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...getting rid of him, but it is no match for his powerful friends on the Senate and House Armed Services committees. One of them, Democratic Representative James Lloyd of California, came to his defense last week with a broadside of marvelously mixed metaphors: "I am not prepared to sail into the teeth of Rickover's excellent batting average compared to that of the others with braid on their sleeves. He is a different drummer." The brass is outgunned...
...vintage wines, Buckley was not exactly blown across the ocean on a naked raft. Even the most venturesome solitary sailors today - men like Sir Francis Chichester, who circumnavigated the globe in 1966-67 in his 53-ft. boat Gipsy Moth IV - have the advantage of sophisticated hull and sail design. Says Tristan Jones, a small, bearded Welsh sailor who has circumnavigated the globe three times, crossed the Atlantic 18 times under sail, nine times alone: "The boats I sail wouldn't have existed before now. They are fitted with the best technology of our time, from stainless steel...
...Such a claim would preclude Turkish drilling in much of the Aegean. Nonetheless, the Turks last year dispatched the seismographic ship Sismik1 to carry on oil explorations near several Greek islands; the converted trawler was challenged by Greek destroyers and a battle was narrowly averted. Sismik1 was supposed to sail on another exploratory mission this month, but its departure has been postponed. Ironically, the oil at Thassos is not only of poor quality but is also expensive to exploit, and petroleum experts are skeptical about how much oil there really is. "They think it's Oklahoma out there," says...
...they sail at all like the way they did this weekend, they're going to be awfully tough," he said...
...being invaded so silently and surreptitiously that most Americans are not even aware of it. The invaders come by land, sea and air. They fly commercial and private aircraft; they jump ship or sail their own boats; they scale mountains and swim rivers. Some have crawled through a mile-long tunnel; others have squeezed through the San Antonio sewerage system. No commandos or assault troops have shown more ingenuity and determination in storming a country that tries to keep them out. They are the illegal immigrants who come not to destroy but to enjoy the blessings of the most prosperous...