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...miles later, the aviation world had reached another milestone. GlobalFlyer is so light (at takeoff, its weight is 83% fuel) and so aerodynamic (with a 114-ft. wingspan) that it has to use drag parachutes to help it get back down to the ground. Next: On the Move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Inventions 2005: Up and Away | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...Democratic consultants advised their candidates not to dispute the President on his tax cuts and plans for war in Iraq-and limited the campaign to ho-hum topics like prescription-drug plans and blaming Bush for the economic downturn without offering a remedy. As a result, the Democrats lost ground in the House and control of the Senate; and they gave up still more seats in John Kerry's wishy-washy 2004 presidential run. This time the model is Newt Gingrich's Contract with America campaign of 1994, in which Republicans across the country ran on the same 10 reforms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Democrats Are Happy Warriors | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...week trip and securing funding for a documentary about it in order to draw attention to the logging and pesticide use that threaten the monarch. Gutierrez overcame hardships insects don't face--like understanding foreign air-traffic controllers and fixing an overheated engine. But, now back on the ground, he says he kept the mood light. "I felt more a butterfly than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not a Bird, Not a Plane | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...captain Erik Grimm and backup junior Dylan McCrory, Murphy said, “things just fell apart.”“We were completely out of sync,” he said.It helped that the Quakers were unable to accomplish much in the air, or on the ground against the best rushing defense in Division I-AA.Penn quarterback Pat McDermott found his wide receivers with ease on the Quakers’ first drive but then stalled, forcing Derek Zoch to kick a 39-yard field goal for Penn’s only points of the afternoon. McDermott completed only...

Author: By Lisa Kennelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Not So Mighty | 11/12/2005 | See Source »

...still knows what’s money. Despite a noble attempt to appeal to a wide demographic, the movie is about thirty minutes too long; after a while, even the most exuberant middle-schoolers will get restless. The film beats its theme of brotherly love into the ground, seemingly lifting dialogue directly from after-school specials on PBS. While the movie should have been a showcase for the talented young stars, too much time is cluttered by CGI special effects. That said, “Zathura” is a bona fide entertaining kids movie that doesn?...

Author: By Jessica C. Coggins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Zathura | 11/11/2005 | See Source »

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