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...After a year in which the world's happiest and most unlikely pop star became both miserable and unmarketable, Mehndi now sees nothing but blue skies ahead. "You know, I was a very bad taxi driver," he says. "Always looking in the mirror at myself and imagining I would be a big star in music. Nearly many accidents. But Daler Mehndi has no accidents in music. Yes, I struggle, I arrive and then I lose everything. But in music, I am very happy. And bhangra is very happy music. So in music, Daler Mehndi always has clear road ahead...
...passenger. These ideas were discarded, but more practical ones were quickly implemented. Korean Air removed two unused TV antennas previously mounted on the rear of all its planes. The reduction in drag saves almost 30 kilograms of jet fuel per hour. Pilots now shut off one engine while they taxi, saving yet more fuel. And luggage is now loaded farther aft, shifting each plane's center of gravity and helping to keep the nose lifted with less power while flying. "We've got to make these ideas work," says Lee Chul Hyung, head of the fuel-management team. "Fuel costs...
...pageantry of the Olympics wound down last week, the clack of taxi drivers' worry beads and the endless renditions of the theme from Zorba the Greek already fading from memory, about 10,000 athletes faced the reality of leaving Athens as losers. But the jubilant performances of many of these athletes reminded us that the Olympics draw their greatest glory from the dignity of competing and finishing?even if it's in last place. Naturally, the Games' most exceptional winners will remain etched in our minds. Take Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco's rendition of a Giacometti stick figure, who stayed...
...come live with them because, he explains, "I enjoy my freedom." Although his doctors insist Toguchi is in excellent health, the farmer takes no chances. "If he feels that something is wrong," says his daughter Sumiko Sakihara, 74, "even in the middle of the night, he calls a taxi and goes to the hospital." But he doesn't want the other villagers to worry, so, she says, "he writes a note explaining where he is and tapes it to the shutters...
...Talib arrived at eight the next morning. In a taxi with one of his friends. We retraced the route of the day before, moving to the southern border of the city. When we reached the place where we had been scared off by the firefight, we heard the sounds of sustained gunfire and explosions. Talib explained that we would have to walk from there. We gathered our gear and entered into the city. At each corner we asked locals for a way to the medina that would keep us at maximum distance from U.S. forces. We quickly found a place...