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...recent telephone interview, Perot, who was travelling on his yacht in the Mediterranean, told The Crimson that it would be "wonderful" to work out some deal with the Peabody...
...Hartley suffered a heart attack, but he shows no signs of slowing down or thinking about retirement. In fact, shortly after his illness, he bought a 51-ft. yacht, which he named...
...instance, a lot of money was used to bribe some German technicians in order to acquire a (West German) Leopard tank. The question was how to get the engine to the U.S.S.R. The solution was for the Soviet consul in the area to buy a yacht and have its engine taken out and replaced with the Leopard's engine. The yacht then rendezvoused several miles out to sea with a Soviet merchant ship, to which the engine was transferred...
...married the beautiful and exceedingly wealthy Edwina Ashley. It was a stormy union, marked by his many affairs and her infatuations, including one with Jawaharlal Nehru, but it lasted until Edwina's death in 1960. Stationed in Malta in the late '20s, the couple kept a 66-ton yacht in the harbor. Noel Coward, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford and an assortment of royals were their houseguests...
...bareboat business has meant smooth sailing for virtually all concerned. But some storm clouds now loom. The Treasury Department's recent tax-reform proposals would eliminate the investment tax credit and remove other breaks that yacht investors use. Says Sail Belize's Gegg: "If the changes are drastic, they could wipe out our industry and many of the boatbuilding companies as well...