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...Washington, Saarinen provided airport terminals that were symbols of the excitement and glamour of air travel. (It was once possible to think of air travel that way.) Then there was his St. Louis Gateway Arch, a gleaming vertical curve that even now could serve as the logo for Tomorrowland...
Nuclear power was the energy of Tomorrowland - in the 1950s it was going to make electricity too cheap to meter - until it came to a standstill over the past couple decades. It's now poised to make a dramatic comeback. At least, that's what many politicians and the media say. As the Senate this week debated the Warner-Lieberman carbon cap-and-trade bill, which would put a federal limit on greenhouse gas emissions, many doubtful senators said they wouldn't vote for the measure unless massive subsidies for nuclear were included. (The bill was shelved.) Even some veteran...
...Still, to anyone familiar with the Disneyland experience elsewhere, the Hong Kong facility has its advantages: In Tomorrowland, the wait-time to get onto the park's single thrill ride, Space Mountain, hovered at around five minutes - a kid's fantasy, even if that's a company's nightmare. Kyle Smith, a casino performer in the nearby gambling mecca of Macau, waits for his friends near the ride's entrance. "I've been away from the States, so having this familiar place is nice," says the 24-year-old, visiting for the third time in less than a year...
Produced by George Lucas. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Starring Michael Jackson. A wild fantasy? Well, yes and no. It is a fantasy film, but the project is very real. Lucas has been working at Disneyland to revamp Tomorrowland, and when Jackson, a well-known amusement-park freak, heard Lucas had a movie in mind, he asked in. He got the title role, and will also provide the music. Set to premiere in 1986, the twelve-minute film, titled Captain Eo, will feature state-of the-art 3-D effects, and the chance to play with that process attracted Coppola...
...wonderful moment in Tomorrowland came during lunch when a trash can started following Jack around the outdoor caf?. There must have been a camera somewhere, and an anonymous someone guiding the robot. It looked just like all the other receptacles in the courtyard, but it was alive. When I fed it my empty paper cup, it said, ?Thank you, sir.? When Caroline gave it a used napkin, it said, ?Delicious!? Then it burped...