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...From what we saw of his clash with the Kiwis," said Iain Murray, 28, the Kookaburra helmsman, "Conner had no great speed advantage. He won because he was always in the right spot." Another well-fed skipper -- "Lard" to his mates -- Murray cuts a Dennis figure in several ways. As New York had shunned Conner, Murray was passed over by Perth Millionaire Alan Bond, the Cup's Australian guardian. Sailing for Business Rival Kevin Parry, Murray whacked Bond's Australia IV 5-0. "He even looks a little like me," says Conner. "He lost at the America's Cup last...
...best and unlikeliest sailor in the world cannot swim, does not really like sailing much, but single- mindedly loves competition. He has already written the book about how he comes back to capture the America' s Cup. Australian Iain Murray intends to rewrite the ending. -- All it takes to win is three years of planning, two years of training and millions of dollars. See SPORT...
...close imitation was taken, possibly sincerely, as flattery in the Lantana, Fla., headquarters of the Enquirer. Said Enquirer Editor Iain Calder, 43: "Obviously, I noticed the similarity. It's another confirmation that we are No. 1." Hendra's partner and publisher, Larry Durocher, 42, joked in an interview that the major difference between the publications is that the spoof is stapled together, while the Enquirer is merely folded. Then he noted another distinction that probably ought to matter to the 11 million credulous readers of the major U.S. scandal tabloids. Said Durocher: "We make no claim that...
...Freddie, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in June 1978, tried in vain to get help. Last Sir Freddie Thursday he phoned Iain Sproat, Britain's Under-Secretary for Trade, to warn that without government aid, his airline would crash. Later that day Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher discussed Laker's plight with several Cabinet members, but chose not to bail out the carrier. Early next morning, at a tense meeting with his board of directors at Gatwick, Laker called it quits...
...were never proved and Wodehouse was never brought up on formal charges, public sentiment in England weighed heavily against him, and as late as 1975, when Wodehouse died at the age of 93, there were still many who believed him at best a Nazi sympathizer. In Wodehouse at War, Iain Sproat, a member of the British Parliament and a long-time admirer of the humorist, presents strong evidence that the charges against Wodehouse were unfounded...