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Lindbergh was just 25, with a mere five years of flying behind him, when in May 1927 he became the first pilot to complete a nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic. The audacious feat made him a national hero--the recipient of euphoric parades, a Congressional Medal of Honor and a posting as a roving ambassador of goodwill. TIME called him "the most cherished citizen since Theodore Roosevelt." He completed his annus mirabilis by meeting Anne Morrow, whom he would marry in 1929. They would seek privacy, especially after their son was notoriously kidnapped and murdered in 1932, but both...
...Take Lin Guijian, who used cell phones and beepers to trigger more than 20 explosions that paralyzed the southern towns of Zhanjiang and Jiangmen on Dec. 14. His staggering feat of destructive logistics killed five people, including Lin himself. A troubled businessman, he was reportedly getting back at his estranged brother-in-law, as well as a group with whom he was in financial dispute. Just a few days earlier in the southern province of Guizhou, an unemployed laborer strapped a bomb to his waist and met his pregnant ex-girlfriend for a ride around town. As they...
That may be too harsh. Just getting a human embryo started without the union of sperm and egg was a feat never before achieved. It's a step, though a small one, in a potentially important direction...
Ever since he first took the court at Lavietes Pavilion, the Crimson floor general makes some of the prettiest passes you’ll ever see. Through his first two years, he is on pace to smash the Ivy League all-time assist mark, no small feat...
Don’t get me wrong. I think the Living Wage Campaign has been an incredible feat of organization, and I deeply respect some of the students who have devoted so much of their time and energy to the cause, so I don’t mean to diminish the import of what it is they are trying to do. What I do mean is that the rally failed to move me, to strike effectively and powerfully at the heart of the problem—that a group of people who so diligently serve this university are denied full...