The article below from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by psa188@xxxxxxxxx /--------- E-mail Sponsored by Fox Searchlight ------------\ THE CLEARING - IN THEATERS JULY 2 - WATCH THE TRAILER NOW An official selection of the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, THE CLEARING stars ROBERT REDFORD and HELEN MIRREN as Wayne and Eileen Hayes - a husband and wife living the American Dream. Together they've raised two children and struggled to build a successful business from the ground up. But there have been sacrifices along the way. When Wayne is kidnapped by an ordinary man, Arnold Mack (WILLEM DAFOE), and held for ransom in a remote forest, the couple's world is turned inside out. Watch the trailer at: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/theclearing/index_nyt.html \----------------------------------------------------------/ Fogbound Over Nebraska, Without a WC May 4, 2004 As told to PATRICIA R. OLSEN When I worked for the Chamber of Commerce in Beatrice, Neb., we enlisted a local millionaire to pick up two business owners in another part of the state and fly them to town in his private jet. They were thinking of relocating their companies to Beatrice, and naturally we wanted to make a good impression, especially as their wives were coming along. Midway through the flight, fog set in. The small Beatrice airport did not have instrument-landing service, and so the pilot was forced to circle it until the fog lifted. The water diet was in vogue at the time and the businessmen's wives desperately needed to go to the toilet. Unfortunately, the millionaire was so tightfisted he had refused to install one on the plane. So the husbands held up blankets while their wives relieved themselves in coffee cups. When we landed, the husbands were the first out the door, holding numerous cups. Several community leaders were assembled to greet them. The mayor looked at the Styrofoam cups and asked why the men had brought apple cider with them. It served as a great icebreaker for what could have been a tense situation. Another time, when I worked for the San Angelo, Tex., Chamber of Commerce, I was traveling in a small private plane with a judge, some state legislators and a couple of businessmen to a meeting in Austin when the door popped open. We all jumped up and tried to grab it and hold it closed. Paper was flying all over - it was exactly like in the movies. The pilot had reached for the door, too, and all of a sudden the plane started losing altitude. The person sitting in the co-pilot seat grabbed the stick between the seats to try to stop our descent but he didn't know what to do. Eventually the pilot regained control of the plane and landed at the closest airport. Once the door was latched properly, we took off again. I now live in Topeka, an hour by car from Kansas City International Airport. In January, as I was driving on the turnpike to catch an early-morning flight to Dallas-Fort Worth, I suddenly realized with a sinking feeling that I had left my wallet at home. Of course, it contained my photo ID, my credit cards and my money. I quickly calculated that if I drove the 45 minutes back home, I would miss my flight and be late for all my meetings. I called my wife and asked if she would meet me halfway with my wallet. It was 5:30 a.m. We starting driving toward each other and called each other on our cellphones. We met at a Hardee's just off the turnpike. She was wearing her robe and slippers and had a few curlers in her hair, but she looked beautiful to me, and not just because she was carrying my wallet. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/04/business/04flier.html?ex=1084677764&ei=1&en=b3e0c4382d9c3f69 --------------------------------- Get Home Delivery of The New York Times Newspaper. Imagine reading The New York Times any time & anywhere you like! Leisurely catch up on events & expand your horizons. Enjoy now for 50% off Home Delivery! Click here: http://homedelivery.nytimes.com/HDS/SubscriptionT1.do?mode=SubscriptionT1&ExternalMediaCode=W24AF HOW TO ADVERTISE --------------------------------- For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact onlinesales@xxxxxxxxxxx or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help@xxxxxxxxxxxx Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company