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Bombardier and ATR figured out how to quiet the beast, although the Q400's 15-second drone on takeoff caused a recent flyer to initially doubt the improved 76-seater. Once the plane is cruising, though, Bombardier's noise-and-vibration-reduction system (cousin to technology used in submarines) monitors sound levels through microphones inside the plane walls. A computer initiates vibrations through special absorbers to counter those from the propellers, reducing the resonance of the airframe and hushing the cabin about 4 db quieter than many jets. ATR upgraded its four-blade propeller to a six-blade fiber-composite...
...prepare for your demonical and mesmerizing role in Sexy Beast? Did it require several takes to get it right? -Mark Ginsburg in Chicago, Ill.Mark, you're going to be really disappointed. I was stuck in L.A. in a film that went over and over and over, and I nearly lost Sexy Beast as a role because the company said, 'We can only wait for Kingsley for 12 more hours.' They finally got rid of me in L.A. I landed in Spain and the next day I did the film in the airport. It was pure, pure intuition. Of course...
...road, ready to be stolen or sabotaged by anyone who dared. "Mind if we take one for spin?" I called out the departing troops. "We're leaving our guard dog," answered one, barefoot at the time, as he pointed to a harmless-looking stray. "And he's a real beast...
...filmmakers, the audience) really want them to. I mean, why would you put a sexy mystery woman into Live Free or Die Hard if not bring her into conflict with its weary, but still nicely toned hero and witness the slender beauty and the rudely wise-cracking beast battle each other. It's nice, clean sado-masochism that doesn't endanger the blessed PG-13 rating...
...Republicans alike have hammered Democrats on excessive spending and earmark abuse. With both the President and Congress's approval ratings at record lows and typically stalwart conservatives criticizing Bush over his perceived support of "amnesty" for illegal immigrants, Republicans have fallen back on their old favorite agenda - starve the beast that is the federal government...