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...three days, though apparently taking in water, the stricken sub managed to stay afloat, limping eastward under its own power before accepting a tow from one of several Soviet merchant ships that had arrived on the scene. Then, early last week, the towline was disconnected, and the remaining 120 crew members were evacuated under the glare of red and green safety flares. The 9,600-ton sub disappeared under the waves, sinking some 18,000 ft. to the bottom...
...built 15 km outside Budapest, due for completion next year. The 34-hectare Korda Studios plans to lure big-budget productions from neighboring film centers such as Prague, where blockbuster Mission: Impossible was shot; even staunchly British characters like James Bond and Harry Potter may soon be eastward bound. Should British studios be worried? Generous tax breaks for film producers in Hungary mean "U.K. studios have suddenly become much more expensive" in comparison, says London filmmaker Jonathan Schutz. "Hollywood is looking elsewhere." But does Bond like goulash? - By John Nadler...
...long Danube kicks off in Germany's Black Forest and flows eastward through 10 countries to the Black Sea. Once part of the Roman Empire's border against barbarian hordes to the north?and of vital strategic importance to contending armies during the two World Wars?the Danube is now a more lighthearted place. On any given Sunday, whole stretches of it are abuzz with dog walkers and horse riders as well as runners...
...extending his poetic license when he put "Blue" into the title of his famous waltz) is lined with hiking and jogging trails that make it one of the region's best-kept recreational secrets. The 2,850 km-long Danube kicks off in Germany's Black Forest and flows eastward through 10 countries to the Black Sea . Once part of the Roman Empire's border against barbarian hordes to the north - and of vital strategic importance to contending armies during the two World Wars - the Danube is now a more lighthearted place. On any given Sunday, whole stretches...
...slow but inexorable plunge under the North American plate, suddenly jarred loose and lurched ahead. Last week's burst involved a similar movement of plates, but the result was entirely different. Extending along most of the coast of South America, the dense Nazca plate of the Pacific, moving eastward, subducts, or descends beneath, the lighter mass of the South American plate, which is moving westward. As the oceanic plate dives deeper into a region of high temperature and pressure some 60 miles to 125 miles below the earth's surface, rock in the area begins to soften and form magma...