The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.

He tried to shoot the visual approach to runway 12, but the visibility was too low.

But more telling was the chemical combustion between McCann's soulful, feelgood keyboard work and Harris's wry funkification.

It was seventy-five below zero. Since the freezing-point is thirty-two above zero, it meant that one hundred and seven degrees of frost obtained.