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...water pipes suspended from the ceiling. Small black lacquered tables clutter the single-roomed cafe as tortured writers sit enraptured in their favorite author's prose. In the back kitchen, two or three waify waiters lounge around the underground den in the standard uniform of black slacks, white button down shirts and skinny black ties. But coffee isn't all that's brewing at Cafe Pamplona. According to one Pamplone waiter, the Pamp's owner doesn't hire female waitresses--regardless of applicants' resemblance of waif-like males...
...issue of council reform will likely prove to be a hot-button topic in this year's election...
...EgyptAir Flight 990 is cruising uneventfully at 33,000 ft. on its normal heading from New York City northeast across the Atlantic toward Cairo. At that moment, two distinct clicks of a button on the control yoke disconnect the autopilot guiding the plane. Eight seconds later, the control yoke is pushed forward, tipping the tail up, pitching the nose down, and the aircraft tilts into a precipitous but controlled dive. Fourteen seconds later, the aircraft reaches 90% of the speed of sound and zero gravity--weightlessness--as it plummets through the night...
Council members say they expect the term bill fee to be a hot button issue in this year's campaign. Council President Noah Z. Seton '00 was initially reluctant to package the referendum with the election for fear that it would "politicize" the race, but he switched camps at last week's meeting...
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com describes the perfect online shopping experience as launching your browser and finding on the screen the exact item you want--which you may not have even known you wanted until that very moment. "One product," he says, "with one button. And you click on it, and it is sent to you and improves the quality of your life...