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When the U.S. Navy launched its Mobile Riverine Force in South Viet Nam's canal-laced Mekong Delta, it soon became obvious that servicing the mini-flotilla was a maxi-headache. Riverine's little boats would slip into the maze of marshlands for long patrols, far from the medical and military aid of the mother ship anchored in one of the larger rivers. The most obvious means of supply was by helicopter, but most of the Delta is too wet and soft to support the weight of a chopper...
Googlies. But there are a select few Americans, possibly 5,000 in a handful of colleges and clubs, who understand the complexities of cricket. They think it rather keen to serve the batsman "googlies" and "yonkers" and play positions called "second slip," "gully" and "silly mid-on." What is more, the very best of them were over in England last week impertinently challenging the masters to a match. They got a hearty welcome. Except for the U.S., cricket has spread around the empire, with frequently embarrassing results. Twice running, in 1963 and 1966, the West Indies beat England in test...
...year and paid their own bus fares. The St. Louis City Art Museum is located in Forest Park in the center of the city. Barefoot ghetto children who fish in the many lakes in the park now leave their fishing poles in the bushes outside the museum while they slip in for the daily 2:30 p.m. lecture...
MOTHER: "Now Daddy, you have to let Johnny decide. You haven't let him slip a word in edgewise and he's probably just busting' his sides waiting to tell us that he wants to become a doctor or a lawyer or something which will make us proud. What is it son don't be afraid, tell Mummy and Daddy what you want to be when you grow...
...nether world, the Gnome of Zurich,* whose hunger for gold is only slightly less keen than his appetite for pessimism. The Gnome's credo: Men cannot manage their affairs rationally for very long periods. Hence, politicians promise things that cannot be paid for, trade balances totter, gold reserves slip away, and the dollar faces a crisis of belief...