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Branson likes to cultivate an image of himself as a risk taker. He was right in character at the press conference announcing V Australia, staged inside one of the departure terminals at LAX, to the slight confusion of people walking toward security. As Brett Godfrey, Virgin Blue's CEO, unveils the airline's introductory fare--$1,000 round trip between Sydney and Los Angeles--Branson, in jeans and a rumpled polo shirt, interrupts. "That's not good enough," he declares. "What kind of plane are we flying? 777s? Then let's make it $777 for the first thousand tickets!" People...
...circle and chant ‘Ride the Oaf, Ride the Oaf,’ but even then I thought that that was hilarious… I guess I just see life funny.” In high school, Segel was a state championship basketball player with a slight interest in theater. He acted in his first play after stumbling upon the manuscript of Edward Albee’s “The Zoo Story” during a particularly boring art history class. He was intrigued by the part of Jerry, with its challenging 20-page monologue. The play...
...through the dusty gloom, selected a pitchfork, clutched it to her breast.“Viscountess Fabreigh?”She turned. There, framed in the doorway, one hand entwined about the harsh leather of the reins, dark blond curls breathing with a life of their own in the slight morning breeze, stood The Stable Boy.It was all she could do to whisper: “Yes?”“Viscountess,” said he, “if you have need of the pitchfork, there’s no need for you to take...
...during the Cold War. For years, England-India cricket matches were charged with an extra element of rivalry as the Indian team tried to outdo their erstwhile colonial masters. A little over a decade ago an Indian Prime Minister called the U.K. a "third-rate" country after a perceived slight on an anniversary, and Prince Philip caused a furor during a Royal visit to the site of the massacre at Amritsar when he suggested that a memorial plaque "exaggerated" the number of people killed there by British troops. Still, while such contretemps may make headlines, they also distract from...
...calm conditions were a pleasant surprise. “The conditions were really good we were expecting lots of wind and heavy waves,” Morris said, “The current was pulling us down the race course.” As the races progressed, a slight headwind turned to become a slight tailwind, which combined with tidal currents that strengthened over the morning helped to push and pull the boats through the course. Light rain over flat water kept conditions cool. “Each race was faster than the last. The river added...