Word: flyboys
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...films--The Wizard of Oz, Lost Horizon and a dozen sassy newspaper comedies. But the technique is the star here: Conran's devising of a Deco-meets-delirium universe that he projected onto a blue screen, in front of which the game, clueless stars--Jude Law as the intrepid flyboy, Gwyneth Paltrow as a plucky news gal--recited their lines...
...after Super Tuesday, a ghost of politics past materialized in Los Angeles: George W. Bush the Candidate. This is a different guy from George W. Bush the President, whose rotating personae--resolute defender of freedom, deer in the headlights, jaunty flyboy--haven't been nearly as engaging as the low-key fellow who campaigned in 2000. Bush the Candidate is charming, plainspoken and humble. He rarely raises his voice; he never orates; he always drops his gs. It is hard to imagine a politician more different from John Kerry, who has dominated the past few months with equine dignity...
...Reagan found that the exact opposite was true and had to raise taxes twice to repair the damage done by his 1981 cuts. And Bush probably believed, as the sign said, that the "mission" had been "accomplished" in Iraq when he landed on the aircraft carrier costumed as a flyboy. He may even have believed that he was a flyboy...
...Reagan found that the exact opposite was true and had to raise taxes twice to repair the damage done by his 1981 cuts. And Bush probably believed, as the sign said, that the "mission" had been "accomplished" in Iraq when he landed on the aircraft carrier costumed as a flyboy. He may even have believed that he was a flyboy...
...academy's cocky flyboy culture at fault for its continuing woes? Or were wrong signals sent by the chain of command? Or both? Senator Allard has publicly identified Brigadier General S. Taco Gilbert III, the commandant of cadets, as a "common thread" in reports of women victims who felt they were treated punitively or indifferently. For the academy superintendent, Lieut. General John R. Dallager, a combat pilot with 600-plus hours' flying over hot spots like Southeast Asia and Bosnia--and the father of three daughters in the military--the scandal has been devastating. "There is a power relationship...