Word: mile
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...remote valley in Afghanistan, just across the border from the rugged mountains of Pakistan, where al-Qaeda has re-established training camps. With dogs barking, cows chewing and a watchful camel resting, the heavily armed U.S. force trudged through irrigated fields and muddy Pashtun villages--cordoning off a 3.5-mile-long area and searching each of 150 residential compounds that dangle off the nosebleed hillsides by the Kakh and Khardala rivers. "We aim to get the maximum number of people on the ground at once," says Major Mike Richardson, paratroops operations officer. "It gives us shock value...
...does Southwest do it? The answer starts with lower costs. The Air Transport Association reports that other major airlines (American, United, Delta, Northwest, Continental, U.S. Airways, America West and Alaska) had unit costs--measured in cost per seat for each mile flown--nearly 100% higher than Southwest. A study by the consulting arm of Unisys concluded that the other majors would need to cut spending a staggering $18 billion just to level the playing field with Southwest. The airline "has long-term, systemic advantages the other carriers can likely never match," says Vaughn Cordle, an airline pilot who heads...
...nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula, and Jiang said there'd been a frank exchange on Taiwan. Earlier, he called for greater Sino-American cooperation, but emph-asised Beijing's independence of Washington's aims, quoting Confucius: "In human relationships, a gentleman seeks harmony but not uniformity." MEANWHILE The Mile-Wide Club Ever felt the person sitting next to you on the plane should have bought two seats? Then you'll sympathize with Barbara Hewson of Swansea, Wales, who received $20,000 from Virgin Atlantic for injuries she suffered after being squashed for 11 hours by an obese passenger...
...McGonagall, Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid and Richard Harris - who died last week - as Dumbledore. Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) and his nasty pals are still hatching nefarious plots. Production designer Stuart Craig's Diagon Alley - a teetering jumble of Tudor and Georgian magic shops - is still standing. Hogwarts Castle's mile-high central staircase continues to twist and turn according to its own whims. Columbus has included all of the book's greatest moments: Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint, 14, in whose voice you can hear the raspy effects of puberty) receives a "howler" telegram from his mother, which screams almost...
...caught [Bienvenu], and he ran right with me for the next mile. That was key, for we both had great races because of that one stretch,” Galebach said...