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...unkind world of hijacking, a captain isn't supposed to go down with his ship - if anything, he's required to do his best to jump ship, because it can't go anywhere without him. Four senior crewmen escaped from a hijacked Afghan Boeing 727 on a London runway overnight Tuesday, after climbing out of the cockpit while their captors' backs were turned. Although some nine crew members remain on board with 156 hostages, it's uncertain whether any of them is able to fly the plane. But despite an hour of furious silence, the hijackers soon resumed negotiations with...
...Only weeks after Afghanistan's Taliban rulers played a questionable role in resolving the Indian Airlines hijacking, they find themselves facing the same crisis. A Boeing 727 belonging to Afghanistan's tiny domestic carrier Ariana with more than 150 passengers and an undisclosed number of hijackers remained on the runway at London's Stansted airport for a second day, Tuesday, as British authorities continued to negotiate with the terrorists who have released eight hostages over the past day. The hijackers have demanded the release of a key Afghan opposition leader from a Taliban prison, and the ruling militia - and hosts...
...trying to call attention to herself, in the sense that she's not trying to be gaudy. She doesn't want to be gawked at, but she also wants to be admired. To be on stage is not something she'd take on unless it was on the runway. I can't see her doing theater. Athletics? Sure. A sport with not that much running--with those heels. Probably squash...
Clearly, Grandma has lost her monopoly on knitting. The acrylic monstrosities of yesterday are being replaced by chunky runway knockoffs. Both Valentino and Christian Dior have emphasized knitwear in their collections. "Every major fashion magazine of the moment is screaming, 'Knits are big!'" says Trisha Malcolm, editor in chief of both Vogue Knitting and Family Circle Knitting...
...issue features articles by Bret Easton Ellis and A.M. Homes, not exactly new voices but evidence of Betts' dedication to deft writing. And the opening section's Bazaar Report puts a journalistic spin on style by showing how runway fashions are worn in real life. While the new Bazaar differs markedly from the old one in content, it joins a crowded field of sources from television to the Internet to lifestyle magazines that offer women of all tax brackets style tips on makeup and clothing and peeks at celebrity wardrobes...