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Initial estimates assess the whole project at about $3 billion. But given that the Big Dig has ballooned over budget, the costs of the urban ring could possibly end up far greater than this initial figure...
...with the Big Dig now a four-letter word in Washington—most notably with fiscal conservative John S. McCain (R-Ariz.), the ranking Republican on the Senate committee that controls transportation funds—that money will not be easy to come...
...can’t lose our nerve,” Lee said. “This is a region that has always thrived on big projects—filling in Back Bay, the construction of 128, the Big Dig. The ability to put this project in place would make [the region] all the more attractive to people who create the next century...
...backlash led by Benjamin Netanyahu - Sharon reportedly told his cabinet that in exchange for letting Arafat go free, the Bush administration would support Israel in its confrontation with the United Nations over the Jenin fact-finding mission. Having backed down on Arafat, Sharon may be even more inclined to dig in his heels over Israel's objection to the terms of the Jenin fact-finding mission, whose members remain in Geneva as Israel's cabinet continues to debate whether to approve their visit...
Bethune delights in speaking his mind almost as much as he likes climbing into a cockpit. He says competitors trying to cut costs last September were "stupid" to take off magazines and meals in coach, a direct dig at Dallas-based American Airlines. He ridicules "an Atlanta-based carrier"--a reference to Delta Air Lines--for cutting back its sales teams that cater to major clients, to save money after 9/11. "We high-fived each other when we heard it," says Bethune, who promptly sent his pilots into corporate cafeterias to reassure business travelers about security measures...