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...times and added that if Bush is to be beaten, "We're going to have to get up off our asses and work." I think I gasped. On Thursday, he took a roundhouse swing at Bush over Iraq: "It's been days since the President was flown to an aircraft carrier"--note the passive tense--"to announce that hostilities in Iraq had ended...It's time for the President to ...tell the truth, that the war is continuing and so are the casualties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Voters in the Mood for an Angry Democrat? | 7/21/2003 | See Source »

...roof of the airport parking lot I joined a hundred or so spectators and watched in awe as huge, wide-bodied jets made seemingly impossible turns on the famous, curved approach to Runway 13. Aircraft banked an improbable 90?, almost skimming the tops off the neighboring apartment blocks. The scene was straight out of sci-fi: huge, metallic birds coming home to nest with a demented roar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Plane Spotter's Lament | 7/21/2003 | See Source »

...more an airfield, really," recalls Hong Kong resident Andrew Robertson. "You were so close to the aircraft that you really could smell them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Plane Spotter's Lament | 7/21/2003 | See Source »

...friend David England had worked on the design of the Airport Railway Link and his Kowloon Bay office overlooked Kai Tak's southern runway. "I kept a brass telescope on my desk," England recollects, "and my colleagues soon got used to me breaking off mid-conversation to look at aircraft landing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Plane Spotter's Lament | 7/21/2003 | See Source »

...Most of Chek Lap Kok's vantage points are at ground level, and it is difficult to get a close view of the aircraft because of the high-security double fencing that surrounds the airport. There is also heat haze to contend with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Plane Spotter's Lament | 7/21/2003 | See Source »

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