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...McCain's deeply touching story of finding his Good Samaritan in the Hanoi prison reminded me of the saying that the purest ore comes from the hottest furnace. Fiona Scott, Germantown, Tennessee...
...saved the most vibrant character for last: Maria Elena, which Penelope Cruz turns into one of her boldest, fullest, hottest characters. A painter so sexy that Juan Antonio's father still has erotic dreams of her, Maria Elena had been Juan Antonio's muse, competitor and wife; their turbulent marriage ended when she tried to kill him. Of course she shows up, once her ex has set up house with Cristina, allowing Allen to run further amorous permutations. A darkroom kiss between Cruz and Johansson is probably Allen's most direct expression of romantic-sexual connection...
...course, Chinese fans weren't alone in the crowd. The game was the hottest ticket in town; fans from the Philippines, India, Senegal and the Solomon Islands checked in. And there was plenty of red, white and blue sprinkled throughout the arena. As the Chinese team ran onto the court, Brendan Kelly, a 13-year-old from Los Angeles, waved a Chinese flag, yet wore a Team USA shirt. Who was he rooting for? "China," he says. Why? "Because I'm pissed off at the government," he says. "They've lied to us in the past, and spent...
...doors in 1967 with Hair. It is returning on the 40th anniversary of the show's Broadway debut. All the tickets, fittingly, are free. Most folks queue up on the Internet now (for seats chosen by lottery) rather than stand in line all day long, but it's the hottest ticket in New York City...
...laser weapons in space. Chemical lasers, generated by the reaction of gases such as hydrogen and fluorine, are now considered too unwieldy for space deployment. When they are ground based, their long-wavelength beam would be too ineffective to penetrate the atmosphere and make a missile kill. Today the hottest option is the free- electron laser, generated by the action of electromagnetic fields on electrons. Although it might also be too big to lift into orbit, this laser has a shorter wavelength, which gives it the potential to penetrate the atmosphere from the ground. Whatever ground-based laser weapons...