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...hiding. What she saw terrified her. "He's got the shoe off, between his legs. All I see is the wiring and the match. The match was lit," she says. Twice she grabbed him, twice he pushed her away, the second time so hard she fell against an armrest across the aisle. I'm going to die, she thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Flight Attendants: Courage in the Air | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

...washed this down with a Fetzer Eagle Peak Merlot and topped it all off with chocolate truffles. I fired up the TV in the seat back--all 24 channels worked fine--and entertained myself by flipping through everything from ESPN Classic to CNNfn. I called my office from the armrest phone, then plugged in my computer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Legend in Its Own Time? | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

...schools, read with confidence that paved the way for the open mic-ers who would follow them. Sara Medinger, a Boston University student, captivated the audience with the hyper-realism of her prose about the "intimate dance of hands" between a couple on their first movie date, unsure about armrest positioning. Using micro-details of space and time and addressing her audience in the second person, the Medinger created palpable sexual tension among audience members, released only somewhat by laughter at strategic intervals. The mood changed considerably when another reader from M.I.T. softly read a "work in progress" poem about...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Mahler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Not Yet in Norton: College Poets Live | 3/10/2000 | See Source »

...occupants to talk to one another, but the plane was equipped with headphones that would have made conversation easy. The position of the bodies at the crash site suggests that Carolyn and Lauren were sitting in the rear of the six-seat cabin, behind Kennedy. Overhead lights controlled by armrest switches would have allowed them to pass the time reading; a fold-down writing table gave them a place to rest a book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Day | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

Swissair was the pioneer in installing such devices aboard its planes, with the first one taking off in January 1997. Each seat has a video screen that pops out of the armrest like a tray table. It can be used to play video games, select music and watch an assortment of movies. In addition, there are three types of gambling available--overseen by the Swiss National Lottery--including slots and keno. Losses are capped at $200, while winnings can go as high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing Deadly Games? | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

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