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Banfield was hobbled last year by a knee injury which caused her to miss a significant chunk of the season. Despite that, however, she returned late in the year to score two critical goals in the ECAC quarterfinals against Princeton...
Banfield was hobbled last year by a knee injury which caused her to miss a significant chunk of the season. Despite that, however, she returned late in the year to score two critical goals in the ECAC quarterfinals against Princeton...
...like Johnny Bomaster. Southwest pilots routinely fly nearly 80 hours a month; United pilots fly just over 50 hours, even in a busy month. Southwest pilots are paid for each trip, not each hour, so they have a strong interest in keeping flights on schedule. And because a big chunk of their compensation comes in the form of stock options, they tend to watch costs like bean counters. Air-traffic controllers say Southwest pilots are constantly pushing to get quicker routings to their destinations. On occasion pilots have even pitched in to help ground crews move luggage--a step virtually...
...also disclosed that a creditor demanded the repayment of a $3.8-million line of credit by Oct. 16, and Euro-Asia is negotiating a new repayment schedule. Apparently desperate for money, Yang, still Euro-Asia's chairman, has been furiously selling his shares in the company?first in a chunk to two private investors in August, and then on the market in late September?whittling his stake in the company to 49% from...
...culinary advice and philosophizing. The immense skate came with a tutorial on how to cut sideways to avoid severing ligaments. Topped with tomato and parsley garnish, the gently flavored fish flaked easily but was definitely upstaged by the meat. The skirt steak ($20), served with potatoes, carrots and a chunk of marrow-filled bone, came with another lesson. While diners used to suck marrow out of the bone, hence the term “sucking the marrow out of life,” these days the bone comes sliced in half and the marrow oozes off with a nudge from...