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...December 1943, I became a Naval Air Force Pre-flight Cadet. After six months of strenuous basic training, our commanding officer explained the Japanese Imperial Navy?s decision to employ ?special tactics?. He appealed for volunteers. The prerequisites were (1) eighteen years of age or over; (2) not the first born in a family...
...consulting a half-dozen burly but friendly security guards, I finally found my way to the press tent at the foot of the red carpet to pick up my credential. The staffer begrudgingly handed it over; I don’t think she was expecting any profusely sweating eighteen-year-olds...
...Europe and China. Immelt needs those high-growth businesses to offset mature sectors in GE's portfolio, which aren't growing much more than the economy. The potential for fuel-saving technologies and renewable energy is also getting more compelling as oil and gas prices reach record levels. Eighteen states, including power hogs California and Texas, have set requirements or goals for renewable energy. New York, for one, aims to generate 25% of the state's energy from renewables by 2013, up from 19% today. More than 160 mayors have pledged to curb greenhouse gases in their cities according...
...Senate Confirmation Hearings: The nominee is sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Eighteen senators interview the nominee. Topics include the nominee?s qualifications and previous casework. The committee also questions witnesses who support or oppose the nomination...
...decorate the villa they were shooing in with his own art works, actor Blabey, himself a painter, coaxed McKenzie to the easel, too. Without any drawing skills, the actress began sponging the canvas with paint, from which figures began emerging - "like you see faces in cloud formations," she recalls. Eighteen months and 63 canvases later, McKenzie has painted up her own little universe, from street urchins to femme fatales, in a na?ve manner not unlike the Australian artist Joy Hester. It's a passion that feeds and is in turn fed by her acting. "It's allowed me to loosen...