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Henry James' biographer teaches the secrets of his craft...
...bring about 11 million or 12 million people out of poverty between 1965 and 1969. It didn't bring any millennium, but it brought a lot of improvement. In the '60s I had a much greater sense that we could craft from Washington what people should do, that we couldn't trust the states because they would not take care of black people or poor people...
Inevitably, there have been accidents in the event's 25-year history. Six people have been killed, including one last week -Burton Bodven, 33, of Franksville, Wis., who died after another plane shirred off the tail of his craft in a mid-air collision. Yet all in all, home-built wings of man have had a relatively good safety record. According to Government estimates, home-built planes that have been legally certified as airworthy have an annual accident rate of 3% per active aircraft-the same as general aviation factory-built planes...
...Profit Records. A Beech deal would open up a new field for General Dynamics' aerospace expertise. At Beech, which is the nation's second largest maker of light aircraft (after Cessna), the big moneymaker has been the twin-engine turboprop King Air executive craft; it is popular with corporate customers because, although slower than a jet, it is more fuel-efficient and cheaper to buy (price: $600,000 to $1.6 million, depending on equipment, v. up to $3 million for some jets). Until now, Beech has shied away from entering the executive-jet business. But some industry experts...
...Imagine yourself sur rounded by all the most horrible cripples and maniacs it is possible to conceive . . ."). But when they lope right on screen, they are too literal. They cease to be creatures of the viewer's imagination and become exhibits of the make up man's craft. It is hard, in fact, to sup press a giggle as one spots a resemblance between the Lionman and Bert Lahr on the road to Oz, or begins comparing the nose job of Richard Basehart, as the Sayer of the Law, with that of Roddy McDowall in Planet...