Word: heapings
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...heap of the airline business is littered with start-ups that tried to imitate a successful carrier and failed. But these are desperate times. Next week, 75-year-old Delta Airlines, which is losing money along with most other major airlines, will announce details of its own start-up airline called Song. Other major carriers have tried this tune before: US Airways and United started mini-airlines mainly to compete with low-cost king Southwest Airlines, but neither one is flying today...
Size may not be everything, but you could almost see Apple grow in stature at Macworld in San Francisco last week. Steve Jobs, who typically unveils one mystery product at the end of his keynote address, this time revealed a surprisingly large heap of new gear. Two dimension-conscious laptops grabbed headlines: the world's widest, with a 17-in. screen ($3,299, as carried by Mini-Me actor Verne Troyer) and the world's smallest, with a 12-in. screen ($1,799, endorsed by NBA giant Yao Ming). Their coolest feature: keyboards that automatically light up in the dark...
...labels dispose of surplus or discontinued albums by selling them to middlemen for less than $1 per disc, according to industry executives. In most cases, artists who would ordinarily be paid royalties for album sales get nothing once their work is destined for the bargain bin or scrap heap, says Donald Passman, author of All You Need To Know About the Music Business and attorney to major acts such as Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson and R.E.M. Few musicians complain, how-ever, so "I don't think the record companies will get too concerned about it," says Giouw of the IFPI...
...seen as a long shot to beat Bush is being held up as the "get" of the pre-election warm-up. Lieberman, Kerry and North Carolina's John Edwards have each asked Gore for his support, and he has gone out of his way to heap praise on Tom Daschle and Dick Gephardt, both of whom are also entertaining the idea of running. Who will Gore back? For the moment, anyway, the former candidate is playing coy. "It's really early to make any kind of accurate assessment of what their strengths and weaknesses, respectively, will turn...
...have been the heap of counterevidence—including sworn affidavits by Tulane and Harvard coaches suggesting Minuto had exaggerated his football credentials to Murphy and Tall. Or it may have been the sheer implausibility of winning admission on the strength of alleged promises by an Ivy League football coach—especially since Harvard admissions offers described Minuto as “very weak academically.” (Minuto’s transfer application, public record since being introduced in the suit, reveals a 3.33 grade point average at Tulane his first semester, a 1260 SAT score...