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...Schirra appeared as a commentator and in commercials on television, Frank Borman took over a vice presidency at Eastern Airlines, and Al Shepard has made lucrative connections within Houston's business community. In fact, once the glow of fame wears off, some astronauts have found it painful to slip back into anonymity. "You know, the honeys stop doing handstands when you walk into a room, that sort of thing," says Mike Collins, who is personally pleased to be free of that artificial lifestyle. Adds Pete Conrad, Apollo 12's ebullient commander: "Who is a bigger bore than...
...times lines get caught in the cross-fire or slip into obviousness, the production is on the whole masterfully staged and acted. Play Strindberg is no great achievement; Durrenmatt's original works stand far above it and deserve more stagings of their own. But it is a solid piece of comedy and at the New Theater brings first rate professional drama to Harvard Square...
Under the present circumstances in Vietnam and the U.S., it is improbable that a more desirable solution than that negotiated in October will emerge. However, if President Nixon allows the October settlement to slip through his fingers. North Vietnam and its allies will accelerate the ground war. That is to say, the chances for a negotiated settlement in the South will have been dashed for another four years...
...Cannor said that the worst problem with a poor field is that players slip in the mud. This is particularly dangerous in one alley of the field where a drainage pipe comes above ground, she added...
...leader's still potent followers there was no possibility of Argentina's return to constitutional government. In September 1971, Lanusse suddenly announced that general elections, the first in ten years, would be held in March 1973. Perón let the Aug. 25 deadline for presidential candidates slip by, insisting that the ruling was unconstitutional. But with his supporters clamoring for his return, he decided to leave his home in Madrid. Remaining there would be tantamount to an abdication of power...