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...real love-hate relationship with the two airlines, which offer some of the lowest fares around Europe, but have become infamous for their bare-bones service and exorbitant add-on fees. The numbers suggest that travelers have been happy enough to continue flying with them - their annual passenger load has increased dramatically from a combined 13 million customers in 2000 to more than 100 million today. But passenger complaints have spiked in recent years, too. Since 2005, Ryanair's complaints have increased by 70% and easyJet's are up by a third, according to a report released earlier this month...
...sense of duty also comes from a very personal and dark place. There's a remarkable scene in the pilot in which he uses the threat of his quick draw to talk down a thug with a shotgun pointed at Givens' head - "Can you rack in a load before I put a hole through you?" - which left me with a thorough man crush on him. But then he bashes the goon's face against a steering wheel for a bit of back talk, and for a fleeting second, a flash of pure fury glints in his eyes...
...Nature.” Lou Reed is just the right man to feature in the song, his aloof monotone casually capturing the essence of the repetitive and opaque lyrics—“Some kind of mixture / Some kind of gold / Some kind of majesty / Some chemical load / Some kind of metal made up from glue / Some kind of plastic I could wrap around you.” While these lyrics present nothing in the way of narrative or even clear subject matter, the concepts of industrial fakeness and natural richness seem partially reconciled...
...Connor was not the only Crimson grappler to make it to the podium, though, as co-captain Louis Caputo and freshman Steven Keith also enjoyed standout tournaments. The three wrestlers who have shouldered much of the load for Harvard all season took the opportunity to shine on the individual stage, taking first, second, and third in their respective weight classes...
Pacific Investment Management Co., based in Newport Beach, Calif., and manager of the world's biggest bond mutual fund, is warning investors that Britain's stratospheric debt load is resting on a bed of uncertainty comparable to "nitroglycerin." If Britain is receiving such harsh criticism from money managers, can the U.S. be far behind...