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What exactly happened on Northwestern Airlines flight 042 out of Amsterdam this morning still isn't clear, but to give themselves ample time to figure it out, Dutch authorities have formally placed a dozen passengers under arrest. The Bombay-bound DC-10 had just crossed into German airspace when the pilot radioed back to Schiphol Airport that some passengers were acting suspiciously and that he was turning around. Two Dutch Air Force F-16s scrambled from an air base in Leeuwarden to escort the plane back to Amsterdam. All the passengers were taken off the flight, but 12 of them...
...firm. Another logical buyer is Paramount, which will distribute Marvel's film slate. The studio is revamping, having recently bought rival DreamWorks SKG. Other names thrown out include Disney, which owns a large chunk of the Marvel library, and even TIME's parent, Time Warner, which owns Marvel rival DC Comics...
...Connecticut hostage by being a petty a------." Lieberman "didn't have to run as a Democrat. He chose to run in this primary... And the rules are that if you run in the primary and you lose, you lose." He acknowledges that no matter what happens, the "gasbags" in DC will figure out a way to denigrate bloggers. "If Lamont wins, we're extremist radicals dooming the Democratic Party by pushing it to the left. If Lamont loses, then we're ineffectual, irrelevant and stupid...
...Reagan,” Boorstin says. “He was a dummy.”For some at Harvard, however, Reagan’s election was particularly welcome news. Porter and Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein ’61 were among those summoned to Washington, DC to serve in the Reagan administration. Porter received a call two days after the election asking for his help in crafting Reagan’s policy for the first weeks of his term, Porter writes in an e-mail. Without ever missing one of his classes, he writes, Porter...
...coming out as gay easierif you have a mask and superheroic strength? Just ask Batwoman. DC Comics is making her a lesbian in a new serial. The goal: to increase DC characters' "overall diversity," says company veep Dan Didio. Batwoman is not alone in being a member of the League of Social Justice. A host of fictional heroes are emerging to fight for real-world causes...