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...competitors would include No. 3 Delta, whose 18% share of the market would suddenly make it seem like a second-tier competitor to United and American. "Delta would be severely wounded if it just sat back and did nothing," says Brian Harris, who follows airlines for the Salomon Smith Barney investment firm. That could prompt Delta to make a play for No. 4 Northwest or No. 5 Continental. Either deal would give the top three carriers control of nearly 85 out of every 100 U.S. airline seats...
Buying another pair of boots was not on my mind until the bus stopped at the corner of Madison Avenue and 61st Street long enough for me to get a good look into the Barney's window. There in casual spartan urbanity were leather and suede accessories, a stark juxtaposition to the flashy holiday display that had twinkled there for weeks. But it wasn't the brown suede poncho-slash-bolero perched on a pedestal like the thing of beauty it was that made this capable shopper flush. No, it was the huge diagonal block of letters that read CLEARANCE...
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Then there's breakout star Steve Irwin of The Crocodile Hunter, who captures everything delightful and dodgy about Animal Planet. A personable Australian with Barney Rubble-esque good looks, Irwin trots the globe to wrestle crocs and dangle poisonous snakes by the tail, evading bite after bite, narrating breathlessly and popeyed as if reading a scary story to a three-year-old. ("G'day, and welcome to the Dah-h-hk Continent!") His antics give kids--an A.P. target audience--an educational alternative to Dragon Ball Z, and he offers a conservationist message. But his show's lessons are pretty...
Parents can mark their children's stage in life by the parties they have. When they're little, we coax them into pointy hats and suffer through Barney-themed birthdays; then come the Chuck E. Cheese years, followed by the slumber-party era. Parents gamely go with the flow, because we know that social occasions are extremely important to kids. But a new party concept sweeping the teen circuit--the coed sleepover--has parents wondering when to say, "Enough already...