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...Considering that thanks to worsening gridlock, the average commuter spends 36 hours a year sitting in traffic, according to a new report, a little unemployment - and a stifling summer for the economy - could go a long...
There is plenty of blame to go around. But Garvey, who is a Democrat in a Republican administration and has what must be the most punishing job in Washington, tap-danced around any overt criticisms of the biggest offenders: the airlines that have overscheduled existing airports into gridlock (and have a history of discouraging the building of new airports); members of Congress who have contributed to the mess; and a 747-ful of government officials who for years have failed to get ahead of air traffic problems...
Takizawa does greet the mostly Japanese well-wishers after his show; two days later, while waiting for Akira Onozuka's Zucca show to begin, he goes virtually unnoticed. Compare that with the presence of Tom Ford, creative director of the Gucci Group, who caused major gridlock at the Les AnnEes de Pop opening at the Pompidou Center. "They don't have the sex factor," Self-Service's Koller says of the Japanese designers. "Fashion today is about being a pop star...
...motto is Excellence). In 1981, he became a reporter in the Business section, just in time to catch the din of the roaring '80s. He helped chronicle the rise of the business celebrity, writing covers on Michael Eisner and Ralph Lauren, and the consumer side of business, like "Gridlock" and "Bad Service," and he edited one on "The Simple Life." As Business editor toward the end of the '80s, he had many encounters with the darker side, including a cover story called "A Game of Greed," in which RJR-Nabisco chief Ross Johnson's callous quotes about his proposed leveraged...
After two weeks of debate on campaign finance reform, the nation should be proud of its Senate. With yesterday’s passage of the McCain-Feingold bill, the body has bucked its leadership and defied the expectation that a session so divided would produce only gridlock. Through compromises reached between reasonable members of opposing parties, the public’s demand for reform was translated into effective legislation. The result of this remarkable effort is a fair, bipartisan bill that will pave the way for more such open debates, instead of superfluous party-line votes and prepared statements that...