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Airports resemble France before the Revolution: first-class passengers enjoy "élite" security lines and priority boarding, and disembark before the unwashed in coach--held at bay by a flight attendant--are allowed to foul the Jetway...
...technology patents that hadn't been fully exploited. Callaway discovered opportunity in one of them, dimple-in-dimple technology, which became the platform for the D2. As the name implies, it features a smaller dimple embedded inside a larger one. The result is a ball with an impressive aerodynamic flight and distance (never a problem with the Rock-Flites) that retains enough softness for spinning and respectable control around the greens. "It plays like a poor man's tour ball," says Colton...
...outlined in its annual World Health Report, released Thursday, the globe has grown so interconnected that open international cooperation is the only way to respond to infectious disease threats like avian flu. Diseases don't respect boundaries - from Bali, bird flu could hop a direct international flight to almost any country in Asia, and then the world. Avian flu has fallen out of the headlines, but that doesn't mean the disease has been eliminated, or the threat of a pandemic has disappeared. "We as humans do very well in responding to a crisis or disaster," says Michael Osterholm, director...
...with his violins. In more romantic Russian pieces, the strings can act as a swaying hammock between the spikes of the percussion and the brass. But in Shostakovich, they must be part of a shrill, totalitarian attack on the senses. The energy isn't there - after a delayed charter flight from Caracas, everyone is on three hours' sleep. Worse, these are teenagers on three hours' sleep. Dudamel is conducting the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra, the showcase of a 200,000-strong Venezuelan youth system from which he emerged. Three-quarters of the musicians - aged 12 to 26 - live below...
...squabble with cabin crew employees in January over pay and working conditions triggered flight cancellations that set BA back $150 million. Last month, a report by the Association of European Airlines placed the firm near the bottom of the region's carriers for punctuality. In a ranking of lost luggage, BA performed worse than any other airline that provided data, losing 75% more bags than Air France or Lufthansa (archrival Virgin Atlantic did not participate). Even worse, Britain's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the U.S. Department of Justice fined BA more than $500 million in August after determining...