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...some $2 billion, 1982 has been one of the worst in airline history. Yet not all airlines are finding the skies unfriendly, and not all flights are cheap. Piedmont Airlines, a rapidly growing regional carrier based in Winston-Salem, N.C., has no trouble filling seats on the 317-mile flight from Myrtle Beach, S.C., to Atlanta, for instance, even William Howard though the lowest round-trip fare is $148. One reason: no other airline connects those two cities. While its debt-ridden, giant competitors are struggling to balance their books, Piedmont's revenues, passenger volume and earnings are climbing...
...years it presided gaily over the chaos that Bostonians call Kenmore Square, welcoming Red Sox fans to near by Fenway Park, students to Boston University, and, on every Patriot's Day in April, weary runners to the last half-mile of the city's famed marathon. With its red, white and blue neon pulsating gaudily above the rooftops, the sign advertising Citgo, the Cities Service Company's trademark, somehow seemed right for Boston; for all its tackiness, the great ad in the sky fitted in. But now a threat looms over the garish and beloved landmark: Cities...
...fazed sophomores Jenny Sticker and Kate Wiley, who were both named to the All-American cross-country squad earlier this year. They finished one-two in the 1500-meter race and Stickler's 4.20.9 set a new facility record. They later went on to give the two-mile relay team an easy victory...
...same direction will land on the same spot--not necessarily the one at which they were aimed Wind and the electromagnetic effects of nuclear explosions will cause an unknown but significant amount of deflection. There is no military point in having five nuclear missiles land all together half a mile from their target. They would annihilate the neighborhood but leave a properly "hardened" silo intact...
...thinclads also took first in both the mile and two-mile relays. UNH challenged the Crimson in the final yards of the mile relay, but anchorwoman Kathy Busby held off her competitor...