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...institute a two-drink maximum b) stop showing Miss Congeniality on every cross-country flight c) make flights actually leave the runway d) eliminate coach...
...local water in Erath County shows increasing levels of nitrates, ammonia and fecal coliform bacteria. A farmer hired an independent water-monitoring firm and learned fecal coliform counts in his creek were running from 50,000 units per 100 milliliters to millions and even billions of units. The maximum is supposed to be 200. The increased phosphorus downriver threatens the water quality for the whole area. John Young, editor of the Waco Tribune-Herald, says the water is not fit for carp. He also says there have been so many taste and odor "events"--the euphemism for bad days--that...
...responded to the Mitchell Report and other mediation initiatives principally as a means of outflanking its adversary in the battle for international public opinion. But the cease-fire they concluded existed in name only - in practice there was a policy of restraint by both sides designed to extract maximum diplomatic advantage, but little evidence that either side is anticipating a resumption of the peace process any time soon...
Then there's the safety issue, a big one for consumers who are leery of "new" airlines that fly 25-year-old planes. JetBlue flies only factory-fresh, state-of-the-art A320s. Neeleman has fitted each with 162 seats--vs. the A320's 180-seat maximum...
...Concepts & Culture gives away thousands of T shirts, stickers, posters and CD samplers to "street teams" of young volunteers (speaking of free) who spread the buzz to other kids in skate parks, high schools and concert parking lots. It's peer-to-peer marketing done with minimal investing and maximum effect. "Everybody wants free stuff," he says with a laugh. "And if a16-year-old has a backpack full of cool gear to hand out, he feels like a king...