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Fearing that restoration work would topple the tower, a giant belt was looped around the building and connected to large weights a block away. Thinner steel bands were wrapped around the first level for added support...
...longer. For 12 full minutes the line barely moves. There are seven ticket agents, but three are devoted to first-class flyers. Freni is growing as irritated as the customers. Later, he's down at baggage claim, watching in disbelief as arriving passengers are directed to a luggage conveyor belt that is clearly out of order. In fact, it's roped...
...says foreman Bob Knapik, 41. For almost a half-century, it's been that way at Lincoln's headquarters--guaranteed lifetime employment for all full-time workers who have been there at least three years. And that doesn't mean, by the way, that Lincoln is some Rust Belt relic of the 1950s. Thanks to its fabled incentive-compensation plan--which, instead of an hourly salary, pays assembly-line workers based on how much they produce, plus a year-end bonus (hence the grading)--Lincoln is a model of efficiency...
...Here in the Bible Belt, the trial's revelations enthrall those who absorb daily reports from local newspapers and television stations. Starting at 6 a.m., a TV reporter stands in the dark outside the federal courthouse for a "live" report on the preceding day's testimony and the promise of ongoing coverage. Each new day brings juicier details. But most revealing has been the harsh light shed on Atlanta's thriving adult entertainment industry...
...Charleston) and, in another 6-3 decision, that police roadblocks using drug-sniffing dogs were also verboten. On the other hand, the justices found, 5-4, that it was not an unconstitutional seizure to arrest someone, handcuff her and ship her off to jail for driving without a seat belt when the maximum penalty for the offense was a $50 fine (Atwater v. City of Lago Vista...