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...shorter than I expected but larger than life, lit from within. Politely but directly ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH queried, "Why do you want to write about my husband? He's very much out of fashion, you know"--even before we sat down. "I'm an ordinary person who was thrust into extraordinary circumstances," she told me, describing her role in the epochal events in her life--her marriage to the most famous man on earth, the "Crime of the Century," blazing air routes, the debate over America's isolationism. Because she considered no experience complete until she had written about...
...didn't think election law would be a hot topic," Armini says. "She just got thrust into the spotlight...
Which is precisely the scenario that critics of airline consolidation are eager to avoid. Says Representative Louise Slaughter, a New York Democrat: "It would be a travesty for the new Administration to let this go forward." Maybe, but few expect the Bush Administration to find the thrust reverser for this one. The President-elect hails from American's home state (CEO Carty was a big Bush contributor), and John Ashcroft, Bush's nominee for Attorney General, comes from TWA's. Says Holly Hegeman, an aviation analyst and publisher of the website planebusiness.com "I really don't think we would have...
...tiny engine. Williams, who designed engines for cruise missiles, has been working on reducing engine size for decades. The Eclipse engine, the EJ22, is tiny in airplane terms--85 lbs. (the CJ1 weighs 450 lbs.) and about 14 in. in diameter. But it produces a powerful 770 lbs. of thrust (CJ1: 1,900 lbs.). That's a higher thrust-to-weight ratio than any commercial turbofan engine, and it is the smallest, quietest and lightest jet engine made for use in a civilian aircraft...
Zhang Ziyi rolls across a library floor in a gauzy white tunic, trying to perfect an action stunt and she's in pain. Her forefinger is a swollen lump, bruised from an injury the previous day, and each thrust of her sword sets it throbbing anew. Her instructor lists the problems to work on: straighten the legs, revolve the body faster and finish at a better angle. Ziyi huffs, shuffles her Nikes, then dives again. No good. She squeals in agony. Director Zhang Yimou gives his action director the word: "Simplify it." Cinematographer Chris Doyle heaves a sympathetic sigh, which...