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Speaking of easy gags: Don Johnson, banking on a Burt Reynolds inability to covert our knowledge of his washed-up career into a slimy on-screen persona (what this implies about our judgment of people and stars is somewhat disturbing). Unfortunately, Johnson's acting skills aren't quite up to par (Tin Cup...never mind): his comic timing stinks and sinks one scene after another, not disastrously, since his character's smoothness is meant to fall short of his lust...
...BURT RUTAN Airplane kits with nose-mounted wings and no tail that seem to fly backward. Jets with oversize canards mounted, Wright-brothers style, forward of the wings. A spindly, twin-boomed plane that in 1986 was the first to fly around the world without refueling. Aircraft designed by Burt Rutan don't look like other planes. One of the industry's most innovative and influential designers, Rutan has built a pressurized gondola for a round-the-world balloon attempt, a rigid winglike sail for an America's Cup winner, GM's Ultralight show car and the X-38 NASA...
...this gives me hope for the future of the Grammys." Of course the industry's pundits may have some trouble decoding the genre-bending messages from Wednesday's award ceremony -- Shania Twain's close-cropped black-leather stylings confirmed that country music has wandered far from the range; Burt Bacharach picked up his third pop Grammy in as many decades; and Best Hip-Hop Album went to Jay-Z, who combined ghetto-reality lyrics with a chorus from the musical "Annie...
...changed shape. This little flyer can too: the middle section and the wings can be adjusted according to the mission the plane is undertaking. And because Proteus can fly so high (about 65,000 ft.) and for so long, potential missions are manifold: atmospheric research, reconnaissance and--designer Burt Rutan hopes--launching vehicles for space tourism. Proteus has the body of an insect but the heart of a jumbo...
Following Colgate in the ECAC is Cornell (6-2-1, 4-1-1). The Big Red's success is mostly due to stingy defense. Goalie Ian Burt has also looked impressive, posting...