The Hunters
The union of devilish details and “godlike power,” as Lindbergh found in the act of flying, makes commercial aviation compelling for yet another reason: the anthropology of the executive suite. The men who run the airlines of America are an extreme type; calling them men of ego would be like calling Mount McKinley a rise in the landscape. Airlines
... See moreThomas Petzinger Jr. • Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos
As for the boys at the bar, they were each invisibly preening, having already calculated how much money he and his copain would need for the next few days, having already appraised Guillaume to within a decimal of that figure, and having already estimated how long Guillaume, as a fountainhead, would last, and also how long they would be able to end
... See moreJames Baldwin • Giovanni's Room (Penguin Modern Classics)
The story that isn’t Mark Nechtr’s by Mark Nechtr concerns a young competitive archer, named Dave, and his live-in lover, named L____. Dave, who is not nearly so healthy as Mark, believes that the only things that give his life meaning and direction are his competitive archery and his lover, L____, who is a great deal more attractive and sympatheti
... See moreDavid Foster Wallace • Girl With Curious Hair
On ne pouvait se poser nulle part, sauf peut-être sur l'étroite plate-forme longue de 300 mètres, large de 6 à peine, que son instinct avait retenue sur la gauche, au sommet d'une montagne. Mermoz plaça exactement les roues de son avion où il avait voulu, au milieu de cette bande plate. Il le fit si délicatement que, malgré les bosses et les pierre
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