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...framework, Keen takes up the ancient theme that each man is on a spiritual journey, a quest for the grail of manhood. Bly's book is an original song of the road, a literary Walkman piping background music for the journey. Keen attempts to provide a rough road map for the trip, advising the spiritual traveler how to avoid the dead ends of combative machismo and the blind alleys of romantic obsession...
Robinson is a demon for details, beginning with a movie's script. "A lot of companies start with an imperfect script, which is like drawing a road map while on a trip," he says. Other steps get just as much scrutiny, from choosing a director to arranging a sound track. "You don't know how good your movie will be, but you can avoid making a bad one," says Robinson. He tries to avoid the movie industry's all-consuming politics. "People don't go to the movies to see pitches and deals, they go to see good films...
...globe. And Doppler radar -- the technology at the heart of the Norman station -- is adept at spotting the destructive midsize squalls that have traditionally taken forecasters by surprise. By bouncing microwaves off the tiny droplets in the center of a cloud and picking up the echoes, Doppler systems can map the relative velocity of wind currents within the cloud. High-velocity winds and a high level of organization can signal the formation of a mesocyclone -- a precursor to a full-fledged tornado...
...points, that won the day and the series. Jordan's passing violates two sacrosanct rules: don't go up in the air unless you know what you're going to do there, and don't throw the ball crosscourt. Jordan invariably found the open man because he has a map of the court and all its players inside his head (he majored in geography at North Carolina). He knows that a pass to someone less strong can make the team stronger...
...helped destroy the Scarfo family, the first Mafia family to be wiped off the map. Not since Joe Valachi has anyone done this much damage to the Cosa Nostra. But here you are with a completely new identity under the Federal Witness Protection Program, somewhere a long way from Philadelphia. What's life like...