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...mirror the national mood, which has been extraordinarily buoyant since the beginning of 1984. When asked how they feel "things are going in the country," 69% answered "very well" or "fairly well." That is down only slightly from the 74% who felt the same way in the rosy aftermath of the 1984 Summer Olympics. Since Yankelovich began asking this question more than ten years ago, the figure has ranged from just above 20% (early in President Ford's term and during the Iran hostage crisis) to the current highs. The optimism found in the '84 and '85 polls was matched...
...Dallas/Fort Worth, two of the most hotly competitive markets in the U.S., and announced plans to begin flying to Brussels in September. The moves follow forays over the past seven months into 13 other new cities, including Montreal and Fort Lauderdale. Born only four years ago in the aftermath of airline deregulation, People Express now flies to 45 destinations and has become the tenth-largest carrier...
...Sufferers of New York), which is a 40-year-old behind-enemy-lines fraternity with a suddenly burgeoning membership. The conclave had been organized in a rush by club founder and grand poobah Jim Powers, and publicized on our website by Jim Shea. Powers had been contacted, in the aftermath of the glorious occasion, by the Boston brass to see if the BLOHARDS would like to gaze upon, and pose with, the championship trophy. This dazzling hardware was to begin its triumphal procession in Providence on Thursday, and needed to be back in Foxboro to be trotted...
...aftermath of its release, Foer was popularly cast as something of a literary messiah–an attractive young rock star, almost, who could inspire teenagers not only to read but to wear his name on their t-shirts...
...about 30 protesters. The activists distributed fliers assailing the CIA’s role in the torture of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and blasting the INS—now a branch of the DHS—for detaining Muslim and South Asian immigrants in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks...