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...realize that going professional will require a lot of sacrifices, like learning what an engine is and growing a mustache. But I'm willing, because there truly is no greater thrill in sports than crushing a car. Except maybe crushing a school...
...might say Rat Race is an updated variant of It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, except that the new film was directed by a guy who actually has a sense of humor (Jerry Zucker) and written by a funny guy named Andy Breckman...
...Some of what US Airways wants to do, like exchanging larger aircraft for smaller regional jets, makes sense - except that that move comes about a decade too late. While United and Delta were spending millions in the 90?s on integrating regional jets into their operations, US Airways was twiddling its thumbs. Now, just after pilots' unions at those two master carriers have walked away with industry-leading contracts, US Airways is telling its pilots to hunch over and fly smaller planes at less pay. Hardly an enticing offer - for the pilots or their unions - and hardly a promising...
...events would have little in common, except for the fact that they would be held far from Washington in the middle of August. But to tie them together, to make it seem as though the President were engaged in some concentrated activity of presidential purpose, they would name the entire series of trips - together with his down time at his ranch in Crawford, Texas - the "Home to the Heartland" tour...
...these islands four years ago. Woodland lived and worked on Kadena Air Force Base as a member of the Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group. His duty assignment was to select the best-suited aircraft to fly each mission scheduled at the base. His military record is unremarkable except for an achievement medal awarded in 1997. "He was a pretty quiet guy, and he was always playing basketball on base," says Emma Wilkinson, 26, a civilian friend. "He didn't hit the club scene that much...