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This electrifying performance ( with all due modesty ) brought the house down , and old ladies were seen weeping , exclaiming that they had not heard such music since they left Eastern Europe forty years ago . ) He has published two books - - a second , greatly expanded version of Managing Gigabytes and a brand-new book called Data mining ; he is extremely proud of both . Far from simply maintaining the status quo as Pam had anticipated , there was real decision-making to be done , and the Government did n't make things any easier by rescaling the aides ' grading and salaries and also restructuring the children 's financial support , all of which meant long and difficult consultations and discussion , and huge amounts of extra paperwork . But Anna seems to have come out of it all ok . In July Ian visited both girls in one trip ! ) Suffice it to say that David triumphed in an outstanding win that day , and again and again and again in an unbroken record on following days , so that the America 's Cup remains proudly in New Zealand , its new home . Never one to miss the chance of honing his racing skills , Ian kept upwind of them , tacking when they tacked to blanket them ( this is all nautical talk too ) . After one of those trips from hell where you find yourself stranded in the US , wearing only shorts , T-shirt and sandals , carrying only a computer ( no toothbrush , sweater , or clean undies ) , at an airport thousands of miles from anywhere on your itinerary , getting to a hotel at 1 AM ( after a long argy-bargy with airline officials ) and being collected from it at 4 AM , with a dinner voucher and a breakfast voucher ( only to be used on that day , at that hotel ) , he eventually arrived at Calgary and set off in search of Anna . Indeed , one child had exceeded his expected lifespan so there was the real possibility that he might die any day . Although you may find it hard to believe , we did n't spend all our time sailing . Luckily there was no problem with that : it seems the doctor got it all the first time - - though quarterly checkups will be needed for the next few years . Pipped at the post ; c'est la vie . Despite inevitable recriminations from both sides , we had a lovely weekend . It 's like a washing machine out there , steep 6-foot chop generated by wash , coming from any direction . ( Some people who receive this letter seem to think he does n't work at all . No one had any idea whether NZ would be thrashed-though most predicted that , whichever way it went , the outcome would not be close . And that 's where she is now . A mile-long dredged channel gives access to the marina at any state of the tide . But that afternoon , just nine . He 's tall - - completely dwarfing both of us ( ok , ok , no great feat ) , looking down from an awesome height .