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...pilots hate the idea, says Gritta. "Pilots hate it because it?s a pain and pushes their time back even further when they?re up against the wall already." Opponents also argue that such a move would do nothing to deter suicide bombers, who by definition are happy to climb aboard a plane right along with their bombs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The O'Hare Breach: Stopping Security Lapses | 11/6/2001 | See Source »

...going to Vietnam. Steele and Martha, respectively played by Itumelang A. Makgetla ’05 and Carolina M. Borras ’05, are familiar with army life and ready to risk their lives for glory. Makgetla’s Steele is an aggressively rendered officer, eager to climb the ladder; Martha, whose disillusionment and multi-layered internal conflict are portrayed with astonishing accuracy by Borras, grew up with the military .and takes a highly patriotic stance on her Vietnam involvement...

Author: By Clint J. Froehlich, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Vietnam 'Piece' Reaches Head, Heart | 10/26/2001 | See Source »

...Together you search out the escape route while inky minions of a dark queen try to steal the girl away from you. But mostly it's about architecture. Cavernous rooms and wide spaces must be crossed by circuitous routes which reward exploration. To get to the door you must climb the chain to throw the switch to lower the bridge to reach the box you can climb on. Among other things, it's an extremely relaxing game since you can take your time to poke around the richly detailed environment. The soundtrack has no pulsing music, just quiet ambience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pleasures of Escape | 10/25/2001 | See Source »

...product of Folds’ slow evolution was evident at Lupo’s. He didn’t climb on top of his baby Steinway, nor did he smash the keys with his piano stool. He didn’t play with his toes or dance around stage and didn’t even have a bottle of beer next to him throughout the show. Instead he played his music with passion and intensity, joked with the crowd, and left people feeling as though he had somehow been performing for them...

Author: By Joseph P. Flood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Back into the Fold | 10/5/2001 | See Source »

...story buildings--more than 2 billion lbs. of steel and glass and concrete--compressed into a mound nine stories high. A five-fingered grapple fixed to the end of a 40-ft. metal arm peels back each layer, gently removing crisscrossed pillars piled like giant pickup sticks. Next welders climb up with acetylene torches to cut through the metal until they find a void, or pocket of air. Then they bring in the buckets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Digging Out | 9/24/2001 | See Source »

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