Word: air
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...lead him into a discussion of the Harvard Angle, but he takes the air out of this part of the myth as well. Everyone gets paid the same regardless of educational credentials, he tells me. Not only is there no advantage to getting into Harvard early action, the pay is the same for those who didn...
...Beetle can't boast that it's the cheapest of its class, a huge part of the original's appeal. German automaker Volkswagen was careful to add an array of modern amenities such as an adjustable steering column, a six-speaker stereo system, an air filter for the cabin, and air bags front and side. Still, such similarly equipped subcompacts as the Honda Civic, GM Saturn, Ford Escort, Chevrolet Prism and Toyota Corolla are all cheaper and better-established models...
...have been living alone in a small, one-room apartment for a year and a half. By Japanese standards, my life-style is regarded as quite poor because I have no TV, air conditioner, stereo or vacuum cleaner. I even do my laundry by hand. Nevertheless, I kind of enjoy it. If you do everything yourself, you can derive great pleasure from feeling independent of machines. What's more, my electricity bill is incredibly low. And, of course, I contribute to conserving the environment. People who live in developed countries should stop and think about whether being surrounded by machines...
...Sept. 19, 1783, at Versailles, the first aeronauts--a sheep, a rooster and a duck--take to the sky in the Montgolfier brothers' hot-air balloon. On Nov. 21, Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes drift over Paris in a Montgolfier, achieving the first manned free flight (2). Asked what good are balloons, U.S. envoy Ben Franklin replies, "What good is a newborn baby?" The English Channel is crossed in 1785, and ballooning soon becomes the stuff of daredevils (3). But in 1794 the world's first air force is born: warring France uses tethered balloons...
...midst of Indonesia's economic free fall last week, BILL CLINTON, in New York City for a fund raiser, delayed Air Force One's takeoff from a fog-shrouded Kennedy Airport to read the riot act to Indonesia's strongman, SUHARTO. The two leaders spent what must have been an uncomfortable 25 minutes on the phone as translators relayed Clinton's demand that Suharto immediately implement an International Monetary Fund austerity program that Indonesia agreed to last October. Earlier, Suharto had seemed oblivious to the crisis when he went on television to announce a budget woven of pure fantasy, thereby...