“The film's title star, Christian Bale, told me in June that he'd signed a multi-picture contract. When I caught up with Batman Begins ... All I can tell you is, we're talking. There was quite an air of secrecy around the development of 'Batman Begins,' and there will be even more around the development of another film, if they move forward.” IfsI CanChristianFilmMovingStarsTalkingAirDevelopmentCaughtMoving ForwardTitlesContractsCaught UpSecrecyJune Author:Christopher Nolan
“At 2:26 AM on 3 June 1980, Colonel William Odom of the Strategic Air Command alerted National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski that the US nuclear warning system had detected an imminent 220-missile nuclear attack on the US. Shortly thereafter, the automated system revised its projection from 220 missiles to an all-out attack of 2200 missiles. Just before Brzezinski was about to wake up President Carter to authorize a counterattack, he was told that the 'attack' was an illusion caused by 'a computer error in the system'.” PresidentAirSecurityComputerIllusionWake UpErrorsNuclearCommandWarningNational SecurityProjectionJuneStrategicMissilesCarterNuclear WarColonelsAdvisorsPresident Carter Author:Stansfield Turner
“It was the beginning of a day in June; the deep blue sky unsullied by a cloud, and teeming with brilliant light. The streets were, as yet, nearly free from passengers, the houses and shops were closed, and the healthy air of morning fell like breath from angels, on the sleeping town.” LightHouseNatureSleepMorningAirSkyStreetsHealthyAngelTownsBreathsBlueCloudsBrilliantShopsJunePassengersBlue Sky Book:The Old Curiosity Shop Source: The Old Curiosity Shop
“Travel by air is not travel at all, but simply a change of location; so my wife and daughter and I went to San Francisco by train, leaving Boston on a Wednesday morning in June and, then after lunch in New York, boarding Amtrak's Broadway to Chicago.” MorningWifeAirNew YorkDaughterTrainLeavingMy WifeChicagoLunchLocationBroadwayBostonSan FranciscoJuneWednesdayWife And DaughterAmtrakWednesday Morning Book:Broken Vessels: Essays Source: Broken Vessels: Essays