Word: offer
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...business class, where some of the nastiest episodes occur. The booze is supposed to keep customers calm but may be having the opposite effect on some. Others say being deprived of a different vice, cigarettes, is a major cause of unruliness. No wonder Austrian Airlines has said it will offer nicotine-substitute inhalers to passengers once a soon-to-come smoking ban takes effect. Then there are those who blame the airlines themselves. Says Hal Salfen, of the International Airline Passengers Association: "Flights are full, there are fewer flight attendants, and there's a general indifference toward the passenger...
...Currently, Democrats are pushing to give each of Congress's 435 members five minutes to speak, which works out to a whopping 36 hours of wind from the Hill. Republicans, who want to get this to a vote by Saturday at the latest, will offer significantly less time...
...feel that students should come away from Harvard educated in the best possible way, even if they themselves are not interested in science," Ehrenreich said. "We believe that the courses we offer at Harvard are, in many cases, better than what people learn about in high schools, even if they cover the same material...
...rent control in 1994 also gave HPRE on opportunity to reclaim many apartments. Through a deal with the city of Cambridge, HPRE arranged to offer its housing only to affiliates, rather than the public. In exchange, rent control tenants living in Harvard buildings can stay indefinitely, paying their rent control rates. Also, Harvard will pay a fee to the city in lieu of taxes on student only buildings...
...Chains tend to have better prices and betterdeals overall," Giordano says. "It's not that Idon't care [about Mom-and-Pops]. I feel thatchains offer a wider variety of everything andbetter prices, especially for college students,who tend to be a little short on money...