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Alastair Reid

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3 picks · 1965–1975

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AN APPEARANCE ON THE SEA
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about herring fishing off Scotland's North Sea coast. The herring industy's center is at Mallaig, a small fishing port in …

The World Cup
the sporting scene ·

THE SPORTING SCENE about the 1966 competition for the World Cup in soccer (football), won by England, which was also the host country. The competition was …

IN PERPETUUM.
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about Gibraltar. The Treaty of Utrecht, in 1713 ceded it to England from Spain and ever since Spain has been trying to get it back. Gen. …