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...richest man in Denmark-and reputedly one of the richest in the world-is shy, strapping A. P. (for Arnold Peter) Mø11er, who, at 85, still likes to sail himself to work in his sloop Karama III. In his storybook rise from merchant's apprentice, Mø11er (pronounced roughly Mew-lehr) has always believed in one precept besides making money: do something for Denmark. Mostly, what he has done for Denmark is to invest in it. With the profits earned abroad by his 85-ship Maersk Line and his 25,000-acre Tanganyika sugar plantation...
...Landry Gallery attested not only to his technical gifts but also to his fertile brand of individualism. Who but Julio would exhibit 38 paintings devoted exclusively to the Armada (see color)? Actually, there are many reasons why he became intrigued by the Armada, from the fact that it set sail on May 9,* his birthday, to the fact that it is in every Spaniard's blood. Most of the paintings are small, but their scale does not detract from their impact. The ships struggle against wind and fire in a kind of wild dance; they glow bright red, founder...
...years ago decided to take to the air itself. With blessing of the British government's Air Transport Licensing Board, Cunard bought up the small Bermuda-Nassau-England Eagle Airways, renamed it Cunard Eagle, ordered itself some expensive jets and pre pared to fly as well as sail the Atlantic. At that point, another agency of the British government objected. Air Minister Peter Thorneycroft vetoed the idea on the ground that the government-owned British Overseas Airways Corp. was already losing money ($36.4 million in 1961) on the route, and would suffer more from the added competition...
...Manhattan's Village Gate cabaret, Navarro announces (in Spanish and infant English) that the great liner is setting sail from New York-"ba-hoooooo." Then Spain and 10,000 oles as the matador enters the corrida. A veronica ("shwuss") and the bull flies past ("bohr-uhm, bohr-uhm"). Another 10,000 oles. With only a word here and there, Navarro moves on to England for the Queen's birthday and produces an affair of state: troops marching, planes swooping close by them (the sound of both at once), rifle fire, drums, bagpipes, bugles, hoofbeats, helicopters...
Stumble, moan, go, this girl might sail on the desk...