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...marathon bidding session for the prime pieces of the bankrupt Pan Am, the spoils went last week to the most low-profile of the Big Three U.S. carriers: Delta. The Atlanta-based airline bested its rivals with a $1.7 billion bid for assets that will put Delta on a par with megacarriers American and United. Delta will acquire Pan Am's Northeastern shuttle, its North Atlantic routes and the airline's strategic hub in Frankfurt. Pan Am will survive as a shadow of its once mighty self, providing service to the Caribbean and Latin America. But Delta will have...
...Baker-Finch broke off their own practice regimens to watch the ballistic display. A few minutes later Daly headed for the course. His first drive was a monster 364-yd. shot, followed by a 280-yd. 3-iron blast. In short order, Daly turned the 644-yd., par-5 first hole, the longest on the P.G.A. tour, into an ordinary par...
...seems the best poised to make a success of independence. Unlike Croatia, which contends with a militant Serbian minority, Slovenia is ethnically homogeneous. Internally it borders only Croatia. And Slovenia's economy shows a potential for robustness: although output shrank 9.6% last year, per capita production is on a par with the poorest members of the European Community. Still, foreign assistance is needed, so Slovenia had proceeded cautiously in order not to alienate potential donors...
...embodiment of the Protestant work ethic par excellence," says fifth-year graduate student Linda Kern, who was a teaching fellow in Graham's Scriptures and Classics course. "He loves to work and gives an incredible amount of time to his work...
...improved tremendously in the past 10 years," says Robert Knoll, director of the auto test division of Consumers Union, which publishes Consumer Reports magazine. He notes that certain American models, such as the four-cylinder Plymouth Acclaim-Dodge Spirit twins or the full-size Buick LeSabre, are on a par with average Japanese quality. Yet Detroit, overall, "still has a ways to go, because the Japanese keep improving too," he says. For example, Consumer Reports noted in April that new U.S. cars had only a third as many problems in 1990 as in 1980. Great news -- except that it still...