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...fact, panelist Upshaw, director of 2nd Gear Bicycles--a shop where teenagers can learn how to repair bikes and work for 30 hours to earn one of their own--represented such grass-roots efforts...
...Annaud film, remember, must be an adventure. "We had to helicopter the entire crew and gear up every day," says Pitt of the mountain scenes. "It was a limited crew because it was so precarious; we could have been snowed in for 30 days. If the safety guys told us we had to evacuate, we'd do it like that." But like the last U.S. officer in Saigon, Annaud would be the last to leave. "He would assemble the crew," Pitt says, "and it was women and children first. He'd get the entire crew off and then take...
...that loaded film in snafu-proof cassettes and produced high-quality photos that could be captured on film, filed easily and transferred to computers. But the launch, estimated to have cost $100 million, faltered for a lack of sufficient cameras in stores and a shortage of processors equipped with gear to develop the images. Now, for a fresh $100 million that includes a new ad campaign, the company is relaunching Advantix. Most of the action, though, is at the low-tech end of the business. In the $600 million market for hot-selling single-use cameras, the company remains under...
...pair of bagpipes from a Scottish friend (in a pinch you can do this with a kazoo and a bullhorn) and some rock-climbing gear. Climb to the roof of your building and have a roommate lower you down to a position just outside your upstairs neighbors' window while they are sleeping. Then play and sing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody ("Galileo! Galileo! Galileo! Figaro!" -that one) until the police come. Do this every morning until your neighbors buy a firearm, and your problem will be solved: You will soon be enrolled at another college or a state-run institution...
TAMMERLIN DRUMMOND, our Miami bureau chief, found covering the eruption on Montserrat a daunting and unpredictable assignment. A gas mask and protective eye gear at the ready, Drummond was in the middle of an interview when a warning siren went off, forcing her and her subject to jump into his car and head north to a so-called safe zone. Along the way, she watched as thick smoke spewed out of the dome of Soufriere Hills. Says Drummond: "I was amazed at the bravery and resiliency of the Montserrat residents...