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Delta's Nonstop Delays. FlyersRights.org's new report on tarmac delays gives Delta Airlines the "When You Are on the Ground, They Treat You Like Dirt" award, for having had the longest delays - up to 10 hours on the tarmac - and the most delays over three hours in 2008. According to the watchdog group, Delta kept passengers on more than 300 flights waiting on the tarmac for three hours or longer last year. Southwest was given the "My Heavens" award for putting into action a plan to move passengers stuck on the tarmac off the planes and for providing food...
...that may be precisely the problem. Announcing the award, Molina described Rivera's technique as "now more aesthetic, relaxed and profound." But "aesthetic" is not exactly how many in the bullfighting world see Rivera's efforts. "I think we're all in agreement that he doesn't represent the artistic side of the toreo," says Israel Vicente, director of Tauropress, a public-relations company that specializes in bullfighting. "He's been given the prize because he's a name that people recognize, not because he's an artist...
...Vicente isn't alone in that characterization. Upon hearing of the award, bullfighter José Antonio Morente de la Puebla told the press, "I think it's shameful that they would give it to him," and added that he saw the decision as clear evidence of how little those behind the prize understood "about bullfighting and about...
Palin, Gov. Sarah • formation of group advocating the drafting of for a 2012 presidential run • winning by Katie Couric of Cronkite Award for 2008 campaign interviews with...
President Drew G. Faust is $50,000 wealthier after her new book won an award from the New York Historical Society last Wednesday. Louise Mirrer, CEO and President of the New York Historical Society, offered many reasons for the selection of Faust’s book, ‘This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War.’ “It is a great book,” Mirrer said, “a fascinating book.” According to her, Faust’s book stood out among the other finalists?...