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...Greece, Ukraine and Romania, who are joining the crew of a 200-m-long bulk carrier anchored an hour southeast of Singapore. As the Greek chief engineer sits in the launch, nervously fingering a string of black prayer beads, Lee clambers aboard the ship, the Anaisa Ionna, from a rope ladder dangling from its side. Forty-five minutes later the Singapore immigration authorities are satisfied and the anxious chief engineer and his cohorts are ushered on board. Lee returns to the launch with two cold Cokes and a grin, one job done but a hectic day still ahead...
...problem for the group, which Miller describes as often “larger than life.” “I like to try to be hokey, especially for the kids,” Miller says. Accordingly, the tricks performed—cards going blank, disappearing coins and rope tricks—draw from the familiar canon of magic deeds. The mixed audience, made up of both Harvard students and local families, dictates a wide-ranging spectacle. “We try to keep it fun for everybody,” Miller says. “We don?...
...take. If you look at what my commitments are, I'm doing either four or five books a year, which is breaking all the rules of publishing. And If I stop to think, "Well my goodness me, what am I going to do," I would fall off the rope...
There's sad news from Detroit. Embattled Chrysler appears to have run out of rope, and has filed for bankruptcy - a course confirmed by President Obama at a Thursday press conference. The reason for the fast fall into Chapter 11 is that some of Chrysler's debt holders refused to take the cash settlement offer put together by Steve Rattner and the Automotive Task Force, the terms of which they found rather harsh...
...Still, the backcountry dilemma persists. Its latest poster boys, the Grouse Mountain rope-duckers, did return home safely, with some observers questioning whether these elite skiers actually needed any help in the first place. Nevertheless, the quartet also had their names circulated to all of the major resorts in Western Canada, and will have to pay an undisclosed amount for their rescue. Still, both the resort and North Shore Search and Rescue, a volunteer organization that helped in the operation, have been careful in crafting their response, wary of dissuading anyone in danger from seeking help in the future. Grouse...