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Freidanck believes air travelers are only going to get more sophisticated about what they eat when they're aloft. With the recent advent of cooking shows, he says, "every passenger is a gourmand...
...Slayton must have known, however, doing his job was precisely what Schirra was engaged in for the entire 11 days aloft. Astronauts were pilots first and showmen second. And while the silver flight suits and the smiling press events and the ticker-tape parades belied that, they were hired for their unique understanding of the machines they flew and their hardheaded ability to coax the most from them. That was Schirra's gift. And if flipping off his boss was necessary to get his work done, well, he was happy to do that too. Kraft, 83, wound up respecting Schirra...
...creation of a banker who went too far when he mixed state money with his own. The aerial exposures suggest that some of the châteaux were designed for the eyes of god: the intricate geometry of the Renaissance gardens at Villandry can be fully appreciated only from aloft...
...state, national unity is being cleaved by race politics. The divisive mood was on display at the November party conference of Malaysia's biggest political party, the Malay-dominated UMNO, during which one delegate spoke of his willingness to ?bathe in blood? to defend the Malay ethnicity. Another held aloft a keris ceremonial dagger. The targets of this demagoguery were unnamed, but clear: Malaysia's minority Chinese - and, to a lesser extent, Indian - communities...
Bottom Line: “Apocalypto†may prove the ultimate in sanguine cinema for those who don’t find a total tally of four still-beating hearts held aloft a petrifying prospect. But if the beauty of a blood-cloud leaves you cold, or worse, slightly ill, it may prove a far less pleasing experience...