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...gone into a third printing. It consists entirely of tableaus and portraits by Marvel's top talent past and present. Strangely reminiscent of Soviet-era monumentalism, most of the pages are like Alex Ross' sober cover depicting a fireman walking towards us, cradling a dark figure amidst a hellish glow of smoking ruins. There are a few Superheroes tossed in, usually to maudlin effect, as when a group of firefighters have Iron Man, Thor and Capt. America hovering over them, holding candles like Renaissance angels. "Heroes" works best as a document of the national mood immediately following the tragedy...
...launched ground-to-air missiles--the Russian equivalent of the Stinger. In case other Strellas have got through before or since, Israel's air-force helicopters are under orders to fly with massive floodlights trailing behind them whenever they are over the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The lights glow at a temperature higher than that of the helicopter's engine, so as to attract heat-seeking missiles away from the chopper...
JOSH QUITTNER, a longtime observer of Steve Jobs and Apple, found himself once again in the glow of the infamous Jobs "reality distortion field" while reporting this week's cover story. Quittner's take: So what if you don't have a Mac? Pay attention to this new iMac, the heart of Apple's "digital hub" idea, because what Steve Jobs does is often the shape of things to come. Talk with Josh about the new iMac and the future of Apple on Thursday...
...White House from the South Lawn. After a tense encounter with security personnel, who weren't prepared for his 5 a.m. visit, Wyeth was given a secure area under a tree from which to sketch what turned out to be a glorious sunrise that cast a golden glow over the mansion. As he feverishly sketched, the back door of the White House opened, and Buddy emerged in high spirits. He streaked across the lawn, spotted the friendly artist and gave Wyeth a full dog greeting, sending sketch pencils flying. Wyeth then painted Buddy into his picture, Dawn, The White House...
AFTER RUDY He follows in the footsteps of New York's favorite hero, but newly installed Mayor Michael Bloomberg is hardly basking in the glow. On Jan. 1 he got right down to painful business as usual, asking city officials to cut their staffs 20%, to help balance the budget...