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...took over the most dilapidated network in the United Kingdom," he says of the railway lines Virgin got from the old British Rail in 1997. "It hadn't had any investment in 30 years. Trains were falling apart." Virgin introduced airline-style pricing, so that the cost of business class and peak standard-fare tickets went up while pre-booked tickets got cheaper. (A testament to the power of brand: the government forced Virgin to paint its name on the trains as a condition of the sale.) Mean-while, Virgin's two long-distance lines have ranked near the bottom...
...hadn't led with my fantasy baseball joke, my reason for living would not have been shattered at an early age. So play wisely, my friends. Victory will grant you a joy matched by no other (I heard you, Shaggy). But defeat can make you feel like a little [expletive]. As Tina from Survivor said, let the games begin...
White House counsel Nolan calls Holder to ask for his opinion. Holder, aware that Barak is lobbying hard, says if there's a foreign policy benefit he's "neutral, leaning toward favorable." Quinn later testifies that Nolan told him in the days after the pardon that "if Mr. Holder hadn't participated in the process...this pardon wouldn't have happened...
...hadn't thought of it that way," Bush replied. "But you may be right...
...greatest joy of his youth and continues to be the greatest joy of mine. I can't imagine what my childhood would have been like without my father's rock 'n' roll, and I can't imagine what my taste in rock 'n' roll would be like if I hadn't learned about it from my father...