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...cover of Chris Van Allsburg’s latest is a testament to the wonders of sepia-toned illustration. But what does the emphatically punctuated title mean and why is the pig-like, pearl-wearing matron on the cover leaping over a chair, flounced panties flying? And why is she so oddly menacing? If I were five, I’d be frightened. Ok, fine, I’m still frightened. And the mystery spiral on the back of the book, a wide-eye girl’s face half in the frame, terrified and staring, doesn?...
...Classic Fantasy. Pride of place still goes to such rare items as the Dutch-made Princess Daisy doll (1890), and the two exquisitely detailed tabletop layouts of Chinese rock gardens once owned by the Empress Josephine (1780), which, apart from being handcarved in wood, ivory and mother-of-pearl, look like giant Polly Pocket sets. But now, when the frustration of admiring - but not touching - everything from a 17th century rocking horse or Javanese shadow puppets through to vintage Playstations and Pokémon shoes gets too much, there are giant magnetic-doodle screens, fiber-optics and a wooden wave...
DIED. Kenneth Taylor, 86, who, with squadron mate George Welch, became the first U.S. Army Air Force pilots to get airborne immediately after the Japanese launched their attack on Pearl Harbor; in Tucson, Ariz. Taylor, then 21, was on his first assignment at Hawaii's Wheeler Field, and had spent the previous night in black tie at an officers' club fete. Hearing machine-gun fire, he grabbed Welch--and his tuxedo pants--and drove to their planes. Under fire, he and Welch shot down six enemy planes. "I wasn't in the least bit terrified," he later said...
...DIED. Kenneth Taylor, 86, who, with squadron mate George Welch, became the first U.S. Army Air Force pilots to get airborne-and, under fire, shoot down at least six enemy planes-immediately following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; in Tucson, Arizona. Taylor, then 21, was on his first assignment at Hawaii's Wheeler Field on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. Hearing machine-gun fire, he grabbed Welch and drove to their planes. "I wasn't in the least bit terrified," he later said. "I was too young and too stupid to realize that...
While Harvard proved a safe haven for Fujimoto, back home in Seattle things were not so tranquil for Japanese-Americans. Three months after Pearl Harbor, Fujimoto’s family was given orders to abandon its home and business and prepare to be moved into an internment camp, along with the vast majority of all other Japanese on the West Coast...