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Harsh Arctic winds and ice-clogged waters can make any journey through the Northwest Passage an arduous one. But it is a frosty disagreement between the U.S. and Canada that has cast the greatest chill over the voyage of the Polar Sea, a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker. The U.S. considers the strait an international route. The Coast Guard says the vessel is simply taking the quickest route home. The Canadians claim that the strait is an internal waterway, and they see the U.S. insistence on entering without permission as an insult to the country's sovereignty. "The Americans are abusing...
...Both American and Delta have already matched People's fares, although they have imposed certain restrictions. Moreover, they offer frequent-flyer bonus programs, while People does not. In the past People has sometimes had trouble competing with major carriers that matched its low prices. It has lost business to Northwest in Minneapolis and to Piedmont in South Carolina...
...Northwest Industries...
...front of some 50 journalists gathered in the new bunker-like Soviet compound atop Mount Alto in northwest Washington, Yurchenko vehemently insisted that he had never defected. Occasionally smirking, often scowling, always looking tough and in command, he freely alternated between Russian and English as he spun his tale of being "forcibly abducted" in Rome by American agents, drugged and flown to the U.S. against his will. For "three horrible months" he was held at a safe house in Fredericksburg, Va., Yurchenko claimed, taking apparent glee at revealing its exact location and details. Only on Nov. 2, when...
...United sale was the second billion-dollar deal for Boeing in less than a month. Three weeks ago, the Seattle aircraft manufacturer received a $2 billion order from Northwest for a fleet of ten 747s and ten 757s. At least some of those jumbo jets will be used to compete with United in the lucrative transpacific market, where Northwest currently reigns among U.S. carriers...