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...tussle over whether to raise the minimum wage. Meanwhile, even with gasoline prices rising, the energy bill that was once a top priority for Dick Cheney is now limping along; some Democrats are trying to break it up to pass the salvageable parts, like measures aimed at preventing another blackout. The one major bill that has moved through both houses lately--a measure to expand and repair the nation's highways--is in trouble with the President himself. He's called both the House and Senate versions too expensive...
With a top-class product (new airplanes, leather seats and live TVs on board), JetBlue challenged the skeptical perception of new airlines. But Neeleman, 43, also changed the reality. His obsession with employee happiness and customer service (when the blackout in August 2003 shut down most airlines, Neeleman drove out to the tarmac to beg for fuel) has set JetBlue apart from the rest of the industry. His motto: "Bring humanity back to flying." The legacy airlines, which haven't made a dime since 2001, can't beat JetBlue, so they have started their own look-alike versions...
...Gbenga” with his ID card picture in the center of the heart. After Okusanya controlled his guffawing, the show was underway with a pseudo-lesbian dance to Britney’s “Toxic,” complete with a kiss before blackout...
...streets of Tashkent last week, but you'd never know it from the local media. The attacks were swift and bloody, and scattered across the city, from the Chorsu market near the center to the outer suburbs. Their impact was heightened by the government's near-total news blackout. The biggest firefight took place in the Yalangach district, about 3 km from Uzbek President Islam Karimov's residence. Government officials claim 20 terrorists were cornered and quickly blew themselves up, but locals say the guerrillas were fewer in number, and resisted the police for over six hours until they were...
Indignation mellowed to frustration, and eventually resignation. When the August blackout turned off the elevators, I didn’t bat an eye at the order to march up 15 flights of stairs to retrieve luggage for tenants fleeing to the still-plugged-in Hamptons. The Doorman Mafia had carried out yet another hit, callously snuffing out my fragile spirit...