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Even before Sept. 11, the airline industry was in trouble. The weak economy was cutting sharply into business travel, whose high-margin tickets account for nearly 80% of industry profits. Costs were skyrocketing, pushed by labor contracts negotiated in flush times. And now travelers, worried about security and wary of delays and hassles at airports, are looking for any excuse not to fly. Upshot: airlines have cut flights 20% from pre-Sept. 11 levels, yet planes still flying are at just 65% of capacity, compared with an estimated 73% before the terror attacks...
...Harvard 35, Yale 7. The Crimson are going to flush the Bulldogs down the Yale Bowl...
...flush with pride and ready for their just desserts, suppporters will flock in even greater numbers to watch Harvard crush the hapless Elis this Saturday, to share in savoring the first Harvard-Yale victory in four long years...
...terrorists on the move, so the agencies conclude that something must be up, though they don't know what. Intelligence officials also admit that sophisticated organizations like bin Laden's often will have operatives intentionally create noise - like making cellphone calls they know spy satellites will intercept - just to flush out what the spy agencies have arrayed against them...
...range, just north of town is Alang-Alang, a small boutique resort offering handsome bungalows, a pool filled by a waterfall and, in the evening, a candlelit restaurant overlooking the sea; the rate is $100. For reservations, call (62-370) 693-518. Honeymooners or the really flush should head farther north. In vast grounds on its own headland opposite the Gili Islands is the Oberoi, Lombok's premier resort. The huge bungalows are well spaced and beautifully maintained. Some have private pools. Its showpiece is the main pool, sculpted with shallow ponds on either side like a rice terrace, disappearing...