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...Wechsler demonstrated that a host of "secondary effects"--including date rape, violence, and poor academic performance--followed as a result of drinking to excess...
...more serious charge, they say Wechsler's strategy of emphasizing the extent of drinking on college campuses has backfired. Instead of reducing the level of college drinking, they say, Wechsler has convinced students that bingeing is socially acceptable and has actually increased the number of students who drink to excess...
...head of the air-traffic controllers' union, pointed out that at Dallas-Fort Worth airport, where the departure rate is 11 aircraft in a five-minute period, airlines were scheduling 16 takeoffs at the very same time. LaGuardia Airport in New York City has become Exhibit A of airline excess. Although the facility can accommodate 75 flights an hour, at times there are more than 100 planes scheduled. Since airlines evidently cannot restrain themselves from overscheduling, demand could be rationed by the size of the fee that an airline pays an airport for each takeoff or landing. A slot...
Back then it sounded so simple. Deregulation brought prices down on airline tickets and long-distance phone calls. Why not get the government out of electricity and watch prices fall? With demand booming--reserves have declined from 40% excess two decades ago to 15% today--the free market would encourage private suppliers to compete for customers, offering lower rates and more reliable service...
Bush's senior economic adviser, Larry Lindsey, has the task of figuring out what to do about California. One stopgap: renew the Clinton Administration's order that power and gas companies across the country transfer their excess capacity to the Golden State. But diplomacy may be the most effective arrow in Bush's quiver. He plans to place energy on the national-security agenda and lobby OPEC to pump more oil. Although the cartel last week announced production cuts, which pushed prices higher, some key members, such as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, remain grateful to Bush's father for winning...