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...Kite Ship's Maiden Voyage...
...numerous flying objects that typically pass over Harvard’s athletic fields, none come close in size or scale to what took off for its maiden voyage on Saturday morning: a bright yellow helicopter. The flight—one of a series that took groups of three passengers into Boston’s airspace—was the first ride hosted by the Harvard College Aviation Club, which received official student group status this fall. “I’d seen aerial photos, but it was incredible to see it myself...
...savings can meanwhile be found on cruise lines sailing in Europe, most of which set their summer 2008 prices in dollars this past spring. Competition is keen: a record 10 liners made their maiden voyages on Europe's waterways this past summer, boosting capacity by nearly a quarter. Similar growth is predicted for summer 2008, with vessels of all sizes making their European debuts, from Carnival's 3,006-passenger Splendor to the bijou 118-passenger M.S. Swiss Sapphire river cruiser from Tauck World Discovery...
...Pompadour] was a great target because of her maiden name, ‘puissant,’ or fish,” Darnton said. “The [Parisians] couldn’t resist the temptation for puns...
...thing, this war is tragic but not inherently dramatic. The useful clichs of old war films--capturing a hill from the bad guys, getting an enemy uniform in gun sight, wooing a pretty maiden in a distant land--don't apply to a conflict on city streets, with the enemy in mufti and the local women off-limits. For another, the number of soldiers at risk in Iraq is, compared with past conflicts, relatively small--a niche market, if you will, like the audience that has paid to see Paul Haggis' In the Valley of Elah (with Tommy...