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...What They're Buying in Britain: A coalition of environmental activists has purchased a small plot of land earmarked for a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport and plans to sell it in several thousand chunks in a bid to snarl the proposed development. The group, which includes Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson, says the expansion would force the demolition of homes and increase pollution...
...slowed to a crawl. Meanwhile, Washington National Airport had just reopened after having been shut down by the snowfall for two hours. At 3:59 p.m., Air Florida's Flight 90 to Tampa, a Boeing 737 with 74 passengers aboard, began rolling down the airport's main runway for takeoff...
...tail, which acts as a drag on the plane. That afternoon, the 737 had been swabbed twice with glycol, an anti-icing chemical, but more than 20 minutes had elapsed between the second coat and takeoff. The plane's engines may also have sucked up slush from the runway, thereby diminishing their power during the critical climb. Survivor Stiley is a pilot, and he recalls that "the plane was just too heavy as it was going down the runway." He remembers turning to his secretary in the next seat-she also survived the crash-and saying...
Protest Watch. Members of Plane Stupid, a grass-roots environmental activist group, camped out on the runway of London's Stansted airport early on Dec. 8, shutting it down for several hours, in protest of its carbon emissions. More than 50 flights were canceled and some 100 flights were delayed. The group says its next target is Heathrow - in disapproval of the addition of a third runway at the urban airport. Plane Stupid won't say when the protest will go down. Stay tuned. (See 10 things to do in London...
...Chung. But what keeps Project East running is much less glamorous: the simple hard work and countless hours spent in preparation and planning. At the model fitting the previous Saturday, Project East has moved the furniture and rugs in the Winthrop JCR to create an impromptu runway. Racks of clothing sit by the windows as the models try on different outfits. There is only one mirror in the entire room, and even that one ends up falling and cracking. The models seem to be running mostly off the feedback from the directors and each other. As models line...