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Celebrate by watching Episodes IV through VI (let's be real, I-III were just bad, sorry Natalie). Or, set up a Jedi church. Or learn things that may well have had nothing to do with any of the movies or George Lucas...
...Thatcher's true genius was her relentless focus on making policy in support of a remarkably prosaic goal: to let middle-class folk feel that hard work would be rewarded in a better future for their children. Prosaic - but a profound break with what had gone before. Thatcher, the daughter of a grocer from a small town in the dullest county of England, spoke for all those with zippered cardigans and frocks from Marks & Spencer who pottered around garden centers over the weekend, dreaming that they could one day afford something more than a camping trip to France in August...
...those who would be Mexico-bound, however, most airlines are waiving change fees - but not always refunding money. Continental, which has cut capacity to Mexico by 50%, is allowing passengers to postpone trips to Mexico without penalty for all flights departing the U.S. through May 15. Delta will let you trade in your tickets to Mexico for another destination altogether without a change fee for flights leaving through May 16. American Airlines is offering refunds for all tickets to Mexico for flights through May 31. Click here to get the details of most major airline policies...
...whole, though, "people are still flying," says Hoyt, emphasizing that there are some great travel deals to be had right now. "Travelers should take precautions, but they should let science, meaning the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization, dictate their decisions," says Hoyt. "Right now the only place they're saying to be careful is in Mexico...
...Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova warned his countrymen Saturday evening that it's "premature to say we've passed the [outbreak's] most worrisome moment." But the positive flu-containment news coming from the government may well put public pressure on Calderón to let businesses like restaurants open sooner than the end of the long Cinco de Mayo weekend on Tuesday. With few people on the streets on what is usually a bustling Mexico holiday, businessmen like taxi driver Francisco Diaz are chafing. "I've been driving all day and all I've got to show...