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...airlines have decreased capacity 20% to 25% since Sept. 11 because of the downturn in paying passengers, explains Tim Winship, publisher of FrequentFlier.com Says Winship: "That translates into the same decrease in award seats." What's a frustrated traveler to do? Here's how to make your points count...
Here's the sales pitch: Wouldn't you like a TV so clear you could count the stitches on a baseball as it crossed the plate? Or watch individual snowflakes kiss the sidewalk? That's what we've been hearing ever since high-definition television (HDTV) arrived as a consumer product in 1998. And if you've ever seen it firsthand, you know it's true. HDTV really is that good, with a picture resolution six times as rich as ordinary analog TV--some 2 million pixels. Colors pop, and edges are crisp and distinct, revealing every hair and wrinkle...
Less than six minutes later, facing a 5-on-3 (stick count 5-to-1) Maine scored again, this time on a Shields’ slap shot from the top of the circle. Mazzoleni agreed it seemed like the Black Bears had set up camp in the Crimson...
Unless of course, they choose to transfer—an option some team members have pondered. That decision is understandable if, in the final analysis, swimming and diving count more to them than the distinction of Dartmouth’s academic program, and if their ultimate loyalty to Dartmouth is as athletes rather than students. There is truly no substitute for practicing a sport during one’s college years, at a time of irreplaceable youth and talent. But being a student-athlete is a privilege, not a right. Preoccupation with athletics can come at the expense...
Unless of course, they choose to transfer—an option some team members have pondered. That decision is understandable if, in the final analysis, swimming and diving count more to them than the distinction of Dartmouth’s academic program, and if their ultimate loyalty to Dartmouth is as athletes rather than students. There is truly no substitute for practicing a sport during one’s college years, at a time of irreplaceable youth and talent. But being a student-athlete is a privilege, not a right. Preoccupation with athletics can come at the expense...