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Could it be that people today just don't care about the future? That's what Tony Baxter, the "Imagineer" who oversees Disneyland design, seems to be getting at when he discusses Tomorrowland's overhaul. Baxter talks at length of the need for the park to make "an emotional connect" with visitors, to draw on prevailing cultural myths. "Dreams about the future were very easy to tap into in the '50s," he says. "There were so many challenges left unrealized because of the Depression and World War II--there was a lot left to dream about." The promise...
...Pentagon has in orbit are like Hubble space telescopes pointed back to earth. From 164 miles up, their optical sensors can snap clear photographs of objects no larger than a paperback novel on the ground. The two Lacrosse satellites, same price tag, with solar-power panels that stretch the length of half a football field, have radar-imaging cameras that can see through clouds and even the dust storms that swirl around India's Pokhran test site. In a crisis, at least one of the four birds can be positioned over a target 24 hours a day, sending photos that...
...championship race for the men'sheavyweights was about as heartbreaking as "E.T."for the Crimson. Penn took an early lead in thefirst 500 meters of about a boat-length, often amove made by less experienced teams who fizzle outlater in the race. Harvard stayed in the middle ofthe pack, slightly behind Princeton and Yale...
...springtime tour of Europe. If that synopsis sounds like material for a three-minute "Entertainment Tonight" profile, then kudos go out immediately to Kopple, who knows that Allen's career as a jazzman is not a fluff-level footnote to his more obvious engagement in the cinema. Her feature-length documentary has already been faulted by some viewers at Sundance for downplaying Woody-as-Filmmaker, a criticism that misses Wild Man Blues's whole point: Woody Allen considers himself a developing musician who's lucky to have steady day-job making moves...
Feaster's decision ends weeks of speculation as to which American professional league she would sign with. Feaster ultimately cited length of season and personal reasons as the primary factors in her decision to sign with the WNBA rather than the American Basketball League...