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...passengers have received fragrances by Prada and Ghirardelli chocolates. Fliers in United's U.S transcontinental and U.S.-Japan premium classes have been treated to bags containing at least 1,000 dollars' worth of goodies, including Elizabeth Grant luxury toiletries and advance-reading copies of books like Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. "When [customers] hear that the bags will be given out on certain flights, they'll change their reservations to get on those flights," says Robin Urbanski, a United representative. At the end of this month, United is planning a Wimbledon bag featuring skin-care products...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At The Airport | 6/6/2005 | See Source »

...than weigh them down. Foucault's Pendulum, published in 1988, tells the story of three men in modern Italy whose intellectual games about the Knights Templar catapult them into danger. Along with The Name of the Rose, it helped to spawn an industry of history-infused thrillers - most recently, Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. Eco is not convinced by Brown's formula: "The whole conspiracy of that plot ... is contained in Foucault's Pendulum. It's all old material that's been covered a thousand times before. Brown was very good at taking trash lying around and turning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Resounding Eco | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

...passengers have received fragrances by Prada and Ghirardelli chocolates. Fliers in United's U.S transcontinental and U.S.-Japan premium classes have been treated to bags containing at least 1,000 dollars' worth of goodies, including Elizabeth Grant luxury toiletries and advance-reading copies of books like Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. "When [customers] hear that the bags will be given out on certain flights, they'll change their reservations to get on those flights," says Robin Urbanski, a United representative. At the end of this month, United is planning a Wimbledon bag featuring skin-care products...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Everyone's A High Flier | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

...speed world has a new demon. At this year's Indianapolis 500, Danica Patrick, 23, became the first woman to hold a lead in the race. Winner Dan Wheldon passed her with six laps to go, and she ended up placing fourth. But TV ratings soared, and she has injected new life into the struggling IndyCar circuit. Patrick spoke to TIME'S Sean Gregory from her Phoenix, Ariz., home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Danica Patrick | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

...President Bush walking down an uneven path in Texas hand in hand with the infirm 80-year-old Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. There is nothing "unmanly"?as Klein characterized it?in extending a helping hand. Klein seems to lack any cultural awareness of the world outside the U.S. Dan Bloom Chiayi, Taiwan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 5/30/2005 | See Source »

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