Word: deltas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hostages were released, but the impasse remained unbroken. Meanwhile, the Peruvian government withdrew behind an official wall of silence, and Fujimori wrestled with conflicting advice from his two most important allies: Japan pressed for negotiation, and the U.S. counseled him not to cut any deals. A team of Delta Force commandos, who specialize in hostage rescues, was on standby in Lima...
...CONNECTING FLIGHT FOR DELTA AND CONTINENTAL...
Things are going so well for Delta and Continental airlines, No. 3 and No. 5 in the industry, respectively, that they are talking about merging to become No. 1. Then, presumably, they could really kick some tails. An acquisition of Continental, twice bankrupt and now en route to record earnings, by once struggling Delta would create a giant with more than $18 billion in revenues. But the consolidation could reduce competition. "I see the Justice Department digging in their heels and not allowing this acquisition to go through," says Michael Bradley, a finance professor at the Fuqua School of Business...
...merger could spur copycat deals as competitors rush to keep up. Delta, in fact, has been squawking over plans by American Airlines to merge its transatlantic operations with British Airways. Delta, it seems, doesn't want too much airline capacity in the hands of anyone else...
...poetry is going to match the season, why shouldn't it match the situation as well? People waiting for a Delta flight may long for some existential couplet like, "Why is it I always feel desperately lonely/When agents announce, 'This is preboarding only'?" Motorists waiting in the vehicle-inspection line who find The Raven enjoyable enough around Halloween may actually prefer a poem such as Contemplations on the Expatriate Life...