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High prices--along with some serious attention to expenses--also help drive profitability. Thanks in part to low labor expenses and the efficiencies of flying a relatively new fleet of planes, it costs Emirates only 8.5¢ to carry one passenger one mile (the cost per available seat mile, or CASM, a common industry measurement), which is better than most of its competitors' rates and rivals that of legendary cost king Southwest Airlines (which has a CASM of 6.5¢, excluding fuel). Emirates' operating margins--13% in 2004-- not only are much better than those of comparable airlines Singapore...
...feel special; an ego boost is the last thing most of us need. I bring it up to remind you that, in all likelihood, you will never again be surrounded by 6,500 people who can teach and challenge you more than the people who live within a square mile of you right...
...Andrew, thank you for the lecture, you say, but I can’t fight against an entire culture that demands that my résumé is a mile long and my leadership experience is extensive and important-sounding. I’ve got to get a job in this crazy world...
...first day, I feel as if I've ridden a roller coaster for six hours. The second day brings no respite. At Michelin's Laurens Proving Grounds, we take turns on a larger track. The skid pad here is a half-mile oval surrounded by wide swaths of muddy grass. Spin out, and you wind up in the weeds, which is where I find myself a couple of times. For the course's finale, we split into teams and, racing against the clock, tear through a slalom. When my turn arrives, my adrenaline is pumping so hard that...
...about the health of the children. She points to a child of about 4 and says that the girl contracted malaria the week before. The woman had carried her grandchild on her back for the six miles to the local hospital. When they got there, there was no quinine, the antimalarial medicine, available that day. With the child in high fever, the two were sent home and told to return the next day. In a small miracle, when they returned after another six-mile trek, the quinine had come in, and the child responded to treatment and survived...