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...heaped praise upon Pickard and trusted him to run the bureau during his own frequent travels, he made Pickard play the same guessing game as everybody else when it came to Freeh's plans to step down. It was not until late last week that Freeh told his inner circle and Ashcroft he intended to make his farewell to the staff on Friday. By that time, according to FBI sources, Pickard was taking a long postponed holiday with his wife. Freeh's abrupt announcement forced Pickard to disrupt his leave...
Even if Firestone tires were made of bicycle inner tubes patched together with bubble gum, vehicles are not supposed to flip over at highway speeds in the event of a tire blowout [BUSINESS, June 4]. Who is the automaker trying to fool? Let's not forget that the fine people at Ford are the ones who sold the American public the Pinto. "Safety is job No. 1"? Sorry, Ford, but you have completely lost my confidence. JON POPE Warwick...
...neighborhood before it begins its final death throes. With its nuclear fuel exhausted, the fiery orb will collapse upon itself like a giant souffle, only to see its internal furnace briefly restoked in several last gasps. These will swell the sun's outer layers so they engulf all the inner planets, including Earth, turning it into what astrophysicist Neil de Grasse Tyson calls "a red-hot charred ember." The sun's red-giant phase will be brief, however. Shedding its heat and gases, it will become a cold, compact cadaver no bigger than Earth, a white dwarf lost in space...
...else, the professor could try a different approach. He could tell some good lies - not hard for college professors, who often harbor an inner Indiana Jones...
...greatest hits" book he himself put together, "Red-Dirt Marijuana" (1967) shows the true depth of his talent, as the reader sees him adopting different styles and narrative voices, and nailing every one. The contents include Faulkner-like tales of a Texan adolescent (later reworked into "Texas Summer") , an inner-city delinquent saga, a blissed-out, Kerouac-like account of a road trip, a journey into the mind of a tormented worker in the Paris metro, and an artfully drawn portrait of a wannabe hipster who hangs around black musicians (titled "You're Too Hip, Baby," its milieu...