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...flights handled by the airline. Now, USAir is USAirways, and that number is 45 percent and falling. The airline has informed its employees that as many as 220 workers at BWI, or one fourth of the 860 full-and part-time gate workers, ticket agents and mechanics, will be laid off as USAirways continues a cost-cutting reorganization of its hub system by routing more flights through Philadelphia. The moves are an attempt to continue the remaking of US Airways into the giant it once was and not the bloated behemoth that did not have a profitable year between...
...much he is worth; his visible assets include mansions in Switzerland and Spain, several homes in Belgium, a town house in Paris, a villa near Monte Carlo and a horse ranch in Portugal. But while the President and other members of his kleptocracy profited handsomely, Mobutu's leadership laid waste the economy. In 1994 Zaire's per capita GNP was $125 (70% lower than it was in 1958), and prices rose an average of 23,773%, the highest level ever recorded anywhere. Industry runs at 10% capacity--which means that while the wives of government ministers peruse posh Kinshasa boutiques...
Still, the comics panels which are on display are well worth seeing. Many, though not all, of the panels have been translated into English; a reading knowledge of French will be helpful but not essential to figuring out what's going on. The exhibit, laid out in roughly chronological order, starts by giving the viewer background on the classic comic weeklies Spirou and Pilote--started up in Belgium in 1938 and in France in 1959, respectively--which gave shape to the gradually maturing aesthetic of French comics. The commentary will take you through the first appearance of the "clean line...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: In a pre-Helsinki summit meeting with President Clinton, Yevgeny Primakov continued his push to wring the maximum possible concessions out of the U.S. before NATO begins its eastward expansion. With the Russian Foreign Minister taking an increasingly hard line towards expansion, Clinton laid several concessions out on the table. Among them were a charter to give Russian more participation in NATO proceedings, joint peacekeeping operations similar to those in Bosnia and promises that NATO would not deploy troops in substantial numbers in newly admitted states. But because none of the proposals addressed one of Russia's most...
...with a temporary settlement that will allow construction to continue on the Palestinian-controlled Gaza Airport. Hussein and Netanyahu both suggested that all parties were determined not to allow disagreement over the settlements to completely derail peace talks. But Hussein admonished reporters: "Do not expect that everything will be laid out in front...