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Adams, Noah. The Flyers: in Search of Wilbur and Orville Wright.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)
Oct. 2003. 224p. Crown, $22 (1-4000-4912-1). 629.13.
This book is more than just another history of the Wright Brothers' first flight. Adams, host of National Public Radio's All Things Considered, retraced Wilbur Wright's first trip--by train and boat--to North Carolina's Outer Banks in 1900 and stopped by the Wright family plot in Woodland Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio. Adams visited the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio that had its beginnings as the Huffman Prairie Flying Field Orville had left a sketch of the field from 1904, designed by the two brothers and their mechanic, Charlie Taylor. Adams also visited the horse-racing track in France where the Wright Flyer set records as the European aviation community watched. ...
- John Adams slept here.(visitors flock to hometown of historical figure)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Lord, Mary September 10, 2001 700+ words
Meet John Adams, farmer, Declaration of Independence...squeeze onto the trolley for a guided tour of Adams National Historical Park, birthplace of...Lucie, Fla., is another waiting fan. "Adams," she says, "was very underrated...
- Awestruck; 20th-century photography.('Ansel Adams at 100' exhibit)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) January 5, 2002 700+ words
Did Ansel Adams take beautiful photographs or photograph...rage, as a new exhibition shows ANSEL ADAMS already has a mountain named after him...photographer, who died in 1984. "Ansel Adams at 100", a landmark travelling exhibition...
- ADAMS STAGES COMEBACK WITH THREE NEW BRANDS.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Footwear News SOLNIK, CLAUDE January 24, 2000 700+ words
...which he founded and helped build, Tom Adams is back, launching three new footwear brands. Adams about a year ago founded San Antonio-based...system that helped make Kaepa a success, Adams said. The company is also developing footwear...
- Rocket City.(Becky Adams, founder of Rocket City Cosmetics, products)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Soap & Cosmetics KINTISH, LISA June 1, 2001 700+ words
...need that is not being met. Yet Becky Adams, founder of Rocket City Cosmetics, seems...concept that's new." Nonetheless, Adams, who has been in the beauty supply and...City, "blossomed from there," says Adams. The line, which she describes as "department...
- Better in Darkness: A Biography of Henry Adams, His Second Life,...
- Magazine article from: The Historian Morgan, H. Wayne June 22, 1995 700+ words
...is the second of a proposed three-volume biography of Henry Adams. In it Edward Chalfant covers the period from Adams' service as secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, to the aftermath of the suicide of his wife. During these years...
- ROB ADAMS.(First State Investments)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Money Marketing DALEY, JAMES July 26, 2001 700+ words
...performance in this country When Australian Rob Adams first set foot on English shores in 1990...newly branded First State Investments, Adams is charged not just with bringing Australia...parent, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Adams is confident First State has a lot to offer...
- Gray & Adams celebrates 50 years.(EVOLUTION)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Food Trade Review March 1, 2007 700+ words
...refrigerated body manufacturer, Gray & Adams, as it celebrates fifty years in the transport industry. The Gray & Adams stand can be located in Hall 3a, Stand 3081. Gray & Adams has earned an unrivalled reputation within the...
- Ansel Adams goes electronic.(The Ansel Adams Screensaver)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Information Today July 1, 1995 700+ words
...master of landscape photography, Ansel Adams, has been adapted to a computer format...Electronic Publishing (TWEP). The Ansel Adams Screensaver is an elegant exhibition featuring...product will also contain quotations from Adams' writings that will appear at random intervals...
