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...knowledge: find out as much as possible about the mechanics of flight and plane safety systems as well as the causes of anxiety. Equally invaluable?however frightening?is experience. Debbie Seaman, who beat her own fear of flying at the Qantas clinic in Sydney and went on to write The Fearless Flier's Handbook, says: "Most of all, if we don't 'get back on the horse,' we're helping the fear take over. A phobia erodes self-esteem in other areas of life and spreads like a cancer." She advises phobic flyers to desensitize themselves: arrive at the airport...
...waifs of Dickensian England / Why is it their suffering is more picturesque?” without it clunking in the ear like a trash-compactor, but the line slips past barely noticed in Vega’s sleight of voice. The genius of Vega lies in her ability to write songs that creep up on you slowly, insinuating themselves with their skillfully painted character sketches and wistful tales with an unexpected sting in their tail: “If I Were a Weapon” concludes, “Well, if I am that weapon / I am pointing...
...days of Giuliani's other wars--against street vendors, schools chancellors, art exhibits, political opponents and anyone else who disagreed with him, including his estranged wife Donna Hanover? Giuliani took McCain's advice to heart--until last Tuesday's primary, when he got 15% of the vote, all from write-in ballots, which are more trouble to fill out than Palm Beach butterflies. On Wednesday, Giuliani summoned the three leading mayoral candidates to his makeshift office at the emergency operations center at Pier 92. There, surrounded by talismans--a picture of Churchill walking through London during the Blitz, a dust...
...Texas at Austin, raised a local furor when he wrote in the Houston Chronicle that the Sept. 11 attacks were "no more despicable than the massive acts of terrorism" committed by the U.S.--for instance, in Vietnam, Central America and Iraq. That led university president Larry Faulkner to write the newspaper a letter defending Jensen's right to his views but calling him "a fountain of undiluted foolishness on issues of public policy." At the University of North Carolina, faculty members who sponsored an antiwar forum full of bitter evaluations of U.S. policy were bombarded by threatening e-mails after...
...Winners RUDY GIULIANI Rock of New York wins 15% of Republican mayoral primary vote on write-ins. Probably a shoo-in to win next year's Miss America contest ANGELINA JOLIE U.N. goodwill ambassador donates $1 million to help suffering Afghan refugees. That almost makes up for the crime that was Original Sin MICHAEL JORDAN Aging MJ returns to the NBA; will donate his entire salary to terrorism victims. Nike to come out with slamming new "Air Rocking Chair" Losers BILL MAHER Politically Incorrect host is castigated by White House after politically incorrect quip. In war, comedy is always...