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There is one surprise awaiting the industry. This week lame-duck Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater is expected to issue long-anticipated and controversial "competition guidelines," which the big airlines have tried for years to fend off. The document will give detailed definitions of what constitutes predatory behavior and unfair methods of competition. The guidelines will, for the first time since deregulation, allow the DOT wide latitude in looking into the subtle ways competition can be affected. For instance, if a large airline threatens vendors who offer their services to start-up airlines, the new rules would let the DOT move...
...Ashcroft's primary mission was to fend off attacks from Democrats, who assailed his record on civil rights and questioned his dedication to "sensible gun laws." The nominee, who appeared fairly energetic at 10 a.m., seemed to age 15 years during the course of the marathon day. And while Ashcroft held his own as the accusations intensified, Democratic senators Joe Biden, Dick Durbin and Edward Kennedy appeared especially eager to land as many blows as possible, roaring across their table at the frustrated nominee, who asked several times for "uninterrupted time to respond...
...viper venoms--particularly those from the genus Bothrops, of which the Central American terciopelo snake is a member--contain compounds that closely resemble substances used by white blood cells to fend off bacterial infections. Some of these substances work by damaging or disrupting lipids within the bacterial cell wall. A decade ago, microbiologists Edgardo Moreno, of Costa Rica's National University, and Bruno Lomonte, of the University of Costa Rica, realized that a muscle-destroying toxin in terciopelo venom behaved the same...
...recession. In fact, many economists insist it won't. And they credit many of the virtues of the New Economy. It was, after all, enhanced productivity brought on by technological innovation that brought us the economic boom that is now slowing. And increased productivity may help the economy fend off some looming threats. Spikes in energy prices, for example, helped kick the economy into its last three recessions. Oil prices are soaring once again, but the U.S. economy is now able to produce twice as much output per unit of energy as it did 30 years ago, and the convergence...
...more ambitious solution would be to convince donors to give to a central donation fund controlled by the administration, instead of allowing each donor to pick his or her pet project and leave the rest of the University to fend for itself. Then, funds could be directed to the departments or facilities that most urgently need them, not the ones that naturally attract the greatest attention from financial heavyweights...