Word: delayer
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...According to the Department of Transportation, the national on-time arrival rate in January was 71%. That?s worse than the 72% rate during the delay-plagued summer of 2000. If trends continue, fliers at fifteen of the nation's biggest airports can expect to be delayed on at least one out of four flights this summer, a calculation from Airports Council International, a Washington, D.C. group that represents large airports...
...while politicians in Washington fail to make significant strides in curbing congestion, one airport is taking matters into its own hands. Next week, Logan Airport in Boston will begin monitoring airline delays during its rush hours (mostly 4-7 pm) to see if airlines are over scheduling flights. Logan will keep close tabs on the timeliness of the airlines for the next six months, and then may start slapping airlines with a surcharge of up to $300 a flight for those found to be clogging the system ?We don't have a delay problem now,? says Logan director Tom Kinton...
...Hill, Bush's thousand-flowers-blooming posture has led to stomach upset. In the Senate, Majority Leader Bill Frist suggested the legislation might not come up for a vote this year. He seemed to be recognizing how hard it would be to untangle the many unanswered questions, but delay would also mean pushing action into the volatile 2006 election year. After a talking to by the White House, Frist reiterated he wanted the legislation passed this year. Senator Grassley seemed to be feeling the same kinds of pressures when he flirted with dropping the President's plan for private accounts...
However, Kirby and professors downgraded their expectations at a meeting of the Faculty Council yesterday. They now hope to pass legislation concerning general education and concentrations, but delay voting on more minor aspects of the review until next year...
...Many Republicans haven?t been trying. Party leaders in the House had urged members to have town halls in their districts to help sell Bush's ideas on Social Security, but only about 1/3 of the 232-strong GOP delegation did. House Majority Leader Tom Delay admitted he was "disappointed' more of his members didn't hold town halls. This of course gave ammunition to the plan?s opponents, as Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said Republicans didn't want to sell a proposal that is "very unpopular." Republicans offered varied reasons for not having town halls; with one Senator...