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...theory to explain the Hunley's sinking is that the torpedo was detonated prematurely, popping rivets. "Rivet technology wasn't very well developed in the 19th century," says team director Robert Neyland, the U.S. Navy's chief underwater archaeologist. It may have been hit by Union fire. Or maybe it got stuck on the bottom and the crew opened the sea cocks in a suicide pact. Even if the mystery is never solved, however, the multimillion-dollar recovery will be deemed worthwhile. "This was the first successful submarine in warfare," says Neyland, "and it was the prototype for subs that...
None of which is to say Fail Safe can't rivet viewers, using one advantage of TV: as Clooney says, "Films can't go live." It's certainly more gutsy than the live ER of 1997, whose conceit--a news crew filming in the hospital--excused gaffes as "nerves" on the part of characters. If Fail Safe succeeds, Clooney hopes to do a live A Patch of Blue starring Cheadle. If it bombs (groan), the world will survive. But for live TV, there may be fallout indeed...
...junior faculty member, Geller spoke often as a part of Harvard's capital campaign. In January of 1995, Dean Knowles wrote Geller a letter thanking her for her "many uplifting [capital] campaign appearances...You continue to rivet the interest of our alumni (and our colleagues...
Above the fighters is the intel package: E-3 AWACS and E-2C radar planes, E-8 Joint STARS ground-surveillance planes and RC-135 Rivet Joint planes. They comb the sky and ground for the enemy, feed targets to pilots and keep allied warplanes safely apart. When you near your target, you peel off from your buddies, dodging antiaircraft artillery and corkscrewing missiles...
...small town of Lake Placid, Florida, where Archbold is located, contains 27 lakes, and its main industries are citrus growing, ranching and the production of caladium flowers, a flower almost exclusive to the region. It is a town where art along the local supermarket wall can rivet visiting students' attention. The mural, which depicts a scene of cattle ranching, emits a loud mooing noise accompanied by sounds of stampeding cattle every few minutes...