Word: atlanticism
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The 2006 Atlantic Hurricane Season formally begins on June 1, which means it's time for NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to issue its annual forecast. It's not promising: the next six months should be "very active" - which translates to a prediction of 13-15 tropical storms...
So when Mark Bowden calls the embassy drama "the first battle in America's war against militant Islam," that sounds about right. Guests of the Ayatollah (Atlantic Monthly Press; 680 pages) is his detailed and bleakly compelling account of what the hostages endured during the siege and of the anguish...
Although we've become thoroughly used to e-tickets, many of us remain wary of checking in for a flight online, and still end up arriving at the airport a couple of hours before a scheduled departure. To ease the tedium of waiting (and retain the loyalty of sophisticated passengers...
Although we've become thoroughly used to e-tickets, many of us remain wary of checking in for a flight online, and still end up arriving at the airport a couple of hours before a scheduled departure. To ease the tedium of waiting (and retain the loyalty of sophisticated passengers...
DIED. Lillian Gertrud Asplund, 99, last American survivor of the Titanic and the only one in the world old enough to recall the wreck; in Shrewsbury, Mass. The intensely private Asplund was 5 when the ship sank in the North Atlantic. She spoke publicly about the ordeal only once, saying...