At the time of writing, the article about the airplane on the English-language Wikipedia states that Clément Ader ‘attempted to fly’ and Alberto Santos Dumont ‘made what was claimed to be the first airplane flight unassisted by catapult’, but it was ‘the Wright brothers [who] invented ...
We share the same sense of humor. I was looking for somebody who would not interfere with my career, the way I work or my independence, and he was exactly that person. Therefore, I thought, I am not flying any airplanes in Pakistan – I might as well get on the big airplane and go...
“In India, George had become fascinated by the god Krishna," Boyd wrote, "who was always surrounded by young maidens and came back wanting to be some kind of Krishna figure, a spiritual being with lots of concubines. He actually said so.” She then moved on to Clapton, who played guit...
“In India, George had become fascinated by the god Krishna," Boyd wrote, "who was always surrounded by young maidens and came back wanting to be some kind of Krishna figure, a spiritual being with lots of concubines. He actually said so.” She then moved on to Clapton, who played guit...
There’s one notable gap in my new-media experience, however: I’ve spent little time in front of a camera, since I have a face made for radio. But that didn’t stop China Daily from asking me last week to share a personal...
Usually I’d be feeling like a loner, even in the middle of the band, but tonight, in June 1964, at The Who’s first show at the Railway Hotel in Harrow, West London, I am invincible." ---Chapter Three, You Didn't See It (对自己的外婆): "I wish I could say I felt sorry ...
“… laying claim to the name of a product that's the generic term for a universal technology gives you acres of weasel room. But creating a type of airplane named AIRPLANE doesn't make you Wilbur Wright.”In 2017, Ayyadurai sued Gizmodo’s parent company, Gawker Media, and won a $75...
In fact, Coppens' electric blue Hanriot airplane became such a pain in the ass for the Germans that they hatched a cunning plan to dispose of him. Basically, they took an ordinary observation balloon and jammed it so full of explosives that a single bullet would be enough to atomize ...
I was still shy in the presence of a crowd.And my first day at the new made me a laughing stock of the classroom. I was sent to the blackboard to write my .I knew my name, and knew how to write it, but standing at the blackboard with the ___ of so many pupils on my back...
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