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...moment's hesitation: "A foot above her head and a little to the left." As the famed creator of entire comic-book universes, Gaiman knows the importance of detail - and it is his ability to commute between them and the real world that has expanded his fan base far beyond the fantasy-fiction clichés of teen goths and pimply geeks. Whether through film adaptations of his best-selling fiction, graphic novels, children's books or screenplays, Gaiman is a hot commodity these days. Today he's in London for just 24 hours to check on the progress...
...pushing him up slightly in opinion polls and reassuring Republican activists, whose disaffection could cost him dearly in November. The White House has no visions of expanding the G.O.P.'s position in the midterms; the mission is just to hold on to control of Congress by playing to the base. Here is the Bolten plan...
...DEPLOY GUNS AND BADGES. This is an unabashed play to members of the conservative base who are worried about illegal immigration. Under the banner of homeland security, the White House plans to seek more funding for an extremely visible enforcement crackdown at the Mexican border, including a beefed-up force of agents patrolling on all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). "It'll be more guys with guns and badges," said a proponent of the plan. "Think of the visuals. The President can go down and meet with the new recruits. He can go down to the border and meet with a bunch...
...chip-assembly and testing facility in Saigon. North or south, there appears to be plenty of business to go around. While the world debates whether China or India will become the economic leader of the developing world, Vietnam is seen as an opportunity for companies to diversify their manufacturing base. The country boasts one of the world's highest literacy rates, a young labor force that adds a million new workers each year and a growing internal market. "Vietnam is trying to position itself as 'If not China, then Vietnam,'" says Intel Vietnam's director Than Trong Phuc...
...California's Edwards Air Force Base, slim, hawk-nosed Test Pilot Scott Crossfield, 37, leisurely finished a bacon-and-eggs breakfast, struggled into a silver-tinted pressure suit that had been tailored to a skintight fit by a girdle manufacturer. Minutes later, Crossfield strapped himself into the cramped cockpit of a needle-nosed, stub-winged plane that was locked into place beneath the right wing of an Air Force B-52 bomber. At 8 o'clock sharp the B-52 roared down the runway and lifted. It carried with it Scott Crossfield in the X-15 rocket-plane ? designed...