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...this month on the cruise ship Aurora can attest, holidays sometimes go very wrong. Mediterranean ports refused to allow the ship entry for fear of contagion, and irate travelers have threatened to sue. But what rights would you have in a similar fix? Not many. Airlines and cruise operators owe their passengers a "duty of care" not to expose them to unreasonable risk. If the company has breached this (e.g. with inadequate hygiene), then you may have cause for compensation. But proving that can be difficult?the spread of a contagious virus in an enclosed setting like a ship...
...There was no way I wasn’t going to be out there. I owe that to the seniors. My first two years here, seeing them after the game with smiles on their faces from beating Yale—we weren’t going to let that feeling escape us this year...
...this month on the cruise ship Aurora can attest, holidays sometimes go very wrong. Mediterranean ports refused to allow the ship entry for fear of contagion, and irate travelers have threatened to sue. But what rights would you have in a similar fix? Not many. Airlines and cruise operators owe their passengers a "duty of care" not to expose them to unreasonable risk. If the company has breached this (e.g. with inadequate hygiene), then you may have cause for compensation. But proving that can be difficult - the spread of a contagious virus in an enclosed setting like a ship...
...jerky image. It's not as though he never considered the possibility that he might become a movie star, right? "You know, I got in trouble a while ago when I said, 'Look, I don't want to be one of your movie stars.' I quoted Sinatra: 'I owe you my best work, but I don't owe you the time of day,' which is"--he pauses--"not exactly how I feel. But there is some merit in that. Let me just do my work. I just do the work. I'll make movies, and you go to the cinema...
...been as meaningless to a country reassured by and enamored of President Kennedy as it was necessary for a nation under Nixon. So one year from now, when the notoriously apathetic youth of America is asked to participate in the choosing of our national leadership, we’ll owe ourselves a few thoughts about how and why our national voice changed so quickly from a hopeful Dave Matthews telling us that “All you need is everyday” to an unwell Radiohead wondering why “two plus two always makes five...