To the casual tourist on an afternoon outing, Bermuda seemed the same old happy, fun place. Old folks milled through the gleaming pastel shops on Hamilton's Front Street; honeymooners buzzed about the island on rented motorbikes and lounged on beaches or around hotel pools. But after dark, Bermuda took on a new atmosphere. Everyone was ordered off the streets, and soldiers threw up barbed-wire barricades. Extra police patrolled the downtown area. Lights blinked late on the newly arrived British troop frigate, H.M.S. Leopard, which bobbed at anchor in a Front Street berth normally reserved for cruise ships. Thus last...
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