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...your kids. J.D. Salinger is learning those lessons the hard way. Daughter MARGARET SALINGER'S Dream Catcher, the rare tell-all that does tell a lot, is expected to sell briskly when it hits stores on Wednesday. Among the Daddy Dearest revelations: J.D. experimented with Scientology, advised her to abort her baby, had a brief marriage to a Nazi and is now profoundly deaf. Margaret, 44, told the New York Times she's still close to her father, though "he probably hates my guts too, I would say operatically." Yes, probably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 11, 2000 | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

There are three key speeds that jet jockeys worry about when they are rolling down a runway: V1, VR and V2. Marcot would have called out the speeds as they passed by: V1, the "takeoff-decision speed," at which pilots decide to continue or abort their takeoff; VR, the speed at which the pilot lifts the nose; and V2, the speed at which the plane leaves the ground. After passing V1, pilots are trained how to continue the takeoff--even if an engine fails or a tire blows. Somewhere between V1 and V2, things went wrong for Flight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fatal Seconds | 8/7/2000 | See Source »

During its takeoff from Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport, Air France Flight 4590 heaves itself off the ground, only to find its engines on fire and landing gear stuck. The pilot is unable either to abort the takeoff or make it to nearby Le Bourget airport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Concorde's Doomed Flight | 8/7/2000 | See Source »

...Gore's response suggests that the woman's right to choose is global: She can elect to save her unborn child, or she can decide , in effect, to abort it by being executed herself. It's a grisly choice. Unfortunately for Gore (not to mention the pro-choice movement in general), his response set legislative wheels in motion. The tie-in was obvious: Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), who sponsored a bill banning the execution of pregnant inmates, took to the House floor to lobby for her position, informing colleagues that unborn children had committed no crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Debate Over Abortion Goes Behind Bars | 7/26/2000 | See Source »

TIME: Any regrets about some of your comments, given the outcry that has resulted and the attempts to abort the show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Preacher, Teacher, Nag: Dr. Laura Speaks | 6/24/2000 | See Source »

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