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...members could be put out of business. For consumers, the choice is paying for services they have long taken for granted or buying their tickets directly from airlines or through computerized reservation systems. But dealing with the airlines could leave passengers at their mercy, with a narrow range of information. "Agents give fares and schedules for all the carriers," says Michelle Melroy Rafati of Melroy Travel in Salt Lake City, Utah. "The airlines won't be anxious to give their competitors' schedules...
...Brady Law been effective? Yes--within the narrow definition of what it was intended to do. The law was never supposed to prevent legal sales or, all by itself, to significantly reduce gun crimes. It was expected to make life more difficult for criminals by denying them legal gun sales. Because the Brady-mandated background checks are carried out by a patchwork of state and local authorities, just how effective it has been is hard to say. By federal estimates, 40,000 felons have been kept from getting handguns. In West Virginia, for example, ``we've had at least...
...President has staked much of his dwindling authority on the military offensive. As a Mexico expert in Washington put it, ``If Zedillo's military plan works quickly, fine. Markets will be happy, and everyone can get on with business.'' But if Zedillo is wrong about the narrow base of support for the Zapatistas, he might spark a guerrilla war lasting for years. And further gore a presidency that has more than five long years...
Coming off of a victory over Harvard, Brown lost its share of second place with a narrow defeat over Dartmouth. Led by junior guard Eric Blackiston, who had 29 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for the week, Brown managed to hold on to sole possession of third place in the league...
...highway's first 44 days of use were a demolition derby, with 1,002 crashes and breakdowns reported--or about one incident an hour. The numbers are not declining, say the worried Shanghai traffic police. So what's causing all the trouble? Drivers complain that the lanes are too narrow, exits too few and fellow road users too careless. Some motorists, accustomed to navigating crowded city streets, drive too slowly, explains one resident, while others ``hit the open space of the ring road, get giddy and want to drive too fast...