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...stake in JetBlue, hoping to take advantage of JetBlue's strong presence in New York City to expand its reach with U.S. passengers. On April 14, Delta and Northwest agreed to a $3 billion merger, and a Continental-United union could be next. "Foreign carriers are merging to grow larger and financially stronger, and U.S. carriers have to match that to remain competitive," says Giovanni Bisignani, head of the International Air Transport Association...
...spite of it all--long lines, delays and indignities--Americans still travel. Even with a recession, demand in the U.S. is expected to grow 5% a year. Worldwide tourist visits are expected to double, to 1.6 billion, by 2020. It's one of the great missed business opportunities in recent memory: there are more flights connecting the U.S. to the rest of the world than ever, but U.S. airlines are flying fewer of them. "America led the world in aviation, and they should still be No. 1," says Steve Ridgway, CEO of Virgin Atlantic. "America built the planes that made...
...charge of everything,” said Mackay-Smith, who credited Moses with teaching her how to be an advisor. “He ran the FDO the same way he expected us to run our [dormitory] entries, which was to identify talent and resources and help people grow according to their own strengths...
...letter communicating the news of Moses’ impending retirement, Brownstein lauded the headmaster for a variety of services to the school that included seeing the endowment grow from $6 million in 1991 to $51 million this year...
...younger Gwyn, but there’s no change in his attitude towards Celeste. When asked what happened to Celeste, he says “nothing,” and it’s true. The reader can’t get involved in this, can’t grow attached, and so, even though there is some sort of emotional trajectory written into the story and some sort of movement in the work, it feels as if there is none. The only real action that the reader experiences is the progression of thought. And this is the realm that...