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...nothing more than the power of suggestion. Unfortunately, our minds are being deceived not only by water bottlers but also by alternative medicine, psychics and even alien-abduction stories. Sure, such things might make people feel good, but the purveyors of such gimmicks shouldn't be making a quick buck from our pockets. Jan Lin Chan, SINGAPORE...
...CLOONEY: The last real movie stars were probably Redford and Newman. And things were different then. There wasn't this amazing amount of magazines and information about them. DAMON: We didn't know anything about them. CLOONEY: There was mystique. They're 60 feet high, and you paid your buck and a half to go see them. But that's gone. People know everything about everybody now. PITT: Jaws came along and proved you could make huge money with blockbusters, and it set this thing in motion that has lowered the subject matter. People like George have been getting good...
...YOUNGEST licensed pilot in the U.S. A few years later, brash aviator Robert Buck was a national hero. Dubbed the Schoolboy Pilot--he drank milk in flight and called his parents after every landing--Buck flew a 28-hour 1930 trip from Newark, N.J., to Los Angeles, setting the junior transcontinental speed record, and made a record round trip to Havana in 13 hours. A chief pilot for TWA, where he worked from 1937 to 1974, Buck wrote such acclaimed books as North Star Over My Shoulder, a must- read for new pilots...
...traditional distribution, you'd see $1 a copy," Gittins says. "A lot of Blurb authors are seeing $10 a copy. This is not necessarily quit-your-day-job money, but it might be new-telescope-lens money. It can help fund your passion." Kaufmann makes only a buck or two for each copy of her book that's sold at Blurb's online bookstore (it's priced at $42 in hardcover, $35 in softcover). The real value, she says, is the added exposure from having sold some 150 copies to date. She plans to update her book regularly and only...
...radio listeners will probably conclude that it was more about promoting activists and opportunists. For the friends and fans of Imus, and for all who are growing tired of selective outrage and sporadic forgiveness, there is always the option of boycotting products and networks to convey our dismay. Buck Rutledge, Knoxville, Tennessee...