Word: fares
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...Fewer Nonstops. The hub-and-spoke system was created in the late 1970s and early '80s to create "fortress hubs" and full planes. For passengers, this means fewer nonstop flights, reduced meals and higher fares. The strategy faltered when low-fare carriers landed in the hubs and ticket prices dropped exponentially. But the ValuJet tragedy has devastated the low-cost carriers. When ValuJet recently announced plans to end service between Mobile, Alabama, and Atlanta (a Delta fortress hub), the lowest available fare on Delta shot up overnight from...
...volcanologically untutored, there are worse ways to learn what a volcano looks like than to see Dante's Peak. Though the story line is standard disaster-film fare, the science is generally sound. As the movie reveals, the first debris disgorged by a volcano is often a great gray mass of ash. The opaque cloud, made of pulverized rock and glass, falls like concrete snow on land and buildings miles away and may blot out the sun for days...
...Undergraduate Council: The gov jocks who got bounced from the Crimson Grille. Remember, Rudd resigned for your sins. Maybe the entire Council will follow suit. We still want our money back for that airport shuttle that never came. And we want to be reimbursed for our cab fare...
Asecond, if less pressing, problem is the question of Israel's allies in southern Lebanon, the Maronite Christian-dominated South Lebanon Army. There is no doubt that SLA soldiers and their families who live in the security zone would fare terribly if left to the mercy of groups like Hizbullah. Israel, however, feels a deep commitment to its allies and considers itself to bear the responsibility of ensuring the safety of the Lebanese Christians. Israel has no desire to be in Lebanon. The alternative, however, is far worse. With the Israel army in southern Lebanon, the targets afforded Hizbullah...
...mothers are out working, however, the quality of child care provided by others will largely determine how well the children fare under the states' new plans. To care for their children, many mothers will rely on relatives and friends, some of whom will be loving and attentive and some of whom will not. Also, the strain on the day-care system is a matter of grave concern to child-development and child-care experts. A recent study found that 40% of day-care centers for infants and toddlers gave less than the minimal standard of care. Problems ranged from safety...