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...lose hope, though. After negotiating with Hanscom Field in nearby Bedford, Beica is hoping for at least a 5 percent discount on rentals. Additionally, the club would split the costs of renting a plane among members. The ranks of the trained-but-unable (as well as the untrained, wannabe Tom Cruises a la “Top Gun”) are sizeable. Beica received 72 responses to a mass introductory e-mail he sent over House lists. “I’m looking forward to getting inside any kind of flying device,” says Benjamin...
...LONDON Taste of London in Regent's Park (June 19-22) is the perfect way for gastroscenti to sample the U.K.'s restaurant revolution. Where else can gourmet boulevardiers try Le Gavroche, Scotts, Tom Aikens and Shane Osburn of Pied à Terre all on the same day? More than 40 of London's world-class restaurants cook up miniature versions of their signature dishes and serve them from their stalls; strollers can browse the best of British artisan food producers and enjoy the chefs' theater, where some of the U.K.'s most famous cooks explain their craft. www.tasteoflondon.co.uk...
...actors. Few actors can accept only the roles they love in guaranteed masterpieces. George was a working actor, who took projects as they came his way. He once observed with a grunt and a smile that of all his work in the '80s he was probably best known as Tom Hanks' scowling, finally humiliated future father-in-law in the rowdy film Bachelor Party. Even the best actors learn that, in considering the importance of good or bad luck in their careers, the only appropriate gesture is a shrug...
...violation that will be the immediate point of pressure on the captors. "What it virtually guaranteed is that dictatorships will cite the U.S. government's own arguments to defend themselves and that will make it harder for the ICRC and everyone else to condemn and shame those governments," says Tom Malinowski, a spokesman for Human Rights Watch...
...past decade, zillionaires have entered the mega-yacht race, one-upping one another in size and cost. Yachts longer than 150ft. (45m) go for $20million to $50million. Venture capitalist Tom Perkins has beaten them all with the Maltese Falcon. The 289-footer (88m) cost more than $100million and is one of the world's largest, fastest sailing yachts. At up to $700,000 a week, it is also one of the most expensive charters--and you're too late. It's booked until...