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Although national and international events may seem remote, they impact our everyday lives. President George W. Bush's tax cut should affect the lives of Floridians every bit as much as the upcoming air show in Fort Lauderdale, fascinating though it may be. Citizens may wonder why military spending is set to increase under Bush's tax plan if they have no idea of America's commitments abroad...
...open access" to the air-control system. It's time to shoot that dogma. The new philosophy should be strictly capitalistic: If you want it badly enough, pay for it. In congressional testimony last fall, John Carr, head of the air-traffic controllers' union, pointed out that at Dallas-Fort Worth airport, where the departure rate is 11 aircraft in a five-minute period, airlines were scheduling 16 takeoffs at the very same time. LaGuardia Airport in New York City has become Exhibit A of airline excess. Although the facility can accommodate 75 flights an hour, at times there...
...open access" to the air-control system. It's time to shoot that dogma. The new philosophy should be strictly capitalistic: if you want it badly enough, pay for it. In congressional testimony last fall, John Carr, head of the air-traffic controllers' union, pointed out that at Dallas-Fort Worth airport, where the departure rate is 11 aircraft in a five-minute period, airlines were scheduling 16 takeoffs at the very same time. LaGuardia Airport in New York City has become Exhibit A of airline excess. Although the facility can accommodate 75 flights an hour, at times there...
...sold a previous start-up to Southwest Airlines, can often be found flitting around jetBlue's gates at Terminal 6 at John F. Kennedy Airport, the company's home base, chatting with the passengers filling his spanking-new blue-and-white jets. From J.F.K., jetBlue flies to Burlington, Vt.; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Ontario, Calif.; and eight other cities. One-way fares range from...
Frier was fortunate that public knowledge of her health condition caused people to rally for her. Disclosure of health status to employers and colleagues is often the source of one of the most daunting fears chronically ill people face. Dawn Quick, 39, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was found to have hepatitis C in 1996. Devastated, she nonetheless continued to work as a legal assistant in a prominent law firm. But she shared the news of her condition--in confidence, she thought--with her supervisor. In no time, people began to express condolences. "It was awful-- people coming...