William Russell thought his dream of a hybrid boat-plane was finally taking off as he saw his Flarecraft rise above Long Island Sound one recent morning.

FORBES: A Wing and a Prayer

William Powell AM and Russell George AM voiced their opinions during Plaid Cymru's debate on climate change strategy for Wales.

BBC: Plaid Cymru debate

The Arizonan had support from such conservative stalwarts as Russell Kirk and William F.

FORBES: Jobless Paranoia

The Arizonan had support from conservative stalwarts such as Russell Kirk and William F.

FORBES: Tea Party Truthers Are Neo-John Birchers

Russell Vreeland and William Rosenzweig, biologists at West Chester University in Pennsylvania, together with their colleague Dennis Powers, a geologist, started analysing Salado salt crystals in the hopes of finding some biological record of this bygone time.

ECONOMIST: Old salts

The original 1953 Broadway production of "Picnic, " for instance, ran for 477 performances, and the film version, which starred William Holden, Kim Novak and Rosalind Russell, was one of the biggest box-office smashes of 1955.

WSJ: Tales of the Lonely Crowd | Picnic | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | The Other Place | Theater Reviews by Terry Teachout

The plot centers on estranged brothers Kurt Russell (a soon-to-be-legendary firefighter) and William Baldwin (an anxious apprentice), who work out their differences in the midst of mysterious arsons and towering infernos.

NEWYORKER: Backdraft