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Saddam Hussein was not Midway's only problem: the airline hobbled itself in 1989 by agreeing to pay Eastern Airlines more than $100 million for a hub in Philadelphia. But with a deepening recession, fuel prices that more than doubled with the gulf crisis and cutthroat competition in the Northeast corridor, Midway was forced to retreat and put its Philadelphia gates back on the block last year. The company ended up selling those operations to USAir for only $64.5 million. Mainly as a result of that sale, Midway posted a $139.2 million loss last year. Yet with completion...
Another possibility is that the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps will attack the Iraqi town of Najaf, a transportation hub halfway between Baghdad and the Saudi border that could act as an allied supply-and-staging post. Speed is critical to concentrate forces for an attack and then disperse before the enemy can pull itself together for a counterattack...
However, the Scheme Z highway interchange is part of the $5 billion Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel project, a desperately needed construction plan that will ease Hub traffic problems, create needed jobs and open up new space for development in down-town Boston. Scheme Z is currently the only plan that can link the Central Artery in Boston with Interstate 93 and the rest of the world, a project that must be completed...
...think Skip really enjoys a challenge. I think he sees this as his ultimate challenge," says Painter. "Harvard has great potential. It is in the Hub, it is big--a perfect place for interdisciplinary studies. Everything is there. If I was an empire builder, I would see this as a perfect opportunity...
Under Lee's firm and steady guidance, the port has evolved into a prosperous hub of commerce. But some Singaporeans have questioned the republic's puritanical social strictures, which include a campaign against overeating in restaurants. Meanwhile, Lee will retain considerable power as secretary- general of the ruling party and a senior minister in the Prime Minister's office...