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Climbing painfully down into the XS-1 as it lay in the airborne belly of the huge mother ship, a B-29, Yeager snapped the cover shut using a sawed-off broom. At 20,000 ft., he dropped out of the bomb bay with a jolt. With all four rockets firing, the plane started shaking violently. The Mach needle edged up past 0.965, and then it went off the scale. Yeager was thunderstruck. He was flying supersonic, and "it was as smooth as a baby's bottom: Grandma could be sitting up there sipping lemonade," he said later. He half...
...ways--by inspiring sclerotic kingdoms and repressive regimes to embrace democracy and by helping "set in motion" peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Bush has embraced neoconservative theology here: the U.S. is invading a dysfunctional part of the world to fix it, and the shock of war will finally jolt the Arab world into better health. It's an audacious idea but not a working plan. Neither Bush nor any Administration official has detailed how the wave of democratization would occur...
...Shower Shock soap contains 12 servings, and you can scrub for as long as you want! And, for the caffeine addict who doesn’t have time for a lengthy morning scrub or the French who simply don’t have the interest, Jolt Gum provides 45 milligrams of caffeine per piece. With 72 pieces in a pack of Jolt Gum, your caffeine intake is only limited by the size of your mouth. Whenever and however you decide to get your caffeine fix, staying awake this semester has never been easier...
...airline bookings dropped 8.5%, which helped drive even perennially profitable Southwest Airlines into the red. But the industry entered that conflict in much better shape than it is in now. The 18 months since Sept. 11 have been a wartime economy for the airlines, says Gerchick, and the jolt of another Gulf War would keep more travelers grounded and force high fuel prices even higher...
...reveries of the end of an era, I neglect to notice that my left knee has strayed beyond the chrome curlicues that bound the passenger seat, breaking one of the cardinal rules of riding in tuk tuks. There's a loud thwack, a roar of exhaust and a fiery jolt of pain in my kneecap. A goggled gladiator on a motorbike has clipped me on his way past, without even stopping to see if I am O.K. Wiset pulls over at the next set of lights. As I abandon the tuk tuk and hobble off in search of a taxi...