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...high energy prices are hurting workers, they are devastating a number of industries, most notably the airlines. Already buffeted by bankruptcies and labor disputes, the major carriers had made steady progress in shedding excess capacity and lowering labor costs. As a result, jets are fuller. But the till is still empty. Every dollar increase in the price of a barrel of oil translates into a $365 million immediate increase in fuel costs for the 11 major airlines. Even hyperefficient JetBlue has gone into the red. "High oil prices and continued losses will probably be a slow grind to liquidation...
...began her inspection of Redline restaurant on JFK Street. Although Fallon does not usually tag along, the gray-haired assistant commissioner ventured out of the office on this particular afternoon.Sullivan inspects the “rubbish area,” where the dumpsters and grease-rendering barrel are located. Excess food stuck on the inside of the dumpsters can easily attract rodents and insects that can enter the restaurant through the back door, she says.Several establishments in the Square, including Au Bon Pain, Spice, and Tommy’s House of Pizza, have been cited for rodent-friendly conditions. Although...
Even more insidious is the danger of overtreatment. With well-insured patients inclined toward hypervigilance, doctors afraid of missing something and a reimbursement system that rewards testing over talking, there is embedded in the system a dangerous impulse toward excess. Specialists are typically paid much more to do a procedure than the family doctor who takes the time to talk through the treatment options. A doctor who does a biopsy may be paid as much as $1,600 for 15 minutes' work, notes Dr. Jerome Groopman of Harvard Medical School. "If you're an internist, you can easily spend...
...them in their sleep. Even the residents may agree: in a 2006 study in the American Journal of Medicine, both residents and attending physicians reported that they thought the risk of bad things happening because of fragmentation of care was greater than the risk from fatigue due to excess work hours. Other residents say that while they may feel more rested, they sense that they are not learning as much or as fast as they need...
...perfectly off of his fellow performers, although at times a perceptible synchronization gap widened between the soloist and orchestra. Still, Jackiw’s piercing violin danced atop the rejoicing orchestra in a stunning show of his instrument’s full capacity. Careening sometimes to a bit of excess, Jackiw nevertheless delivered a performance that earned him the audience’s adulation. Following intermission, the orchestra returned to a performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 4” after Yannatos remarked on the end of the year as “always...