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...vigorous, retro-'70s disaster movie, reminiscent of Airport or The Towering Inferno. Only this time the disaster is the end of the world. On July 2 in a near future year, humongous spaceships enter the Earth's atmosphere, hover over major cities around the globe, then send out a heat ray that pulverizes every urban center. Washington, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Moscow--all barbecued. On July 3 the U.S. President (Bill Pullman) plots his counterattack with the aid of a computer genius (Jeff Goldblum), an Air Force pilot (Will Smith) and all their surviving relatives. By July...
ARRESTED. STEVE HOWE, 38, ex-New York Yankees pitcher; for allegedly carrying a loaded .357 Magnum in his airport luggage; in New York City...
...completion by 2004, the Big Dig is arguably one of the most ambitious urban planning projects ever undertaken, headlined by the creation of eight lanes of new underground expressway to replace the existing artery and the construction of the now-complete third harbor tunnel connecting South Boston to Logan Airport. The depression of the Artery will also clear the way for 26 acres of open park space downtown...
Before a visitor has even left Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport, he is loudly assaulted by the city's pride in itself: "Awakens as a world leader," says one postcard, among the "American-Made Collectors' Souvenirs and Spoons" in an airport gift shop, and another calls it ''a competitor's paradise." Terminal videos instruct you on how to invest money here, and a large ad reminds you that the born-again town was voted the top American city for "global companies" in 1994 by one magazine and the best city for small businesses by another. Atlanta ("A Star...
Europeans, who are more appreciative of track than Americans, love Johnson. The French, in fact, call him "Magique" Johnson. Yet in the U.S., Johnson gets less ink than the latest winner on the Senior Golf Tour. Walk through the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, and you can find no fewer than six books about the Dallas Cowboys, including one by the immortal safety, Bill Bates. No sign of "Magique" Johnson, even though he lives in the vicinity...