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...will make my own small statement this weekend - in the form of defiant air travel. An anxious flyer to begin with, I practically wheeze in fear when I contemplate boarding an airplane now to complete a long-planned vacation to the West Coast. But when the time comes, I will get on that San Francisco-bound plane, buckle my seatbelt, and, yes, probably start crying out of sheer terror. But I will be comforted by the fact that I am, by claiming a seat on what I suspect will be a fairly deserted airplane, gesturing impolitely in the direction...
...activated by the Marines in the initial round of call-ups, Marinelarena will be one of 7,500 Marines affected under the Defense Department’s plan. The Army will also supply 10,000 troops, the Air Force 13,000, the Navy 3,000 and the Coast Guard...
...result, the central coast now boasts some of winemaking's biggest names. Beringer Blass (owned by Foster's--the Australian brewer, mate), Kendall-Jackson, Fetzer and Gallo (2000 sales: $1.5 billion) have all moved in or expanded there. Napa's Robert Mondavi Winery (2001 sales: $506 million) has boosted its holdings across Santa Barbara, Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties. "Every major winery in the state is betting on the central coast," says Robert La Vine, Mondavi's director of grower relations. "It's been a real rocket ride...
Sunset over Ha Long Bay off the northeast coast of Vietnam creates a scene that defines the Orient. The silhouetted islands, great limestone columns soaring out over the sea from the slenderest of bases, assume such perfection of proportion and form as to mock all man-made sculpture as artless imitation. Centuries ago, the harmony of this seascape inspired a whole school of Vietnamese painting. To drift today in a red-sailed junk beneath the yawning overhangs and watch the fading light transform rock peaks and fringing jungle into giant figurines is, for a few short moments, to become part...
...fast-paced walking (running was impossible because of the number of people around us), we finally reached the Brooklyn Bridge—and blessed daylight. By the time we reached the Bridge, we had heard so many rumors from others walking, that I genuinely believed the entire East Coast of the United States had been attacked. According to those around me (and the occasional snippet from the radio), not only had the World Trade Center and the Pentagon been attacked, so had Camp David in Maryland, Pittsburgh and somewhere in Florida. Additionally, we heard that a car bomb had exploded...