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...Then the Twin Towers blew up on the morning of the Democratic primary. The election was postponed, Giuliani's stature soared as he helped the city crawl from the wreckage, and when the general election was finally held last week, the whole country was paying attention. The billionaire who didn't have a chance squeezed out a victory anyway--defeating city public advocate Mark Green by about 40,000 votes out of a total 1.4 million cast--and he did so largely because of Giuliani's dramatic endorsement...
...change people's character." In fact, crisis may serve mainly to reveal character, for better or worse. Jeanne, an art director for a magazine in Northern California, was planning her March wedding in New Orleans; her fiance was a New York City stockbroker working one block from the Twin Towers. After the attacks, she expected him to hop the first plane, train or automobile to be with her. Instead he wanted to hunker down with his brother in Connecticut. "He's telling me he wants space. And I'm telling him I want him here with me. Watching all this...
...equipment, which can't take you much deeper than 1,000 ft., the Atmospheric Diving System by Oceanworks International stabilizes air pressure around the body so that divers working as deep as 2,000 ft. below sea level feel as if they're still on the beach. Powered by twin thrusters mounted on either side of the oxygen tank, the suit lets you steer in any direction, using built-in foot pedals. But the suits are so heavy that divers have to be lowered in a metal cage before they can step out and look around. The U.S. Navy, which...
...space shuttle anytime soon. We'll have to wait until private companies can take us there. Jeff Greason of Mojave, Calif., has done his part by creating the first low-cost, reusable rocket engines. Greason's EZ-Rocket prototype, which took flight this fall, is powered by twin engines that burn isopropyl alcohol and liquid oxygen to generate 400 lbs. of thrust. Greason's engines should be able to carry passengers 65 miles above the earth--too low to go into orbit but high enough to give space tourists a spectacular view of the planet. Greason estimates that planes powered...
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