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...script doesn't let her exercise many acting chops, she's perfect for this heavily physical action role, not just easy on the eyes but possessed of the grace and poise that lends her a stature greater than her pint-sized frame. Produced by effects master James Cameron, the pilot is a visually breathtaking and stylish can of whoop-ass that your TV is probably too small to handle...
...Dutch university. But by the time the plane touched down at Schiphol, Munir was dead?poisoned, an autopsy revealed, by arsenic in his orange juice. Last week Indonesia's Supreme Court, declaring there was insufficient evidence, overturned the conviction and 14-year prison sentence of former Garuda pilot Pollycarpus Priyanto, the only suspect charged in Munir's death. Rights groups worldwide slammed the acquittal, with Human Rights Watch calling it a "failure of the Indonesian justice system...
DIED. Ralph Story, 86, TV and radio personality known for his wry on-air manner; in Santa Ynez, Calif. Born Ralph Snyder, the World War II fighter pilot became a household name as M.C. of TV's The $64,000 Challenge in the 1950s. Later he told quirky stories in a then rare casual style on Ralph Story's Los Angeles, an Emmy-winning series that examined life in the city and aired for six years...
...more. Students often ask what steps they’ll need to take to pursue public service once they leave Harvard. This year, one of our focuses as student leaders at the IOP is expanding our career advising capacity. To complement our thriving internships program, we have launched a pilot mentoring program that pairs juniors and seniors with leading political professionals. In honor of our anniversary, we are going to be hosting our first, “political career day,” during which nearly a dozen public servants will be talking about their experiences and giving advice...
...frolics in a landscape like this? One whose proprietor, at age 75, is also bursting with charm and ideas. James Graham Ballard was born in Shanghai, where his father worked for a British textile company. After the family's wartime internment, Ballard studied medicine at Cambridge, trained as a pilot in the Royal Air Force and worked at a scientific journal. He started writing for science-fiction magazines and became a leading figure in sci-fi's New Wave, which eschewed outer space for the more immediate world. "I haven't written any science fiction since the 1960s," Ballard says...