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Even more suspect is a claim by Masters that 24-hour access might lessen House spirit. House spirit? Between 1 and 8 a.m.? The only kind of spirit limited to House residents by locking the doors at 1 a.m. is the kind that comes in a bottle or goes on between two people behind closed doors...
American's consolidation plans would provide consumers with some benefits. The deals would lessen airport congestion and reduce flight delays because American could route passengers through TWA's former St. Louis hub rather than through crowded Chicago or Dallas. Some jetliners now take off with many empty seats--tying up scarce runway and air-traffic space--because carriers tend to jam competing flights into the same popular time slots. Fewer carriers would mean fewer overlapping flights. Passengers could also get service to more cities on the same carrier, a benefit for those who want to concentrate their frequent-flyer miles...
...might very well have led to more efficient technologies or to greater emphasis on conservation. The long-term solution to our energy troubles, after all, won't come from increasing supply simply because our supply for energy is not yet unlimited. The one effective means we have is to lessen our demand. Perhaps, had prices been left alone, this might actually have occurred...
...make as a result of the activities of the free market have been anaesthetized by political will in the opposite direction. This political will becomes the most powerful weapon against the Bush administration's incredibly short-sighted and frighteningly irreversible environmental agenda: Our society cannot afford to lessen its impact by misplacing its faith in the market...
...your health. Isn't it time that the long-suffering coach-class travelers make some demands on the international airlines? How about giving us a modicum of extra seating space to improve comfort in what I call the cattle class? And what about cleaner, fresher cabin air to lessen the likely spread of bacterial infections? It is ironic that we probably experienced a better quality of cabin air before smoking was prohibited. SYLVIA GON Johannesburg...