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...major airlines contend, for their part, that the business is more competitive than ever, but not purely in terms of price. Says James Guyette, United's executive vice president for operations: "Basically, it's a service battle. Customer expectations are high." Moreover, despite the current run-up in rates, airfares during 1988 were still below the level...
...reputation for integrity. Among the five bickering factions that make up the L.D.P., he is the consensus choice, at least as a caretaker. But Ito, who is in poor health, has expressed his reluctance to take over, saying a "younger man" ought to get the job. Party insiders contend that Ito fears he will not be given sufficient independence. Already, a back-room struggle is under way as Takeshita and his supporters maneuver to ensure that they will continue to pull the strings. To pick someone other than a senior politician like Ito would be nothing short of revolutionary...
...huge deal brings GPA's total orders and options to 819 aircraft valued at $30 billion. The busy aircraft manufacturers, whose backlogs are as long as five years, contend that the GPA deal will not increase production delays...
...merits," he says. "There is nothing anyone can do to stop it." Bolstering his argument is the fact that the film, for all its troubles, has found a distributor: Atlantic Entertainment Group, an independent company that has handled such films as Teen Wolf and Wish You Were Here. Some contend that Wired's producers are simply trying to generate controversy over a bad film with poor box-office prospects. "The only thing that the producers have to hang on to is the image of Wired as 'the movie that Hollywood tried to stop,' " says Bernie Brillstein, Belushi's former manager...
...situation now where we'll have to win all the rest [to contend for the league title]," Ubert said. "We have no room...