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...apathy of many public officials gave me no other choice. (Arriving at my residence to investigate the fourth break-in within six months, the officer proceeded to borrow a pen so that he could write the report on the palm of his hand, having no paper or pad...
Unsurprisingly, Joe had become something of a living legend by the time he was 25. When sportswriters got tired of extolling his exploits on the field, they zeroed in on his between-games lifestyle. There were photos and stories about his bachelor pad on Manhattan's East Side, which featured a white llama rug-and, purportedly, some of the unholiest debaucheries since Petronius' last house party. No American beauty could regard her career as complete without a date with "Broadway Joe" (a bad geographical misnomer, because Namath's favorite haunts-Dudes 'n' Dolls, Mister Laffs...
...That Apollo 17 sitting on its pad, the last in a series of spectacular ventures, does cause a "nostalgic sadness" in laymen and scientists alike. But as an oceanographer, I firmly believe that now is the time for down-to-earth, technologically complex marine projects to receive a vigorous shot in the arm. The ocean industry is far from having reached its full potential, and if given a boost could absorb at least some of the unemployed space workers. The overriding consideration, however, is the soaring pop ulation growth on our planet, with its obvious food, space and energy needs...
They were driven through a tunnel under the village to a strip of lawn 275 yards away that had been converted into an emergency helicopter pad. Two choppers took the Arabs and their hostages on a 25-minute ride to Fürstenfeldbruck airport; a third preceded them, carrying German officials and Israeli intelligence...
...Hefner's million-dollar hutch in Los Angeles, a hundred or so guests, including Warren Beany, Robert Culp and Peter Sellers had watched a screening of The Godfather beside the swimming pool. Some stayed on to play backgammon, sip their drinks and kibbitz. In another part of the pad, the action suddenly erupted into violence. Four intruders slipped through a gate in Hefner's electrified fence, bumped into a chauffeur and were challenged. Drawing knives, they attacked the chauffeur. When a guard saw the assault on a closed-circuit TV screen and rushed to help...