Word: burrs
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...feel sympathy not for Dale Burr but for his victims. Many Americans experience financial disaster without going on a rampage of murderous retribution. Burr was not a victim of the current farmers' plight. He was homicidal and vengeful. The real tragedy is that Burr chose himself as his final rather than his first victim. John F. Doran Jr. Lawrenceville...
...live in the area where the Dale Burr murders occurred. Within a 100-mile radius, I know of three similar fatalities. It is sad that it took this tragedy to make national news. Thank you for making the world realize how bad the farming situation is. Diana Olgier Lewis Muscatine, Iowa...
Wall Street thinks that many airlines, including Eastern, Pan Am, Western and Ozark, are vulnerable to takeovers. But People Express is not on the hit list, Burr insists. Says he: "It would be nearly impossible to take over People. We're bulletproof." Burr points out that 62% of his airline's stock is controlled by employees, directors or other friendly investors...
Today's heady success is only the beginning, according to Burr. Says he: "In five years, People Express will be a worldwide transportation company, carrying people and freight, and packaging hotels and rent-a-cars, the works." Some skeptics, though, think that People could instead end up like Laker Airways, the cut-rate transatlantic carrier that expanded too fast and went bankrupt...
...matter what eventually happens to People Express, it has changed the airline industry forever. Burr, Lorenzo and other discounters proved that there was a huge untapped market for low-cost air travel. They have met the needs of millions of Americans. Says Venice Gorman, 31, a New York City hospital worker who flew on People to see her parents in Norfolk: "Before People Express, I used to stay home and call my relatives on the phone. Now I can visit in person...