Word: moving
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...Hartford because he felt the new $374 million stadium the Nutmeg State was building for him would not be completed before 2002. In building a new Foxboro Stadium, Kraft will have a much lesser deal, footing part of the bill himself. After all the hype of the planned move to Connecticut, in the final analysis, the owner simply couldn't take the chance that the new location would detract from the team's fan base. Bostonians would be hesitant to drive the couple of hours to see the team play, especially if they are not playoff-bound...
...assertion that he senses danger in the boy). The story doesn't really center on Anakin but on the Jedi, which is probably a mistake, because neither Qui-Gon nor Obi-Won is an engaging enough character to give the movie the gas it needs to really move...
...Passengers and smaller airlines have long complained that the major carriers have used deregulation to concentrate their power around key travel hubs, which they then use to chase out competitors and raise prices. "Justice?s move squarely addresses one of the major tactics large carriers have used to create fortress hubs," says Greenwald. It is also another indication that the resurgent antitrust division, under the activist leadership of Joel Klein, is determined to have an impact on the conduct of the nation?s business. Though the division has been tolerant of most mergers, says Greenwald, "it has been wary...
...seasonal setback. Two key Democratic senators, Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad, both of North Dakota, said on Tuesday that they would not back the pre-Memorial Day effort to pass a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning. The two said they would instead support a flag-desecration statute. The move once again puts the amendment in mortal danger, since their votes are essential to achieve the necessary two thirds majority in the Senate, reports TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. Last time a flag amendment came to the Senate floor in 1995, it failed to pass by three votes...
...flag-desecration statute, however, is largely symbolic. Even if it passed the Senate, the Supreme Court has ruled twice in recent years that flag-desecration laws violate the First Amendment right to free speech -- thus the attempt to amend the Constitution. "Dorgan and Conrad?s decision seems largely a move to protect themselves on the patriotism front, without giving Republicans the political win they want," says Dickerson. But their decision is unlikely to sideline the issue for good -- the GOP has found it to be a rallying point among its supporters. "Republicans believe it works better than prayers...