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...ourselves off. We are getting worn out. Our business leaders need to realize that people who work all the time don't spend as much money on goods and services. If America's workers could take their earned vacation, their time away from work might give the economy a kick. Louis Sivo Santa Clara, California, U.S. A City on the Seas Re "A whale of a boat" [June 19]: not only do behemoth cruise ships such as Freedom of the Seas clog ports and squeeze in huge numbers of passengers, they also dump city-size volumes of sewage and bilgewater...
...backseat began to kick and pistol-whip him, ordering him to "confess" to being a Sunni and demanding to know his name. For months, Omar had heard stories of Sunni boys and men being snatched, tortured and killed by Shi'ite death squads. Because Omar is a common Sunni name, he claimed to be "Haider," a Shi'ite. But not only did his captors know his real name, they even knew that Omar had been named after his father. "They kept saying, "Omar, son of Omar, you have an evil name," he says...
...extravaganza been so inflamed by scandal. An inquiry into match fixing in the Italian Serie A soccer league looks set to bring the enforced relegation of four leading clubs. A few hundred kilometers to the north, several much-fancied entrants in this year's Tour de France find themselves kicking their heels on the roadside after a doping row. Meanwhile the sport of kings - the polite name for British horse [an error occurred while processing this directive] racing - has been cast into turmoil by an alleged betting fraud and the arrest of Kieren Fallon, one of its most accomplished jockeys...
...Plotting the killings, Eric discusses a preoccupation shared by many teenagers - what to wear: "Sometime in April me and [Klebold] will get revenge and will kick natural selection up a few notches. We will be in all black. Dusters, black army pants...we will have knifes and blades and backup weaponry all over our bodies...
...breaks for nongambling development, the competitive threat of slots in neighboring states and the 2003 opening of the first new casino in 13 years finally kick-started the city. Borgata, with its scantily clad cocktail waitresses and $150 dinners, raised the ante for the industry. "It's kind of like when Steve Wynn opened the Mirage," says chef Flay, referring to Vegas' first megacasino, which opened in 1989. After Wynn made a volcano, everyone built over...