White Space

Close call on Christmas Day: in villages leading into Bastogne, two American battalions stave off a massive panzer assault.(Battle of the Bulge, 1944-1945)(Event overview)
World War II; 1/1/2010; 3789 words; ...in the American line, where units tended to buckle in the empty space that separated them. But Kokott underestimated the determination...Volksgrenadier Regiment, virtually invisible against the snow in their white camouflage, had infiltrate

Amelia getting it right.(motion picture)(Movie review)
Aviation History; 1/1/2010; 1047 words; ...Since photos of Friendship dated from 1928 and were in black and white only Austerberry based the plane's colors on Earhart's description...Vega, since Earhart's plane hangs in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Austerberry had interior and...

Foreign exchange.(living standards at Japan)(Editorial)
Earth Island Journal; 1/1/2010; 1073 words; ...less. Some 145 million people live in a space the size of California, and four-fifths...mated with an iPod, sleek and gleaming white. It goes more than 110 miles per hour...interweaving of agriculture with built spaces. In the United States, we keep our food...because our sprawling development wastes ...

Secret weapon hidden cities.(the Manhattan Project)
Military History; 1/1/2010; 1296 words; ...GADGET The world's first nuclear weapon looked something like a space capsule wired inside out. In mid-July 1945, scientists hoisted the device atop a 100-foot tower at the White Sands Proving Ground. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION...

I just want someone to take care of me. A smart person with a sense of humour -- not necessarily a beautiful one. Beautiful women are often too complicated
Belfast Telegraph; 12/26/2009; 591 words; ...cinema. It's looking dry for Christmas and the possibility of a white Christmas is not looking likely -- but watch this space -- Met Office spokesperson on the prospect of a white Christmas The investigation into the robbery remains open and any...