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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!”...
...Presidents Reagan, Bush Sr and Clinton were, more or less, polite enough to pretend to believe the senators. Mr Bush Jr is different....
...MAGIC SEEDS by V.S. Naipaul Picador £16.99, 304 pages I found V.S. Naipaul by process of elimination....
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