An author and academic, Ms. Cosman could fly an airplane, play the piano and shoot a gun, and was a board member of the California Rifle and Pistol Association.
She skied well enough to be selected to join the Aspen Ski Patrol, piloted an airplane, played tennis every Saturday and challenged the best players on the court.
This, of course, is a variation on familiar Lively themes, reminding us of her preoccupation with the ways the past molds or fails to mold the present; the role that chance (from a wartime bomb to a fortuitous meeting on an airplane) plays in people's lives; the haphazard might-have-beens that follow an impulsive choice made long ago.
In the last 50, the airplane played a critical role.
While The Dead and Jefferson Airplane played the Fillmore and the Warfield, VU played Warhol's Factory.
Perhaps the biggest category of works (often traditional paintings) are those that portray ordinary soldiers in moments that are not only heroic, but intimate — marching through the snow or listening to iPods; shooting rifles or drinking Coke; jumping from airplanes, playing violin or vamping in tight skirts.
1. AIRPLANE - played by a stewardess and male passenger on an airplane which is unable to land.
The advert "Airplane" was played at an event in April to unveil Facebook Home, its new mobile software.
Mr. Airplane Man plays Saturday night (doors open at 9) at the Middle East Restaurant, 472 Massachusetts Avenue, in Central Square, Cambridge.
Marty Balin, singer in Jefferson Airplane, which played both Woodstock and Monterey, once told me, "Monterey was a lot more organised and a lot more about the music.
Today, via these add-ons, the Echo can also order you a pizza or an Uber, act as your personal fitness instructor, find you airplane tickets, play games, and more.
