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...Department of Transportation, airlines from now on must increase the guarding of access to parked planes, tighten baggage and passenger scrutiny and make more strenuous efforts to prevent guns and explosives from being taken aboard commercial aircraft. The new procedures and equipment will cost the airlines dearly, and doubtless annoy and delay travelers. But there is no alternative to a menace that, unchecked, could cause serious disruptions for the U.S. air transport industry...
Sellers can present some justification for other price boosts, even though the rises annoy consumers. Sammy D's, an Italian restaurant in Minneapolis, last week began charging $2 for antipasto shared by two people, though the identical portion served to one diner remains price-frozen at $1.50. The restaurant labels the increase a "service charge." Many women are convinced that they are paying more for clothing, but "it is very difficult to pinpoint a cause for complaint," says Kitty Dobrina, a Cleveland fashion model. "Stores base the increases on changes in styles. A merchant will say that skirts...
...Laurent's precocity impresses almost everyone: he writes fine essays on Camus and on suicide for his teacher at school, wins his mother's heart with his advanced sensitivity, and delights his brothers by adeptly following in their not-quite-rakish footsteps. He only manages to annoy his conservative father because of his lack of table-manners...
Neighbors you annoy together...
...Harvard graduate, who also acquired a professorship of medicine at the Harvard Med School this year, Knowles has sufficient, but not outstanding academic credentials. He is not likely to annoy powerful Faculty members, however, because he would not come to the presidency carrying an academic reputation...