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...Washington's confessing to axing his father's cherry tree? The latest skepticism is voiced in a quirky new book, Bolt of Fate (Public Affairs), that calls the whole thing a hoax, echoing the spoofs Franklin confected for Poor Richard's Almanack. But author Tom Tucker's evidence is slim. He makes much of the improbability of flying a kite weighted down by a heavy key, ignoring Franklin's long history of kite flying, and of his delay in publicizing the experiment, though only three months elapsed. More to the point, scientific fraud seems wildly out of character for Franklin...
...often described himself as the most "shadowy husband of all times." He walked a step behind his wife of 52 years throughout her 11 years in office, calling himself her male consort. Thatcher, known for his right-wing views and blunt wit, was a golf addict who attributed his slim physique to "drink and cigarettes." Asked who wore the pants in the Thatcher home, he replied: "I do. And I wash and iron them...
...January 2000, when it seemed as if her treatment options had run out, Catie was back home, her chances of living to read Book 4 looking very slim. That is when an e-mail arrived from someone in Britain who had heard about the 8-year-old girl in New York who loved Harry so much. "I am working very hard on Book 4 at the moment," the author confided, and she talked about the chapter she was writing, how the werewolf professor Lupin was one of her favorite characters, and about some new creatures who would be making their...
...North York General Hospital. Last week, officials were also investigating whether a U.S. man who visited a home for the elderly in Toronto in mid-May could have contracted SARS from a patient who was not showing symptoms at the time. Doctors say the chance of asymptomatic transmission is slim, but the possibility is worrying. "That changes the picture considerably because the whole basis for believing that you can put SARS back in the box is based on the fact that you can detect all the people who may be spreading it," says Dr. Stephen Corber, a disease-prevention...
...Frontier and ATA (based in Indianapolis, Ind.) are trying new routes too, but their finances are under pressure. Frontier posted a $23 million loss for fiscal year 2003, its first loss in five years, and ATA reported a quarterly net loss of $11 million, though it still managed a slim operating profit. North American flew some U.S. troops during Gulf War II and the Afghanistan campaign, and it has also kept its civilian business going strong, especially on high-volume feeder flights to major international carriers like El Al. Allegiant Air, based in Las Vegas, specializes in discount flights...