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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite the robust economy, the discounters are facing a dual predicament that is stalling their development. With a small number of planes flying limited routes, the upstarts can't tap the lucrative business-travel market. Instead, they're forced to low-ball fares to attract leisure travelers, a strategy that works only when planes are flying full--and their bigger competitors will do anything to make sure that doesn't happen. "It's very hard to make money feeding at the bottom of the barrel," says Perry Flint, executive editor of Air Transport World, a trade paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIRLINES: LOSING ALTITUDE | 7/14/1997 | See Source »

Flora's ability to attract a foreign high-tech company shows that many Americans have come to embrace rather than fear new technology. The Internet seems to have even more impact on information flow in small towns than it does in large cities. I spent the night in Hutchinson, Kans., at the home of John Scott, who was a missionary in what used to be Zaire and now runs a volunteer housing program. After dinner, I asked him what the latest news was in the Congo, and he turned on his computer to check out the Websites of people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHY WE HIT THE ROAD | 7/7/1997 | See Source »

...Gingrich) and helping groups who are organizing similar initiatives in six other states. But only one of those groups, an effort in Houston, has begun the arduous task of gathering qualifying signatures. To succeed, such groups need big money and plenty of troops; Connerly hopes Clinton's speech will attract both. The larger question, however, is whether Connerly's side can prevail in the national debate as America, which has been rolling back race- and gender-based affirmative action for years, decides whether it really wants to end all such programs--and what it will mean for the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACE IN AMERICA: FAIRNESS OR FOLLY? | 6/23/1997 | See Source »

...claim that she did not engage in any improper sexual conduct, at least during the few minutes I am able to account for her activities. I deeply regret any untrue assertions that have been made about her character and good name, particularly those concerning a dollar amount that might attract her attention were it dragged through a trailer park, the settlement amount of $700,000 rendering such assertions substantially inaccurate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAULA JONES AND BILL CLINTON: GETTING IT BEHIND THEM | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

WILLOW BAY Might attract sports Not much industry GMA/Sunday fans (she co-hosts credibility. She co-anchor NBA Inside Stuff). started out as a Oh, and she's married model, after all, to ABC's president. not a newswoman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 9, 1997 | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

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