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...Despite the threat of a lawsuit, Ryanair sees the back and forth as all in good fun. "People expect airlines to poke fun at each other. We make comments about Stelios and he makes comments about us. That's just the way the world works," says Stephen McNamara, spokesman for the airline. Did things go too far this time? McNamara doesn't think so: "Pinocchio is a much-loved character. ... It's probably increased Stelios' profile quite a bit." EasyJet, however, doesn't believe the ad was harmless. "I don't think that's the way it's been interpreted...
...seven and a half innings, the second game against UNC Greensboro was a competitive, back-and-forth contest...
...disorientation starts in the very first minute. The play opens in the future - the year 2039, according to the program - as an elderly man stands amid an apocalyptic deluge of rain, and a fish falls out of the sky. We then move back and forth in time, in seemingly random order, with characters from different time periods - sometimes older and younger versions of the same person - often overlapping on the stage. Only gradually do the stories emerge of two apparently unrelated families, one in London and one in Australia, who have been scarred in different ways by tragedy and abandonment...
...earthquake that hit the nation on Jan. 12, killing more than 200,000 people, left a hole on one side of the structure, exposing a black wrought-iron staircase. The quake ripped open the building's opposite side, where detritus like metal, concrete, chairs, desks and paper scraps spewed forth like volcanic lava...
...drawing bipartisan support. The Administration's proposed overhaul of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act could resonate with Republicans, many of whom have been disappointed with the results of George W. Bush's signature education initiative. President Obama's blueprint, which was sent to Congress on Monday, sets forth an ambitious national standard - to have all students graduate high school ready for college or a career by 2020 - but leaves the specifics on how to achieve this goal up to state and local authorities. "Yes, we set a high bar," Obama said in his weekly radio address...