Hell, I didn’t realize they had known each other.
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Donne, Napoleon, Gandhi letters auction
By ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
LONDON - A love letter from Napoleon, words of comfort from John Donne and a plea for tolerance from Mahatma Gandhi are among the treasure of a private collection up for auction […]
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Sharapova survives French Open scare
By Patrick Vignal
PARIS, June 3 (Reuters) - World number two Maria Sharapova survived two match points before overcoming Switzerland’s Patty Schnyder 3-6 6-4 9-7 in a gripping fourth-round match on Sunday.
Images: (Sharapova) AFP via ABC Sports; (medicine cabinet) sepwww.stanford.edu; (pumpkin) newsday.typepad.com; (Wilson) images.shopping.msn.com
Please find the tale of horror here.
of Robert Walker in Stangers On A Train.
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Le Reseau–Le Train ‘Tres Grande Vitesse’
April 4, 2007
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Mon Dieu! So fast it was terrifying
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Our correspondent was the only British journalist on board the French TGV train as it hit 357mph on yesterday’s record-breaking ride into the unknown undefined
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Ben Webster
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Not the Ben Webster who was one of my […]
France’s V150 Train a Grande Vitesse (TGV) is seen here at the “Reims Bezannes” station on the new high-speed line built between Paris and the eastern city of Strasbourg, on the eve of an attempt to break its own world speed record.(AFP/Francois Nascimbeni)
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French train aims to break world speed record
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PARIS (AFP) - France’s […]
Sat, Mar. 24, 2007
UFO vision no longer funny
Arizona’s former governor now reveals that he saw the lights that he spoofed in 1997.
The Associated Press
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SCOTT TROYANOS | AP FILE PHOTO
Ten years ago, Fife Symington, then Arizona’s governor, pulled a mask off aide Jay Heiler, who was dressed as an alien to spoof the frenzy surrounding mysterious […]
science fiction to film, but what has that country done with the genre for the past century?
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France opens secret UFO files covering 50 years
by Marlowe Hood Thu Mar 22, 11:53 AM ET
PARIS (AFP) - France became the first country to open its files on UFOs Thursday when the national space agency unveiled a website documenting […]
Airbus losing remaining A380 cargo order
By LAURENCE FROST and HARRY WEBER
BW Exclusives
PARIS
Airbus was left with an empty order book for the cargo version of its much-delayed superjumbo plane after UPS Inc. said it would cancel its order for 10 A380s. The move comes just a week after UPS, the world’s largest shipping carrier, and Airbus […]
Updated: February 13th, 2007 11:41 AM EDT
Flying Creatures May Inspire Future of Aviation
Alan Levin
USA TODAY
“Learning the secret of flight from a bird was a good deal like learning the secret of magic from a magician.” — Orville Wright
As the nocturnal owl stalks its prey, a quirk on its wings enables a silent hunt. Fringe-like feathers […]
AFP/File/Greg Wood
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Flight Deck
AFP/Photo/Jean-Philippe Arles
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Images: (clouds) free-pictures-phots.com; (windows) community.travelchinaguide.com
From the country which gave us “Plutot Hitler Que Blum” comes this story.
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France’s Socialist Party presidential candidate Segolene Royal holds the report on the institution of the government as she speaks to reporters at her campaign headquarters in Paris, February 8, 2007. REUTERS/Michel Euler/Pool (FRANCE)
French intellectuals abandoning Royal
By ANGELA DOLAND, Associated Press Writer
Fri Feb 9, […]