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...airline used some of the money to accelerate the transformation it had already begun. Hal Heule, an industry veteran who began as an apprentice engineer at Pan Am in 1967, had been hired in 2000 to orchestrate the turnaround. Over eight months the airline added 40% more mechanics (to reach a total of 779), fired underperforming vendors and brought vital maintenance work back in-house...
...First stop: Al-Sa'ah, the famous eatery in the Mansour district, next to the house U.S. forces bombed back in April in the belief that Saddam was hiding there. Happily, the restaurant emerged unscathed. Sa'ah serves pan-style pizzas ($2.50 for a large pie) that have plenty of cheese but seemingly no tomato paste. "This one's too plain," says Sergeant Tolo Gbassage, 23, taking a break from his duties at an American military checkpoint. "They never put enough tomato sauce on these things." But Hamid Abdul Latif, 50, a clerk in the Iraqi Ministry of Justice, appreciates...
Hall played on the U.S. team that won the gold in the Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic this summer. Bajwa believes that experience will help Hall, Harvard’s No. 1 player since her freshman year, compete for the individual crown this season. She got sick before the Collegiate Squash Association Individual Championship last year and was unable to participate...
...Iraqi civil servants set out to find Baghdad's best pie. First stop: Al-Sa'ah, the famous eatery in the Mansour district, next to the house U.S. forces bombed back in April in the belief that Saddam was hiding there. Happily, the restaurant emerged unscathed. Sa'ah serves pan-style pizzas ($2.50 for a large pie) that have plenty of cheese but seemingly no tomato paste. "This one's too plain," says Sergeant Tolo Gbassage, 23, taking a break from his duties at an American military checkpoint. "They never put enough tomato sauce on these things." But Hamid Abdul...
...China president, acknowledges the existence of the newcomers and copycats but insists that he sees their imitations as a compliment. Indeed, if Yum's latest culinary ventures pan out, he may soon find himself up against a raft of local chefs hawking Chinese knockoffs of chili cheese burritos. Mmm, finger-lickin' good...