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- PEOPLE, Page 54Taking the Right Wing
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- By Howard G. Chua-Eoan/Reported by Kathleen Brady
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- He's always had a quick way with words, but William F.
- Buckley is now traveling at twice the speed of sound. The
- conservative columnist is the main draw for 100 wealthy
- tourists who have shelled out $39,000 each for an 83,343 mile
- round-the-world tour aboard the British Concorde. After taking
- off from New York City last week, they are listening to Buckley
- hold forth on politics, sailing and whatever strikes his fancy
- between stops in Acapulco, San Francisco, Hawaii, Sri Lanka,
- New Zealand, Tahiti, Britain, South Africa and Australia. Less
- well-off fans will not have to miss Buckley too much. He
- promises to fax his columns to his editors and broadcast his TV
- talk show Firing Line from Cape Town and Sydney. All in all,
- the haughty Buckley seems to enjoy being literally high and
- mighty. On the fifth day of the supersonic tour, said a
- spokesman, "I hear Bill has begun to mingle with the
- passengers."
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