the politicians like to call "our senior citizens." In 1956 Congress passed a law making public housing funds available to housing projects for the elderly. Subsequent laws and amendments authorized direct loans for private, nonprofit housing of old people-sponsored by church groups, labor unions, individuals, etc.-at extremely liberal rates (interest as low as 3⅛% on mortgages running as long as 50 years...