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...PUNY" PARKER BREAKS ALL BOX-OFFICE RECORDS! TOBEY MAGUIRE AND SAM RAIMI ARE ONBOARD FOR THE 2004 SEQUEL...
...economy in the U.S.," says Rich Marsh, who heads GM's hybrid-truck program. That's why GM plans to market its hybrid GMC Sierra and Chevrolet Silverado pickups, due out in 2004, not on their tiny 2-m.p.g. improvement in fuel consumption but on the benefits of their onboard electric generators and standard outlets for plugging in power tools...
When the gear is packed, Raitt boards the bus. The band travels from venue to venue at night--usually all night. The onboard meal is Indian food; Raitt's desire for leftover tofu was not universal. She presses the spinach dish on everyone. "Try the saag." To unwind, the group plays Name the Worst Band Ever. (Their nominations are strictly off the record.) One by one, Raitt, the other four musicians and two managers slink off to sleep in their separate bunks, each with a curtain for privacy. Raitt loves the routine. "It's like being at camp...
...physician who travels quite a bit, I spend a lot of time on planes listening for that dreaded "Is there a doctor onboard?" announcement. I've been called only once--for a woman who had merely fainted. But the incident made me curious about how often this kind of thing happens. I wondered what I would do if confronted with a real midair medical emergency--without access to a hospital staff and the usual emergency equipment. So when the New England Journal of Medicine last week published a study about in-flight medical events, I read it with interest...
...last November, at one of her final public appearances. The 101-year-old arrived by helicopter to relaunch the aircraft carrier Ark Royal and, spurning a ride in her blue-and-gold-striped motorized buggy, told 2,000 sailors and dignitaries: "I'm so happy to be once again onboard Ark Royal. You see, I launched her and her predecessor [in 1950]. So it's wonderful to feel that now she's going to be at sea and guarding our shores just as in the days of yore ... Captain, splice the main brace" ? a reference to the old naval custom...