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...here at the hub of this Government, and you have all these information-gathering capabilities and analytic capabilities at your disposal. Do you think that any of your preconceptions about problems and policies have been wrong...
...first step was to set up a new hub at Charlotte, N.C., so that passengers could travel between cities from Miami to Boston and as far west as Denver without time-consuming stops at the congested Atlanta airport. Many small and medium-size cities were good prospects for this revamped system. Says William Howard, Piedmont's president: "We looked for those routes that were underserved, where there was a need for flights." New territory opened up as the big trunk airlines cut small-volume flights to such Midwestern cities as Grand Rapids, Flint, Toledo and Fort Wayne. Last July...
...opposition candidates were poised to win governorships in at least eight states, containing 56% of Brazil's estimated 121.5 million people. Already given up for lost by the P.D.S. was the governor's race in the wealthy state of Sao Paulo (pop. 25 million), the teeming industrial hub that produces about 40% of Brazil's $283 billion gross domestic product. The likely winner in São Paulo was Andre Franco Montoro, 66, candidate of the center-left Brazilian Democratic Movement (P.M.D.B.). Said Montoro of his assumed victory: "Our only commitment is to substitute democratic practice...
...understand why your story on John Updike did not mention his imagery. Anyone who has read Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu will long remember sentences like this one: "The crowd, like an immense sail going limp in a change of wind, sighed with relief...
Frustration is the foundation of sports in Boston. Sure, the Hub is treated to an occasional championship team, but the famous losses are what stand out most in local memories: the seventh games of the '67 and '75 World Series, the '78 Red Sox playoff, the Bruins' seventh-game overtime loss to Montreal...