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...April 28, 1975. The last U.S. officials scrambled aboard helicopters, bound for home, heralding defeat as North Vietnamese troops tramped into the South Vietnamese capital. And it was the most ignominious kind of defeat, one that came after a decades-long war, after tens of thousands of Americans and Vietnamese had been killed, after our Presidents had pledged it would never come to that...
...auction’s revenue. The carriage house holds room for up to four apartments, and the separate acre of undeveloped land could accommodate a luxury cabin, according to a Sheldon Good and Co. press release. The estate was originally commissioned by railway magnate George Dunton Widener, who drowned aboard the Titanic in April 1912 alongside his 27-year-old son Harry Elkins, the Harvard graduate and book collector whose private collection helped found the library named in his memory. George’s wife Eleanor Elkins Widener—who survived the Titanic disaster—apportioned $1.5 million...
...logic goes, we’re angry because we drink, too much. But “rage” isn’t just showing up after scorpion bowls and beer kegs. Road rage plagues the highway and air rage is only the latest response to tightened regulations aboard mid-air flights. Passengers are increasingly dishing out dollars for the airline alcohol, speaking abusively to flight attendants, and behaving erratically in response to strict restrictions. (I’ll be quite upset too if they take away my face moisturizer.) We expect rolled down car windows, tailgating, and hand gestures...
...calls the "legitimate experts" on France's problems. In person, she listens with the prim attentiveness of a Catholic schoolgirl. Yet she has no false modesty over paparazzi adulation, shrugging at photos of her in a bikini that caused a stir this summer. As she says in an interview aboard a train between Poitiers and Paris, her two main political bases, "Why should one have to be sad, ugly and boring to go into politics these days...
...overall journey's environmental impact. According to Ascend, a direct chartered flight from London to Goa, India - routinely carrying extra seats - can use 60% less fuel per seat than a scheduled service that requires passengers to transfer. So, with guilt alleviated, you're ready for that vacation: seats aboard charter flights are available from a host of operators (try tui.com or mytravel.com for more details). Now if only we could just cut delays...