31 JULY 1982, page 8

Success Is Extra-terrestrial

Nicholas von Hoffman Washington I n a nation that worships physical beauty as it hasn't been worshipped since the time of the Athenians, this kid would surely be elected least......

Farewell To A Mercenary

Anthony Mockler I t was 1964, in the Congo, and I was on my first foreign assignment. But he could not have been less like the 'Mad Mike' I had imagined and secretly had been......