Word: expression
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Early on, the talks ran into turbulent weather. A Government proposal to increase the number of flights at Kennedy and La Guardia while reducing traffic at nearby Newark ran into objections from People Express. The cut-rate carrier, which uses Newark for its popular shuttle service to Washington and Boston, angrily protested that any cutback would restrain competition for the benefit of a larger airline. The carrier it meant was Eastern, which runs a rival shuttle operation from La Guardia...
...agreement calls for Midway to operate four of Air Florida's seven Boeing 737 jets and to hire about 235 of the airline's 1,200 employees. The aircraft will fly under the name Midway Express to help rekindle confidence among Air Florida customers, hundreds of whom were left with worthless tickets when the carrier went bankrupt. Midway Express will offer inexpensive, low-frills flights instead of Midway's regular service, which is aimed at business travelers. The acquisition, expected to cost Midway about $7 million, will allow the carrier to expand into Florida and take over...
Much of the league's red ink flows from lavish salaries to star players. The Express signed Quarterback Steve Young to a lifetime contract reputed to be worth $36 million. Young's paychecks are already proving to be a strain on Express Owner William Oldenburg, who heads a San Francisco company that arranges loans for construction projects. Oldenburg is in financial trouble, and his team is up for sale...
...move came soon after its owners, American Express and Warner Communications, made an initial public offering of 5.1 million shares of MTV stock. The video purveyor now hopes to make many of its new investors loyal viewers as well...
...think there is a general recognition that things should have been done differently in Grenada," concluded longtime Associated Press Pentagon Correspondent Fred Hoffman. Said John MacLean, Washington news editor for the Chicago Tribune: "It's good that they sat down and had both military and press people express their feelings. It remains to be seen how it works out in practice." The commission's report summed up the situation: "An adversarial relationship between the media and the Government, including the military, is healthy and helps guarantee that both institutions do a good job. The appropriate media role...