Word: painlessness
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...this corporate belt tightening. He's on his way to Ireland via Dublin-based Ryanair, and it's his first business trip on a low-fare carrier. Despite the daunting check-in wait, Owen--who like most discount flyers bought his ticket online--pronounces the experience so far "pretty painless." By comparison, Glasgow-bound Adrian Eve, 27, a marketing executive for aerospace firm BAE Systems, is a veteran of the low-cost skies. He's on the road at least twice a month and estimates that 10% of his travel is on discounters. His round-trip fare cost...
...least this is how the story goes. Since the beginning of America’s war against Afghanistan (a.k.a. “Terror”), Bush, Cheney and Co. have maintained their moral high ground through a variety of well-intentioned measures designed to make this war as painless as possible for civilians. But the road to hell is paved with good intentions—a lesson Afghanis have already learned...
With Jonas stealing the show, Crothers only played one full game, a Dec. 7 meeting with Brown. It was a fairly painless initiation—last Saturday’s loss to Brown notwithstanding, the Bears were the worst team in the ECAC last year. Crothers turned in a respectable performance in his collegiate debut, making 22 saves...
Instant books, remember, are manufactured for mass production and painless digestion (not unlike the better fast food). They provide quick, cheap relief from ignorance; and they allow for high-speed printing and easy marketing. But with Sept. 11, such slapdash methods no longer seem appropriate, for a variety of reasons. First, the state of the current crisis is extremely fluid. This was not an issue with, say, John F. Kennedy, Jr.’s death...
...course, no increase in the price of energy is painless. Gasoline and heating oil are important "psychological" commodities. Changes in their price have more of an impact on consumer behavior and expectations than price hikes for other goods, and politicians draw the predictable conclusions; you rarely see congressional investigations into the price of shampoo or lettuce. But as the long fight against terrorism continues, bear this in mind. There are many good reasons for going to war against those who committed the atrocities of Sept. 11. Oil isn't one of them...