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...With an affluence known to no other firemen, Adair and his boys race to U.S. oil-field fires in flame-red Lincoln Continentals [and] fly in jet comfort to more distant alarms ... For all his flamboyance?he indulges his fondness for red in his coveralls, safety helmets, office rug and secretary's hair?Adair is methodical about his business, [and] carefully notes and catalogues everything he learns from a fire 'so as to have a little nugget handy in our minds to lick a problem next time it shows...
There is profiteering, of course - a rug seller in the bazaars of Istanbul would be embarrassed to attempt the mark-ups found in some second-rate hotels - but mostly it's the same gentle gouging of tourists that is sport in every city worth visiting...
...making that announcement, Hawking recanted a position he had held for nearly 30 years. He also pulled the rug out from under a generation of science-fiction fans, declaring dead a favorite plot device. "There is no possibility of using black holes to travel to other universes," he said, with evident regret. And, finally, he conceded defeat in a long-standing bet with Caltech astrophysicist John Preskill, who thought there wasn't a problem in the first place...
...Monday, this issue was swept under the rug by the speakers’ bronzed star power. Al Gore ’69 is allowed to be bitter about the 2000 election, as long as he pretends he’s joking...
Consumers, however, seem to have stood by Stewart. Passikoff explains that, while Stewart's image may have been important in marketing the magazine, it isn't essential to sell a rug or a pie plate. In fact, sales of Martha Stewart--brand sheets, towels and dishes through K Mart have risen 6.5% since Stewart's conviction, according to a report by Bear Stearns...