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...American and United Airlines' multifaceted, one-giant-washes-the-other deal - in which American buys TWA and some of DCAir and United buys most of USAir - goes through, the two carriers would share half the U.S. sky among them. And that prospect has Continental and Delta itching for a merger of their own - one, those companies say, they'd make out of necessity but not desire...
Before the Radcliffe-Harvard merger in 1999, RUS was the student governing body of Radcliffe College. After the merger, RUS members took more than six months before applying for official Harvard student group status...
Last spring, the committee passed a major curriculum restructuring of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) and a merger plan for two elementary schools. Both votes were unanimous and members congratulated themselves on working out their differences...
...consistent split emerged in the committee. After one unanimous vote on relocating an elementary school, the committee split four-three on school choice at CRLS and also split along the same four-three lines on two other key votes on a bilingual program and on an elementary school merger...
Earlier this month, instant messaging (or IM for short) made headlines when it became the final sticking point in the biggest merger in history, the deal that joined AOL and Time Warner (proud owner of this magazine) in corporate matrimony. The Federal Communications Commission wouldn't approve the union without special conditions regarding AOL's IM policy. Why the fuss? After all, some nonsophisticates argue, IM is just a kid's toy--e-mail for the Dawson's Creek crowd...