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...circle over the Adriatic for 45 minutes waiting for the rest of the rescue package to arrive from other carriers and Italian bases. "That was probably good," Berndt later said. "It took the edge off us, and it got everybody focused and thinking perhaps a little bit straighter." Then came the "push"-authorization from the awacs to enter Balkan airspace-and the mission was under way. Within minutes the aircraft had reached Bosnian Serb territory. At one point, Admiral William A. Owens, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called Lake and said, "Our feet are dry," meaning they...
...first, Pecos Bill seems hopelessly macho. "I'm pecos Bill; I can shoot straighter, ride faster, and drink harder than any man alive," he boasts. His horse indulges in gratuitous rearing and is named Widowmaker. Luckily, Pecos is more than just the embodiment of testosterone-identified values. After a little initial prickliness between them ("Stay away from my horse, or he'll kill you"), Pecos decides to help Daniel save his farm and his family. On their way, they round up some other legendary figures: Paul Bunyan (Oliver Platt) and John Henry (Roger Aaron Brown...
Passengers sit up a little straighter as the showman continues his routine. The captain explains that the cockpit crew has a "special, secret prize for the person who has a picture with the greatest number of people...
...rendition of this biblical story is remarkable. From a French-sounding "Those Canaan days, we used to know, where have ze gone, where did ze go." to the rhythmic calypso of "Oh no, not he, how you cahn acuze heem eez a meestarie, save him, take me, Benjaameen is straighter than the tall palm tree"--the music thrills. There are even flavors of Elvis and country music in some of these numbers...
...fairway shots are still known as "woods," but they strike truer now because they are made of metal. And the balls have been redesigned as well. Early last year Wilson Sporting Goods hired Gail Jonkouski, a former NASA engineer, to design a golf ball that would fly farther and straighter than balls then in use. With the help of a computer, Jonkouski rearranged the dimples on the balls to reduce air friction...