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October 7, 2021
China-Taiwan tensions rise as Chinese aircraft enter Taiwan’s air defense zone | NPR
“We remain concerned by the People’s Republic of China’s provocative military activity near Taiwan, which is destabilizing, risks miscalculations and undermines regional peace and stability,” she said at a Monday press briefing, emphasizing that the U.S. commitment to Taipei is “rock solid.” Source: China-Taiwan tensions rise as Chinese aircraft enter Taiwan’s air defense zone : …
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October 6, 2021
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum – Weston, West Virginia | Atlas Obscura
Atlas Obscura on the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
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July 14, 2021
An Elegy for India’s Single-Screen Cinema Palaces – Atlas Obscura
Old single-screen movie houses hold a special place in my heart – be them in the United States or abroad. Chaturvedi’s photographs capture an astonishing amount of detail. There are wooden benches in the lower seating areas, dusty coils of film on the floor, magnificent Art Deco ceilings, stained spittoons, fragmented posters, and hand-stitched screens. …
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January 20, 2021
Can you be too old to travel? Consider these factors before you book
Some folks should think twice before traveling, but not solely based on their age. It's their level of fitness, says Kirsten Veldman, a former tour guide who now edits a retirement blog.
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January 17, 2021
What Happened To Pan Am’s Worldport at New York-JFK? – YouTube
For who can remember flying from the PanAm Worldport at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK), it will always be a symbol of aviation’s golden age.
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January 13, 2021
Opinion | Pilots on Autopilot – The New York Times
A former Pan Am 707 pilot compares flying a GPS-equipped airliner today with flying in the jet age - navigating across the Pacific with a sextant.
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January 10, 2021
The Four Childhoods of Modern Man | National Review
Time hurts. Source: The Four Childhoods of Modern Man | National Review
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December 17, 2020
John le Carré’s death reminded me of the time he saved me from the CIA.
An interesting remembrance of John LeCarre and his impact on people interested in joining clandestine service. In my late teens and early 20s, in these I saw an especially ferocious read of the world around me: specious, racist attempts at counterterrorism; feckless pharmaceutical companies dragooning people in the global south to become laboratory subjects; the …
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December 3, 2020
Mom Air: the spoof airline offering free fares | CNN Travel
A spoof airline has drawn thousands of hopeful travelers who make it clear they'll endure all sorts of abuses for a low ticket price. CNN runs the idea past an airline marketing expert.
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December 2, 2020
Hungarian anti-gay MEP resigns after breaking lockdown to attend orgy
People misunderstand. The man was SO anti-gay, he couldn’t even bring himself to leave the 25-man orgy through the door and jumped from the window. Jozsef Szajer resigned on Sunday after he admitted to breaching Belgium’s strict lockdown rules to attend a sex party, Politico reported on Tuesday. The police found 25 naked men at …
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