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...Hairspray” fame, wrote an editorial in The New York Times that dared Americans to imagine a jolly and caring Santa who happened to be married to a man. He cast himself as Santa’s gay partner and anticipated riding on Santa’s float in the parade...
...bold and amusing challenge, however, met a fiery rebuff. After public condemnation from Macy’s, Fierstein was hastily moved to his own float, separate from a presumably heterosexual Santa. He was alienated and, left without much public support, issued a feeble apology...
Directed by Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire is the story of two angels who descend to earth to watch and listen in on the lives of lonely Berliners. The two angels seemingly float through Berlin streets, focusing for a few moments on a slew of ordinary people and their emotions: despairing, weary, optimistic and youthful, recording each moment for some heavenly record. However, the angels’ quiet, subdued mission is interrupted when one of the angels, Damiel, falls in love with a trapeze artist Marion. Shot by renowned cinematographer Henri Alekan, Wenders’s film captures the transcendent...
...argument, regardless of its philosophical implications, and not own up to those implications,” says Will Saletan, chief political correspondent for Slate magazine and author of a recent book on abortion politics, Bearing Right. “They think that arguments are like kites: they can float them up in the wind and pull them back when they want to. But what happens is the wind breaks your string and takes your kite away. The wind here is choice. When [pro-lifers] concede that abortion needs to be reduced through each woman’s choice, they?...
...falling straight down, divers cut through the air at speeds of up to 136 m.p.h. and can stay aloft for an extra minute or so. How does it work? The combination of the wings' shape and the skydiver's position modifies the airstream to create the lift needed to float forward. A similar system was used to cross the English Channel this summer. INVENTOR Alban Geissler AVAILABILITY 2004, about $3,300 TO LEARN MORE skyray.de...