Word: overnighter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stand and offered to accept lower wages for flying smaller "regional jets." Even so, airline management rejected the offer, encouraged by reports that President Clinton is considering forcing pilots to stay on the job. Worried about the economic impact of losing 20 percent of the nation's airline capacity overnight, Clinton has asked for a detailed estimate of a strike's economic impact, but is so far dancing around whether he will step in before the midnight Friday deadline. A shutdown at American could ruin the season for the travel industry in the Caribbean and Colorado, where the airline provides...
Ever since questions were raised about the legality and propriety of Clinton's fund-raising practices, another big question has hung in the air. What, besides overnight stays in the Lincoln Bedroom, did the large donors get for their money? Last week, speaking at the first news conference of his second term, Clinton asserted, "I never made a decision for anybody because they were contributors of mine." But the story of Solomont--his giving, his lobbying and his rise to become the Democratic Party's new finance chairman--suggests that at least one Democrat's generosity might have yielded...
...taken hostage in their homes the night before the store is to be robbed. Thursday night, police kept watch outside a home several miles from the site of Friday's standoff, where a guard and a cashier from the store were being held captive. Police were kept at bay overnight, and when they were able to enter, the suspects were gone...
Laurel G. Rayburn '00 said she was given excellent care on one overnight stay, but was disturbed by another visit in which a doctor botched an attempt to take her pulse...
...nearly as bad in the plains and rolling hills of Iowa, where even the lightest dusting of snow is driven hard enough to create "whiteout" conditions. Even discounting wind chills -- which is not advised -- temperatures in many places may not break zero today, and are expected to dip again overnight. Across the upper Midwest, the snow is blowing over icy roads, creating treacherous driving conditions. Post offices, retail stores and schools have been forced to close their doors. Alaska, by contrast, is unseasonably warm today, with wind chills in Barrow a mere 10 below. The system will move east into...