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...In 1967 the US’s X-15 hit a speed of 4,520mph — 6.7 times the speed of sound — when Major William Knight piloted the rocket-powered experimental aircraft....
...Its SR/F can hit 124 miles per hour, yet starts at a realistic £18,990....
...But I get the impression that, just occasionally, really V, V, VIPs may be given a glimpse within....
...In July 1989, George Bush Sr promised: “For the new century, back to the Moon, back to the future, and this time back to stay!”...
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...The current district-attorney is the son of Cyrus Vance Sr, the deceased former US secretary of state under President Jimmy Carter who resigned from his job in 1980 in opposition to Operation Eagle Claw,...
...But under the guidance of Tom Shannon, the newly appointed US assistant secretary of state, the penny seems finally to have dropped....
...Presidents Reagan, Bush Sr and Clinton were, more or less, polite enough to pretend to believe the senators. Mr Bush Jr is different....
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