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Israeli pilot Rafi Marek was 90 seconds into his flight from Mombasa, Kenya, at about 3,000 ft., when he felt an unexpected thump. He thought it was the impact of a bird hitting the fuselage of his Arkia charter Boeing 757 carrying 261 Israelis home from a beach vacation. But he wondered if something far more frightening might have been after his plane when crew members spotted two white stripes of smoke streaming past the jet's tail, only 100 yards away. Two shoulder-fired heat-seeking missiles had just missed blowing up Marek's plane: the launcher...
...bird If you are choosing between breast and drumstick, go for the white meat. It has fewer calories and less fat than the dark, although both are superb sources of easily absorbed protein, B vitamins and essential minerals like zinc.Stay away from self-basting birds--on average they have nearly twice the fat and salt as the old-fashioned kind. As for the skin, if you can bear to part with it, do. That's where almost all the fat resides. A reminder: As soon as you're done, get the leftovers into the fridge. It takes just two hours...
Stuffing New research suggests that bread crust may contain a cancer-fighting antioxidant, pronyl-lysine. But to make stuffing really healthful, use whole-wheat bread or high-fiber grains like wild rice. And cook stuffing outside the bird, where it won't absorb fat-laden drippings...
...chief accusation made against his work: that it's frothy entertainment. "Many of my readers read my books three or four times, because my novels are easy to read," Murakami says. "But the stories are not easy to understand." In A Wild Sheep Chase and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, for example, he examines complex issues, such as Japan's brutal colonialism in the first half of the 20th century, while also portraying his characters' struggles to reconcile their hopes and fears with the lives they lead. In any case, popularity doesn't shame him: "Some people think literature...
...Reminiscent of Masereel's woodcuts, Drooker uses scratchboard, where you carve out the lines rather than draw them in. Over this he adds layers of slate-gray watercolor for tone and depth. Then, amidst this near-monochrome world, at sparingly particular moments, he adds a zap of color: a bird, a butterfly, or blood. It's a transcendent effect. The meter of the poem comes from the layout. Most pages are diptychs, with both sides of the book working as individual panels that form a larger image. Never one to dull the eye, Drooker occasionally breaks these up into smaller...