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...captain Brian Murray, the memory of the way pilots and crew were treated during the airline bankruptcies of the 1980s still stings. "Planes were parked. Crews were out and had to find their own way home," says the former Piedmont Airlines pilot. "We were bringing people home in the cockpit and in the back of the cabin." After 23 years of flying mainline American carriers, Murray, 54, says he became "tired of watching senior management march through the airline and leave with huge golden parachutes...
...July 2004 he jumped too, from U.S. Airways to Dubai-based Emirates. His new company provides him with a freshly pressed uniform and a chauffeur-driven car to each flight. Murray has twice the vacation time (42 days), guaranteed annual raises and a benefits package that has lured more than 100 U.S. pilots to Emirates over the past four years. One-third of the 23 former U.S. Airways pilots at Emirates had the option to return when the airline recalled them from furlough after the cuts in 2004. Only one did. "It's just not worth it," Murray says. "Employees...
Griff Jenkins doesn’t like waiting.At the plate, Jenkins’ favorite pitch is the first pitch. And if it’s a fastball, like the one he launched out of Brown’s Murray Stadium for his only collegiate home run last April, even better.Jenkins isn’t waiting to visit the altar, either. He’s engaged to marry his high school sweetheart, Ashley, this summer.But Jenkins, a senior second baseman, has had to wait for the better part of four years for a regular gig on the Crimson infield...
...first day of competition there was a 200-point gap separating the second place Crimson from the rest of the pack.Harvard showed its strength in the freestyle relays, bookending the weekend with victories in the 200- and 400-yard events. Freshmen Katy Hinkle, Ali Slack, and Laura Murray, along with senior anchor Amanda Slaight, set school records in both events and made the “B” cut for the NCAA championships.The 200-free relay provided particular excitement, as the Crimson found itself trailing in the final leg. But Slaight refused to give in and posted...
...video boxes he instantly erases all the tapes, rendering them useless. The demand by a stern lady of the neighborhood, Miss Falewicz (Mia Farrow, a living connection to the Zelig trope), to watch Ghostbusters sends the guys scurrying to make their own 20-min. version of the old Bill Murray comedy, and finish it by nightfall...