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Cheney, chosen for his governing potential and his Desert Storm credentials, was preceded onstage by a onetime Veep contender, Governor Tom Ridge. The Governor spoke more than twice as long as the candidate did, and with 10 times the animation. When his brief turn came, Cheney ventured out from behind the lectern with a hand mike, but this just gave him the air of an infomercial host faking enthusiasm for his product. He concentrated largely on the campaign's latest theme--"education recession"--and then touted the benefits of joining the military. A student asked Cheney what he would...
...heard people clamoring, saying that they won't shop at Staples just to support Slate's," Lapidus said. Slate's owner Justin Slate said that while he is "concerned" about the threat Staples poses, he trusts that his loyal clientele will not desert...
...then that Parade of Icons: wacky, wacky, wacky! On floats, they had Greg Norman hitting golf balls into the crowd, Paul Hogan whip- cracking a bunch of prawns - a school of prawns? What do prawns travel in? - bicycles! Elle Macpherson taking her clothes off and Priscilla Queen of the Desert attended by scores of drag queens. So, then: an old golfer who can't win anymore; an old comedian who no longer makes the country laugh; an old model who, well, really, can't do much else besides take some clothes off, and never really could; and a woman...
Just 17,000 ft. above Black Rock Desert, the pilots of Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 set the controls for a midnight landing in Salt Lake City, Utah. As the tower radioed clearance, flight attendants in the back of the Boeing 737 began collecting Coke cups and pretzel bags. Suddenly, Jonathan Burton, 19, jumped into the aisle from his seat near the wing and started pacing back and forth. Then he bolted to the front of the plane and turned around. His eyes revealed his hysteria. "Everybody just sit down!" he yelled. "Everybody just sit down...
...Cheney, chosen for his governing potential and his Desert Storm credentials, was preceded on stage by a onetime veep contender, Governor Tom Ridge. The governor spoke more than twice as long as the candidate did, and with 10 times the animation. When his brief turn came, Cheney ventured out from behind the podium with a hand mike, but this just gave him the air of an infomercial host faking enthusiasm for his product. He concentrated largely on the campaign's latest theme - "education recession" - and then touted the benefits of joining the military. A student asked Cheney what he would...