Q&A: Sir Edmund Hillary - The Greatest Adventures of All Time
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Was it harder than Everest?
Oh, no. It was very different in many ways. The problems of snow and ice were similar, but on a big mountain like Everest, there were more immediate dangers the possibility of avalanche or falling off the mountain or going down a crevasse. In the Antarctic, the temperatures on the whole were colder, the distances were vast and it was a much longer sort of business, really.
Queen of Tears Is a Fresh K-Drama Romance Worth Watching
Warning: This story includes light spoilers for the first six episodes of Queen of Tears.
Netflix’s latest South Korean hit, Queen of Tears, paints a familiar picture. An absurdly handsome office worker falls for a helpless intern. Without asking a single thing about her, he immediately vows to support her. It’s overbearing, it’s somewhat controlling, it’s professionally inappropriate—it’s K-drama, baby! When it is revealed that she’s the heiress to the very company for which they both work, however, he is catapulted into an idealized world of lavish riches as they marry and the two drive off into the sunset.
Review: The Hunt Isn't a Sharp Social SatireIt's a Copout
A movie that perplexes you or makes you uncomfortable isn’t necessarily morally complex; sometimes it’s just bad—or, more specifically, the result of a director and his writers’ failure to think through their ideas. The Hunt, a horror action-comedy whose September release was delayed in the wake of several mass shootings, as well as in response to complaints from the right-wing press about what they perceived as its contents, is a case in point: In its eagerness not to condemn any political view, its points are so blurry that you have no idea what it’s trying to say.
See Our View of the Universe
Unveiling The Universe
NASA/ESA/The Hubble Heritage Team
The human species is ever-changing and so is our view of the universe.
By Jeffrey Kluger
It’s easy to laugh at the ancient humans who thought of the nighttime sky as a sort of cosmic colander, but the idea made an intuitive kind of sense. In the evening, a gigantic bowl with thousands of pinprick holes is inverted over the Earth—or so the thinking went.
Signs your girlfriend might make a good wife
Although everyone's preferred qualities in a wife will be different, every man wants some other general qualities, like responsibility, contentment, and tolerance. Below are some other specific signs to look for in a woman. 1. She doesn't bring up the past Many people are fond of dwelling on the past, which affects their ability to make present, rational decisions. But, of course, we all have a past, some darker than others, and our past includes some decisions we made that we may not be proud of.
Solar Eclipse Glasses: Where to Buy, Find for Free
Jan Mars is so excited about the upcoming solar eclipse that she purchased 1,200 branded pairs of solar eclipse glasses for her clients and friends.
“Man, it was definitely one of those things you will remember for your whole life,” says the 58-year-old real estate agent based in Collierville, Tenn. of witnessing her first total solar eclipse in 2017. “I looked at when the next [solar eclipse] was on the way home from that one.
Son of God Movie Leaves Satan Out
Son of God opened in cinemas across America this weekend, but minus the Bible’s most cunning, controversial and diabolical character. No, Judas Iscariot is in the movie. It’s the evil one himself – known reciprocally as Satan, Lucifer, or the devil – who has lost his iconic role.
Satan’s fall from stardom gives rise to rumor. Where did he go, and why? Can it be there is a more important role to play, an offer more lucrative?
Tenerife Airport Disaster (Famous Photo)
Historical Context The Tenerife airport crash at Los Rodeos Airport occurred when two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided. It is the world's deadliest aviation accident with the loss of 583 lives. A number of factors contributed to the disaster; a terror incident at nearby Gran Canaria airport had diverted a number of planes to Los Rodeos and fog was obscuring visibility. In these conditions Dutch aircraft KLM Flight 4805 began its take off, not realising Pan Am Flight 1736 was still on the runway.
The best way to politely decline a wedding invitation if you can't afford to go
If you're attending the engagement party, bridal shower, or bachelor or bachelorette parties — or God forbid, it's a destination wedding — that number could easily balloon into the thousands. Weddings are, of course, a time to celebrate and maybe even splurge a little, but if your mailbox is packed with invites, it could start to feel like your friends' wedded bliss is breaking your bank. ADVERTISEMENT
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The Press: Angel Steps Out
Manhattan’s Maurice Wertheim is a cultured, Jewish international banker, a philanthropist, a founder of the Theatre Guild, a man of social conscience. Two years ago, Banker Wertheim bought for his Civic Aid Foundation Oswald Garrison Villard’s famed old pinko weekly, The Nation, which was editorially strong at 70 but financially feeble. Mr. Wertheim kept hands off The Nation’s policy, which was shaped by Editor Freda Kirchwey and her colleagues, Joseph Wood Krutch and Max Lerner.