Word: northwest
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...American market, fly into more U.S. cities and pick up more American travelers for its transatlantic flights. Although foreign ownership of American airlines is limited to a 49% stake and 25% of voting stock, European and Asian carriers have rushed to make deals. KLM Royal Dutch bought 20% of Northwest in 1989, and in 1988 Pan Pacific Hoteliers Inc., a subsidiary of Japan Airlines, took a 20% position in Hawaiian Airlines...
...weather is such an inescapable part of life in the Pacific Northwest that the Seattle tourism industry touts it as "liquid sunshine." This year, though, the slogan will have to be shelved in the face of the worst regionwide drought in decades. Along with other legendarily soaked cities like Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, B.C., Seattle has imposed water restrictions, urging citizens to take shorter showers and banning the use of lawn sprinklers. The lush, green vegetation has begun to turn brown. Mule deer does are having trouble finding enough food in the woods to produce milk for their fawns...
...real danger to spotted owls in the Pacific Northwest, says Agriculture Secretary Edward Madigan, may not be loggers destroying habitats but interbreeding, which weakens bloodlines. Mating with barred owls means offspring aren't purebreds. Environmentalists say such matings are probably rare...
...called God Squad, a committee of officials with the power to grant exceptions to the Endangered Species Act. Last month, over Reilly's protests, a committee majority gave loggers the go-ahead to cut down 688 hectares (1,700 acres) of ancient forest in the Pacific Northwest that is home to the threatened northern spotted...
Travelers cheered but Wall Street booed when U.S. airlines slashed many airfares to their lowest levels in at least a decade. Northwest ignited the latest wars by cutting advance-purchase coach fares in half for families traveling with children ages 2 to 17 in the 48 contiguous states. American topped that by offering 50% off all advance-purchase coach seats on flights in the same region. Most other major carriers swiftly followed American's lead. The reductions cut the round-trip price of New York-Los Angeles flights to just $200 while fares between Atlanta and Chicago fell...