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...York's La Guardia, for example, the cutback jumps from 27% between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. to 49% in the following hour. At Chicago's O'Hare, the heaviest reduction, 60%, is between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Each airline is free to cancel any flights it wishes to stay within the FAA limits. Understandably, airlines tend to eliminate their least profitable flights...
...business. Vatican officials wonder what he will do if he is no longer able to carry on those winning, globetrotting ways that have helped him dramatize to the world a conservative and sometimes unpopular vision of the church. Because of his long convalescence, the Pope has already had to cancel scheduled trips to Switzerland, France and Spain...
...once his mentor, for "the appalling disaster that has befallen the country. Said Banisadr: "We must try to find a quicker way of overthrowing the absolutists who lust after power only." The remarks upset French officials, who reminded Banisadr of the terms of his exile and forced him to cancel a press conference...
...plant is seen by its backers as central to American nuclear development. The President is a strong supporter of nuclear power, and the Administration has lobbied hard to continue Clinch River's funding. Last week the House voted down, 206 to 186, a last-ditch attempt to cancel 1982 appropriations for the plant. The Senate Energy Committee had earlier authorized funds without debate...
...York last month, Prince Charles was the target of loud anti-British demonstrations. Last week Queen Elizabeth's sister, Princess Margaret-who caused a furor in a 1979 visit to the U.S. when she was reported to have called the Irish "pigs"-was persuaded by Thatcher to cancel a proposed trip to Washington scheduled for next week. The reason: fears of further protests and even personal assaults by pro-I.R.A. Americans...