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...WILL THE FILLER BE TRIMMED? Robinson will secure his feet to the end of the shuttle?s manipulator arm and be lowered under the nose of the ship-a place where spacewalking astronauts have never ventured. His first attempted fix will be a decidedly low-tech one: He?ll try to pluck the fabric free. If that doesn?t work, he?ll use a blade-a portion of which has been taped over to prevent it from nicking the ship. If that fails, he?ll try a small...
...embarked on a search for “Guernica,” which led me to the nearby Reina Sofia Museum. Merely 5 feet 4 inches tall, I gazed up at almost 12 feet of canvas. The painting left me dumb-struck as it brilliantly resonated with a passion, power, and emotion as if it were a living thing. The colossal mural commemorates the brutal aerial bombardment of the ancient Basque town Guernica by German and Italian squadrons during the Spanish Civil War. As a modern historical painting, it draws on archetypal images such as bulls, horses, and melancholy women?...
...love driving in the mountains. Although it was difficult for me to learn to feel comfortable being able to see only a dozen feet in front of me, I have come to enjoy the smooth curves of the road as it winds like a snake through the hills. Yet, the last time I drove through the mountains, I ended up at a very unusual location: the beach...
...absorbed in books to return to the courts, I never corrected my coach’s accusation of my wanting ambition—at just under five feet tall, I had willingly embraced the Napoleon Complex. Instead, I buried myself in my room and read for endless periods of time. There were days when the only contact I had with the outside world was the breeze traveling through the window to rustle the pages of my Rushdie masterpiece. Any new friends I made were librarians who smiled at my thirst for the written word. Visits to family cottages meant whispers...
...fire,” as well as “I’m hit. I’m hit” after she is walloped with a piece of the plane in free fall. But nothing is better than her ability to countdown how many feet she is in the air as she waits to deploy her parachute...