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...oldest joke in the airline business is that to make a million bucks, you have to start with ten million. In a business with five percent margins even in good years, the combination of bloated personnel costs, poor labor-management relations, high fuel prices and the rise of pesky low-fare, good-service airlines like Southwest have all helped drive the old legacy carriers into the red. Now two of them, Delta and Northwest, have declared bankruptcy; another, much smaller airline, Virginia-based Independence Air, may soon join them. Couple that with two other flyers, United and U.S. Airways, which...
Mann was one of the oldest members of the team...
...DEMEL Dating from 1786, Demel is one of Vienna's oldest pastry shops and offers sumptuous rococo-style surroundings. Tuck into the caf?'s popular Anna torte, a deep-layered concoction of orange liqueur-flavored chocolate cream and sponge, covered with chocolate nougat scrolls. You can watch pastry chefs at work through a glass wall. tel: (43-1) 5351 7170; www.demel.at...
...heritage, we provoked readers' views on the meaning of ethnic identity, the dangers of division and the satisfactions of exploring other tribes' roots while celebrating one's own It was a welcome surprise to read your feature "The Lost Tribes of Europe" [Aug. 29], about how some of the oldest minority groups are struggling to maintain their customs and culture. The concept of culture is so closely linked with language that one might argue that culture is language. It was mentioned in the article, but I find it relevant to stress how the Bretons and Basques thrive largely because...
...group of Harvard researchers is preparing to use some of mankind’s newest technology to answer its oldest question: how did life begin...