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...YEAR To capture Rudy Giuliani bestriding his beloved, altered skyline, photographer Gregory Heisler--who has shot seven previous People of the Year--wanted to set up on the roof of Rockefeller Center's General Electric Building. Unfortunately, the roof has been closed for years, insurance problems proliferated, and the weather would not cooperate. Heisler, at left, in hat, finally prevailed and built a wooden platform leading to a ledge hundreds of feet above the street. "Some of the mayor's security people were nervous for him," says Heisler. "But he just yelled, 'Wow!' and bounded up to hit his mark...
...finally going out on Dec. 19. But not before it forged a new America. The old America made its final appearance just hours before the planes hit, when the Sept. 11 New York Times featured a rather wistful portrait of American terrorist Bill Ayers. A former member of the Weather Underground who claimed credit for a string of bombings (including the Pentagon in 1972), Ayers was reminiscing with the Times reporter about the various romances of his revolutionary days, especially his "love affair with explosives." "Even today," wrote the Times, "he finds 'a certain eloquence to bombs...
...Love to Keep Me Warm," 1937. A high-stepping replay of the reverse-weather-report love song "Isn't This a Lovely Day (To Be Caught in the Rain)," which Berlin wrote for Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the 1935 film "Top Hat." Why didn?t he give it to Astaire, instead of handing it Dick Powell for the 1937 "On the Avenue"? Anyway, the song was a hit, with four top-12 versions (including Billie Holiday?s). It cuddled up and went to sleep for a dozen years; and then, when Les Brown revived the tune, it woke...
...Temba Tsheri Last year, Tsheri, then 15, was within 50 m of the world's highest point, the summit of Mount Everest. Weather forced him to retreat, and a careless mistake - removing his gloves to tie his boots - led to frostbite that cost him five fingers. Most kids might have stuck to their Game Boy after that, but on May 23, Tsheri became the youngest person to stand atop Everest. For an encore, the 16-year-old Nepali says, "I am going to concentrate on my studies...
...positive phase--that is, pressure at the core of the region is low--a ring of wind that swirls around the North Pole increases in strength and keeps the frigid Arctic air from escaping southward out of the vortex. That means warmer than usual weather in most of the northern hemisphere, say researchers Thompson and Wallace, who coined the term Arctic Oscillation in 1998. The AO has been in a strong positive phase since late October, notes the National Weather Service (NWS), causing record-high temperatures nationwide. In fact, the AO seems to have tilted this way for many winters...