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- India's Superman (CBS News)
"Faster than a speeding horse! Able to leap across Himalayan rivers in a single bound! It's ... Krrish!!” 07-06
- Christopher Reeve Dies (CBS News)
"Christopher Reeve, the star of the 'Superman' movies whose near-fatal riding accident nine years ago turned him into a worldwide advocate for spinal cord research, has died, his publicist said."
" 'So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable,' Reeve once said. 'Then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. If we can conquer outer space, we can conquer inner space, too.' 10-04
- -09-04-05 Fastest Space Traveler Located (Scientific American)
"Superman may be faster than a speeding bullet, but there is a neutron star in our galaxy that can compete for the title of fastest space traveler. Astronomers have tracked the movement of a pulsar, making the first direct measurement of its impressive speed." 9-05
- -07-29-08 Jet Pack Introduced (NewScientist.com)
"While the pack is powerful, it is unlikely you'll be able to barrel headfirst across the sky, Superman-style. The 113-kilogram pack is designed to lift a pilot vertically, although the company expects pitching the pack slightly could enable it to move horizontally at more than 97 kilometres per hour (60 miles per hour), the limit for experimental ultra-light craft." 07-08
- -11-15-09 Editorial: The Peril of Positive Thinking (ABC News)
"Two years into the Great Recession, it's time to face the truth: optimism feels good, really good, but it turns out to be the methamphetamine of run-amok American capitalism. Meth induces a 'Superman syndrome.' Optimism fed into what Steve Eisman, a banking analyst who foresaw the crash, calls 'hedge-fund disease,' characterized by 'megalomania, plus narcissism, plus solipsism' and the belief that 'to think something is to make it happen.' The meth-head loses his teeth and his mind; the madcap optimists of Wall Street lost something like $10 trillion worth of pension funds, life savings and retirement accounts." 11-09
- Spinal Cord Injury - Diaphragm Implants (CBS News)
"Doctors have implanted electrodes in Christopher Reeve's chest in an experimental procedure that could someday enable the paralyzed 'Superman' star to breathe without a respirator." 3-03
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