Word: fleetness
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...race ended more than an hour before the Strokes’ bus was scheduled to head off to the Fleet Center for their performance...
...effort to impose order, Saleh has tried more subtle measures too. Until a year ago, it was normal for cars, especially those belonging to affluent tribal leaders, to move about Yemen's roads without license plates. Saleh set an example, now widely followed, by putting plates on his fleet. The U.S. has repeatedly told Saleh that America will help him fight terrorism, but if the problem remains unsolved, the U.S. will deal with it without the Yemenis. "They make a number of promises, not all of which they deliver on," says a U.S. official. "There's much more they could...
...Rolling Stones routinely have the most profitable tours in the music industry. In the 1990s alone, they racked up $750 million dollars in earnings, and the “Licks” tour should be no different. For the Fleet Center show, ticket prices ranged from $50 for the nosebleed seats to $350 for a close up view of a Jagger jiggle. Scalped tickets went for hundreds of dollars more, ranging up to the thousands. Inside, the giant corporate tour machine found other ways to fleece inebriated concert goers. Flimsy t-shirts were being sold for $35 or $45. Even...
...Sunday, at the Freshman Invite at Harvard, skipper Vince Porter and crew Britton Tullo dominated the fleet, winning all but one race...
...Meanwhile, the U.S. still boasts a clear military edge. China's newest weapons from Russia?a pair of Sovremenny-class destroyers with advanced Sunburn anti-ship missiles, and four Kilo-class submarines?could damage the U.S. fleet. But U.S. ships and their systems "were designed to deal with the much more capable Soviet Navy with scores of excellent subs," says Walter Slocombe, Under Secretary of Defense in the Clinton years...