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...Jurassic Park,” “The Lost World,” “Congo,” “Sphere,” and the movies they became, though I would argue that one of his most profound accomplishments was “ER.” Using his background as a trained physician, Crichton not only created and wrote a convincing television series that revealed the chaos of a typical urban emergency room, but he also did so with a previously unparalleled level of accuracy. Though past cast members George Clooney and Noah Wyle...
...married five times, and divorced four. But it's his polymathic professional achievements that make him an almost implausibly imposing figure. Crichton trained as a doctor at Harvard Medical School. He directed Yul Brinner in Westworld and Sean Connery in The Great Train Robbery. He created ER, one of the most successful TV dramas of all time, and co-wrote the screenplay for the 90s tornado-chasing thriller Twister. (See the 100 best albums, movies, TV shows and novels of all time...
...August primary race. But a pleasant autumnal drop in temperature after a torrid summer has helped early Palm Beach voters like McCain backer Arelia Sayer, 54, forget the troubles. "We've got a beautiful day," Sayer said in line in Boynton Beach. "You've got to get 'er done...
...Boom When outside experts look at Turkey's vulnerabilities, they see other weaknesses apart from its dependence on exports to Europe. One of the drivers of growth this decade has been foreign direct investment, but that has dropped by about 40% so far this year. Sabanci Dinçer is right to praise the robustness of the banking sector, but there are some vulnerabilities here, too: several of Turkey's banks have been acquired by foreign companies, including two European banks that have run into financial trouble elsewhere, Fortis and Dexia. Turkey also has a current account deficit that amounts...
Nick Panza, the airline's vice president for the Americas, was aware of the couple's, er, "unusual" journey and apologized. He said the plane had been canceled due to mechanical difficulties and that most of the other passengers had been booked on the flight to L.A. then on to Tahiti, arriving between seven and 18 hours later than scheduled. (I guess that's the best you can hope for with the airline industry these days.) "Unfortunately, Jeninne and Keirn, who did not come to the Air Tahiti Nui counter at JFK, spoke with AA directly...