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WHAT WILL BE READY VENUES: The I.O.C. says all 35 Olympic sporting venues will be completed by the end of June. MARATHON ROUTE: Deadlines are tight, but organizers insist widening of the 42-km route from Marathon to Athens will be ready by early July. TRANSPORT: Two new railway links should be running by July. NEW ROADS: Gridlocked Athens will get 210 km of upgraded roads and highways. SECURITY: The command-and-control center, consisting of 67 operational hubs, is complete. WHAT WON'T BE READY ROOFLESS: The roof over the Aquatic Center has been scrapped, exposing competitors to searing...
...past 13 years, the Pentagon has barred reporters from witnessing the transport of soldiers' flag-draped coffins to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. But in a strange coincidence last week, those images, which had become so iconic that many Americans did not realize they were prohibited, resurfaced in two places. On April 18, the Seattle Times ran a photo taken by an employee of a defense contractor in Kuwait of a plane filled with coffins. The cargo worker, Tami Silicio, was promptly fired. Then Russ Kick of Tucson, Ariz., put 361 Dover photos (all from the past year, including...
...that untethered sense of fantasy and drama that has made him the most influential fashion designer of his generation. His extravagant runway shows are legendary; he once transformed Paris' Gare d'Austerlitz into a North African suq and hired an antique steam engine to transport models into the station. He gave an Edwardian garden party at the Bagatelle and re-created a turn-of-the-century gala at the Opera Garnier. But more important, he has changed the way we dress, the very proportions of our clothes, cutting dresses and jackets on the bias--against the grain of the fabric...
GIOVANNI BISIGNANI, head of the International Air Transport Association, on Brussels ' move to boost compensation for delayed flights
...affairs officer from the American army, Carlson got from Qatar to Kuwait, where he says he spent a week “dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s.” He also had to settle the matter of getting someone to transport him over the uneasy Iraqi border...