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...captain not said "take off" before the A380 left the ground, I might not have noticed. Movement was barely perceptible in the spacious business-class seat unless I watched the touchscreen in front of me and saw the plane move along the runway. Or looked out the window. Both decks of the Airbus behemoth were as quiet as if you were in a plane with the engines shut off. But the new A380 already had its four Rolls-Royce Trent 900s guzzling the 46,000 lbs. of fuel the 90-minute ride was expected to consume. The nose...
...George W. Bush calls for courage and resolve and dispatches 30,000 more troops; Democrats call for candor and realism and debate whether a withdrawal deadline of September 2008 is too late or too soon. Bush vows that as soon as things improve, we will leave; Democrats warn that unless things improve, we will leave. Will their impasse finally force Iraqi leaders to step up? Or just invite a war-weary public to tune...
...supporters, looking for exoneration, conclude that the Iraqis don't deserve our continued sacrifice. Some opponents, looking to assign the blame, say Iraqis don't deserve abandonment either, now that we've broken their country. After four years, it is hard to find anyone confident about where duty lies--unless you look in the Oval Office...
MARION: Memorably embodied by Karen Allen, Marion (Raiders of the Lost Ark) was a two-fisted drinker, a bare-knuckle fighter (unless confined to a wicker basket) and a perfect romantic foil for the rakish Dr. Jones. She was Rosalind Russell to his Cary Grant, Bette Davis to his Errol Flynn--in short, a helluva dame...
...some circumstances, such as when the President is the target of a criminal investigation. That's why President Nixon famously lost his 1974 struggle in the U.S. Supreme Court to keep the Watergate tapes private. But the courts are typically deferential to the privilege, presuming that it holds unless someone can prove an overwhelming interest in obtaining the information...