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...course, literary figures are probably a poor basis for comparison. Unfortunately, a glance at pop culture today provided little reassurance. At 21, according to a recent issue of Cosmopolitan, most runway models are “washed out.” Hollywood dictates that 21-year-olds pretending to be four to five years younger than their true age are as “hip” as it gets—think Kate Hudson in “Almost Famous,” or anyone who has ever appeared on Dawson’s Creek. And the musical preferences...
...weekend. Yikes! According to his publicist, he’s “ok” and currently looking for plastic surgeons to attend to his wounds… www.pimpwar.com. It’s got sass… Supposedly blond curly boys are the hot new models on the runway. And this is just after Justin Timberlake shaved off his flaxen locks. Tragedy… Speaking of Timberlake, he’s writing a book called Crossover Dribble about a teenage basketball star with the last name “Woodriver.” Timberlake. Woodriver. Timberlake. Woodriver...
...been healthy this year, unlike the past two seasons," Clever said. "This season I'm getting into shape, and I've gotten stronger, quicker on the runway, and more flexible, and it's translated into bigger distances...
...summer of 1954, air-crew briefing rooms at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport were abuzz with reports of construction at an air base near Sanya, a town at the southern tip of China's Hainan island. To date, the runway had been all bitumen, a surface suited to propeller aircraft but given to melting if hit by jet exhausts. Suddenly, concrete sections appeared at each end. Pilots flying along aviation routes past Hainan could see new, jet-fighter-sized dispersal bays under construction. One Cathay Pacific Airways pilot suggested to a Hong Kong official that, in view...
...take a hurried glance out the window to check the weather. Just a few stratus clouds. That's O.K. The sound of jet engines drowns me as my virtual airplane heads down the runway. My legs are stiff, and I arch my back in anticipation. No g-force in this simulation. A small break for me. We level off. Sky is still good. I begin to relax. Look around...