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...fullest sense of the word, a mediator - between the kids watching his show and the adults walking past, seeing this nonthreatening face and figuring everything was OK. He was prematurely middle-aged; it made sense that his show's title and theme song (Charles Alexandrine's "Bandstand Boogie," as played by Les Elgart) evoked an earlier, less dangerous musical era. He didn't talk with eccentric urgency, like so many of the radio DJs of the time - his only coinages were "IFIC" (from "Flavor-ific," to describe Beechnut Gum, sponsor of a Saturday night show he hosted...
...newly proposed area extends to 100 miles south of Mobile and gets no closer than about 200 miles west of Tampa. That's actually OK with the folks in Alabama - they already have plenty of drilling platforms out there, as does most of the Gulf coastline stretching west to Texas. And now it's OK with the folks - the Republicans, anyway - in Florida, who are worried about their white sandy beaches and the mammoth tourism industry that grows on them...
...minutes out of Robertsfield airport, the plane began to pitch and shake. That prompted a hurried announcement over the intercom: "Don't panic. The flight - it's OK." Passengers aboard the aging Russian plane laughed or glanced out the window at the lush Liberian countryside below. Most of them were used to flying West Africa's skies. An air pocket was nothing. An engine falling off - that would be something to worry about. A few minutes later the plane had landed safely and the passengers, most of them bound for Freetown in neighboring Sierra Leone, were ushered into the airport...
...rowed a lot and I like building things,” Binkley said. “I’ve learned a lot about the physics of the boat. I used to think, ‘OK, the thing’s floating, I’m glad. Oh, the boat’s nice and stiff,’ but I never knew...
...gotten some really random stuff. Husbands will call their wives on their cell phones, and I’ve signed some guy’s chest. It’s ok, but when you’re in the grocery just trying to get your Lean Cuisines…I guess I took my anonymity for granted,” he says...