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Jaguar, Lotus, and Rolls Royce displayed attractive but expensive fantasy cars. Jaguar's XJ220 comes equipped with a 542 horsepower engine, which powers it to 212 miles per hour.
It was a small, but telling, act of civil disobedience. Last Sunday, the Harvard University Police Association paid several hundred dollars to rent a twin engine plane to fly over the Head of the Charles regatta. The plane carried a sign: "Support Harvard Police for a Fair Contract."
This is the ninth stage play that the TNT cable network has sensitively adapted since 1990, including Tennessee Williams' lyrical Orpheus Descending, Jon Klein's rowdy T Bone 'n Weasel and Mamet's own burst of cynicism, The Water Engine. Each has been respected yet retooled to broaden its reach...
Amtrak's coast-to-coast Sunset Limited derailed last week while crossing a damaged bridge near Mobile, Alabama. The accident sent the engine and several cars hurtling into the Bayou Canot, trapping passengers in the water and an ensuing fire. Forty-seven died -- nearly equaling all the other deaths in...
Designing the new parachute was Popov's greatest challenge. Hang gliders weigh only 500 lbs., even if you include the pilot. A small Cessna, on the other hand, weighs more than 1,700 lbs., and a standard parachute big enough to float such a craft safely to the ground would...