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...with Amtrak. Illinois, for instance, is helping finance a $400 million high-speed link between Chicago and St. Louis. If Congress would provide matching funds, the states would have added incentive to invest. In high-density parts of the Midwest, Florida, Texas and the West Coast, intercity rail could gain 20% to 30% of the travel market--just as Amtrak commands 40% of mass-transit trips between New York City and Washington...
...Number of pounds the average American gains during the holiday season--a contrast to the 5-to-10-lb. gain of popular belief...
...major industry restructuring may be on the way. Look for discounters to gain even more market share and for some of the majors to merge. Worst hit will be the mid-sized players: the chief executive of British Midland, the U.K.'s second-largest airline, conceded this month that B.M.I. needs to adopt low-cost principles and forge alliances with other airlines to survive...
...school faculty also said HLS would gain very little from moving to Allston, while other schools—particularly FAS—would benefit from the additional physical space available in Cambridge...
...novel centers on the ambitious Charlotte Swenson, a model who will do almost anything to gain entrance into “the mirrored room,” a magical place whose inhabitants embody success and fame. Her failure to revive her modeling career leads her to alcoholism, a sort of selective amnesia and depression. Desperate to attain her dream, Charlotte signs on to a new commercial venture best described as the Internet version of “The Real World” or The Truman Show. As the project takes on a life of its own, nurtured by the public?...