Word: magicians
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...poets are Randolph Henry Ash (Jeremy Northam), a 19th century literary light with a famously serene marriage, and Christabel LaMotte (Jennifer Ehle), a less renowned word magician. Imagine an affair between Robert Browning and Christina Rossetti and the scandal that would have rocked the 1860s--or the literary furor it might stoke today if the news were finally to come to light. That's the notion that drives two modern scholars, the American Roland (Aaron Eckhart) and the British Maud (Gwyneth Paltrow), deep into a long-submerged cache of love letters and finally into their own furtive embrace...
...proof that Herakleion was still inhabited as late as the 8th century A.D. Goddio's latest topographical study indicates that Herakleion was an ancient version of Venice, a city where canals were as prevalent as roads. If Goddio seems like a wizard pulling off astonishing tricks, he has a magician's secret: a nuclear resonance magnetometer, a torpedo-shaped super-sensing device that can detect likely antiquities by measuring the relative density of submerged objects against the earth's magnetic field. As it is towed on the surface, the magnetometer relays data to the survey ship that are plotted...
...Winners DAVID BLAINE Street magician sits on pole for 35 hours, then falls 30 meters onto cardboard, wowing his audience with the magic that is gravity THE GRATEFUL DEAD Band to resume long, strange trip with reunion-inspiring Deadheads who have been hacky-sacking outside empty venues for years AYUMI HAMASAKI J-Popster is top female at MTV Japan awards. Her win ensures everyone will remember the name "Ayumi"-at least for the next 10 minutes Losers ROY KEANE Irish captain kicked out of World Cup for divisiveness. Sipping champagne during flight home on private jet, he does deep soul...
...that the statue lies between the niches of the two destroyed Buddhas, a distance of nearly 800 meters. The last recorded sighting of the reclining Buddha, according to Paiman, was by a 10th century Indian historian. After that, the gigantic Buddha seems to have vanished as if by a magician's conjuring trick...
...then checks the air for wireless signals, and a message pops up: "The Boingo Wireless signal is available. Would you like to connect?" A click on the trackpad and I'm online. As my home page loads, I'm tempted to pass my hands over my computer like a magician's assistant: Look, no wires! I access a website that lets me benchmark my download speed; it clocks in at 2,920 kbps, comparable to my home cable-modem connection and 55 times as fast as the standard 56K dial-up modem. This is impressive. Heartened, I head...