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...workday he puts on two suits, one over the other, both made of materials that seal out dust but trap heat. Then he wraps his wrists and ankles, pulls a rubber respirator over his head and climbs more than 200 ft. into the narrow space between the Capitol's inner and outer domes. Gilbo, who lives in Georgetown, Mass., is part of a 10-man crew removing poisonous lead paint from cast-iron walls in temperatures that regularly soar above 100[degrees]F. "It's a pretty hostile environment," says Gilbo, who says he sweats off 4 lbs. during every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Capitol Hill Meltdown | 8/9/1999 | See Source »

...earned his pilot's license only 15 months ago, now found himself flying a plane that might as well have had no windows at all. The first rule pilots are taught in a vertiginous situation like this is to ignore the signals your body is trying to send. The inner ear is equipped with an exquisitely well-tuned balance mechanism, but it's a mechanism that's meant to operate with the help of other cues, particularly visual ones. Without that, the balance system spins like an unmoored gyroscope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Day | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

There were also tears down mourners' faces when fashion-industry executive Hamilton South, in his eulogy for Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, praised "her graceful bearing, her special allure" as "a physical expression of an inner fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Farewell, John | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

...employee of the Buckingham, Browne and Nichols School reported to CPD that over the weekend, unknown persons gained entrance to the school through the two basement doors. Several offices and classrooms were entered after breaking glass or forcing the inner doors. A full inventory will be taken, but at this time, nothing has been found missing...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan and Kirsten G. Studlien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: POLICE LOG | 7/30/1999 | See Source »

...burden of not only scoring goals but also being Miss Publicity. A self-described emotional child from a military family who lost an older brother to a rare blood disease (and still wears his initials on her soccer shoes), Hamm found the soccer field a perfect outlet for her inner fire. She's been on the national team since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flat-Out Fantastic | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

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