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...Sept. 11 attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., the Japanese -- by far the largest group of foreign tourists to the U.S. each year -- are still refusing to fly. They're shirking not only destinations in America but in Asia and Europe as well, tearing a big chunk out of the $500 billion global travel and tourism industry. "Last year, we booked 17.8 million trips overseas -- the most ever," says Hiroshi Ueno of Japan Travel Bureau, the nation's leading travel agent. "This year, we were on target for 18.3 million. But after the flood of cancellations, that...
...terrorist world is one part Bethune, one part Hamel. The Bethune part is simple: stick to basic values (eg. the customer comes first, baggage handlers deserve the same respect as the chief financial officer, no profits are worth damage to the environment, etc.) and demonstrate them (forego a chunk, if not all, of your multi-million dollar compensation when you have to lay off thousands of employees...
...Seminole Caramel Scramble” for FSU devotees and “Reptile Ripple” for UF disciples. Both concoctions contain chocolate and caramel ice creams with caramel swirls and caramel filled footballs. The college who scores the most touchdowns will earn bragging rights and a hefty chunk of Edy’s money directed to their university’s scholarship fund...
...stakes in this launch are even higher for computer and chip manufacturers and makers of peripherals that were reeling from a decline in PC sales even before Sept. 11 and that have seen buyers virtually disappear since then. A huge chunk of the battered tech sector is counting on XP for a new breath of life...
...grind but less than a mortgage and talks of future children, I finally concentrated on the chase my junior year…with absolutely no success, of course. No, my boy toys were named Ben and Jerry, and they knew how to give me all the drippy-slippy, this-chunk-is-such-a-hunk, chocolate-covered sexual healing I needed...