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Flinn, 26, maintained that she was being made an example; that was nothing new, though until now it had always worked in her favor. After graduating as most distinguished in her training class, she became the Air Force "showgirl," as she put it, the first woman ever to pilot a B-52, the one picked to fly the Air Force Secretary around on her visit to the base. Known as BUFF, for Big Ugly Flying Fellow (or a more colorful variant), the B-52 is the largest bomber in the Air Force, 488,000 lbs. of titanium, aluminum and steel...
...beyond the sheer addictiveness of "Jewelbox" or even "Doom", wherein lies the key to video game success? Where any Vegas showgirl would tell you: looking pretty, taking it easy and letting everybody think they're winning...
...there the similarities stop. Whereas competition is an acquired taste for Miller, Zmeskal thrives on the audience adulation and pressure. "Since she was little, she was always liking to be watched and admired," says Zmeskal's Romanian-born coach, Bela Karolyi. "She was always a little showgirl." Zmeskal's boosters are confident that, win or lose, she will perform at her best in Barcelona...
When Zaks began casting, he believed revivals require stars -- "but after I heard 'I don't think so' a couple of times, I changed my mind." Instead he created a star of his own, choosing Prince as Adelaide, the shopworn showgirl who has been Nathan's forlorn fiance for the past 14 years. She has been building a reputation among insiders since her Tony-nominated turns in Jerome Robbins' Broadway. In the off-Broadway original of Falsettos, now the best new Broadway musical, her portrayal of a middle-class mother abandoned by her husband for another man was compassionate, heartbreaking...
Despite Douglas' punchy comebacks, Samsel and Rhein bravely plowed on, presenting the actor with a glitzy, showgirl style...