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...opinion, the industry has been remiss in checking those planes for danger and researching ways to fix the tanks. According to papers released by the Federal Aviation Administration, the fuel tanks of 26 planes--13 civilian and 13 military--have blown up since 1959. By week's end frequent flyer and Senate majority leader Trent Lott pronounced himself "very nervous" and promised hearings on the topic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TINIEST TERRORS | 12/22/1997 | See Source »

Interview With the Vampire, in turn, follows Lestat (Tom Cruise), a rich, pale solo-flyer who cannot marry anyone because, well, he's undead. Bear with me. As a way out of lonely misery, he bites and converts dashing Louis (Pitt) and encourages him in turn to vampirize and thus "adopt" a young, beautiful, but ill child named Claudia (Kirsten Dunst...

Author: By Nicholas K. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reconciling Highbrow, Big-Budget Films | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

Streisand has one of those voices that can take you places. Go back and check out her 1970 rendition of the title song from her movie musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever: it makes you feel eligible for frequent-flyer miles. Streisand also has that rare ability to make show-biz emotions seem sincere; when she hits those big payoff notes, she doesn't do it just because she can; she does it because the song calls for it, because the big note she's holding is the only way to express what she's feeling. Higher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: GOING FOR THE RAFTERS | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...Delta Airlines computer system sits an account containing some 500 mile points from a round-trip Delta Shuttle ticket to New York City. Other than that one trip, I've never flown Delta and don't plan to--but if I did, I've got my frequent-flyer card in my wallet. When friends tell me they don't belong to any frequent-flyer programs, I'm amazed. Why pay for tickets when you don't have...

Author: By Chana R. Schoenberger, | Title: Free For All | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

When we've amassed enough frequent flyer miles to get somewhere really exciting--this year we're going to Miami Beach--we go. And to make sure we're squeezing all the frequent flyer miles we can out of our lives, we all have United Airlines Visa cards. When my parents call me at school and then pay for the phone bill with their frequent-flyer card, we're all that much closer to a vacation...

Author: By Chana R. Schoenberger, | Title: Free For All | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

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