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...first thing you notice when getting on board is the new-car smell. "No wonder," says the flight attendant, hearing your remark. She points to a metal plaque on the doorway rim that says the Airbus A320 was delivered only a month ago. Then there are the blue potato chips from naturally blue potatoes. The free cable TV on your personal video screen. The leather seats. Flight attendants with a sense of fun about their jobs and a can-do pilot who informs over the p.a. system that yes, there's a major storm coming into the New York City...
...poll last week has Americans, 2 to 1, saying they'd like him on the court ASAP. And only 21% thought that if he came back and just completely bombed, it would damage his legend. In fact only 28% think athletes should retire at their peak. It makes you wonder if a lot of the people who answer calls from pollsters are ex-high school jocks in a state of major denial...
...Cincinnati is a place where even the authorities--black and white--suspect that authority works against them. In a city where even fellow officers don't entirely trust one another, no wonder mere citizens raise their antennae during police encounters. Reports of racial profiling have taught many of us to be suspicious of cops. But if we act suspicious, cops notice. And when cops get scared--is that guy reaching for a wallet or his gun?--the whole process of distrust and fear can all too easily spiral into danger...
...week's events to reflect on their home, and the vulnerability that comes with isolation. Dangling a shotgun as he waves down vehicles for inspection, a young policeman says this kind of violence is rare. But before motioning the next vehicle on, he adds a chilling caveat: "Now you wonder, though, how often murder does go on and we don't know about...
...poll last week has Americans, 2 to 1, saying they'd like him on the court ASAP. And only 21% thought that if he came back and just completely bombed, it would damage his legend. In fact only 28% think athletes should retire at their peak. It makes you wonder if a lot of the people who answer calls from pollsters are ex-high school jocks in a state of major denial...