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COMBUSTION CHAMBER Hot compressed air from the impellers is mixed with fuel and ignited...
...small city some 35 miles south of London. In March, BAA McArthurGlen opened a mall there, and it is drawing 60,000 shoppers a week seeking everything from leisurewear to luggage at bargain rates. Ashford's downtown retailers were nervous at first, admits Jo James, manager of the local Chamber of Commerce. But so far, losses to traditional retailers have been "minimal, on the whole around 1%." Moreover, James explains, the mall draws mostly shoppers from outside the region who wouldn't normally shop in Ashford...
...Jackson, Brothers saw one last opportunity: to open a publicly financed charter school. Governor Mike Huckabee had signed legislation in early 1999 that would allow for as many as 12 charter schools, independent of local districts, to be established in the state. So Brothers, along with the Chamber of Commerce director, Mayor Dickie Kennemore and others settled on a plan for what they called the Arkansas Charter School. It would serve 72 kindergartners and first-graders by the fall, and its goals would be academic rigor, racial balance and parental involvement...
When we reached the top, I scrambled to free myself from my torture chamber. But the sadistic Turk in the driver's seat had other plans. With us all in the back, he proceeded to execute what I later realized was the most expert 3-point turn ever performed. At the time, however, I lacked such clarity of mind and viewed this feat as a nearly successful attempt to stop my otherwise healthy teenage heart. When we finally disembarked, I was more than willing to parachute down the mountain, imagining it would be a much more civilized ride. But Sugar...
After years of appeals and legal machinations, the convicted murderer will die Thursday in a Huntsville, Texas, execution chamber. Graham, 36, was found guilty of a 1981 murder, and has spent the interim period denying his guilt. While no one involved in this case harbors any illusions that Graham is a saint (he has confessed to multiple charges of robbery and aggravated assault), there is a growing sense that he may not be guilty of this particular crime...