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...consumer advocates forced federal regulators to pass a rule that fined carriers for overbooking flights. Any agreement the airlines reach at their scheduled meeting probably could not take effect in time for the Christmas and New Year's rush, when air traffic (and no-shows) will reach a peak...
...last week of the campaign, her popularity had reached such a peak that the bookmakers had to close off betting when the odds reached 1 to 10 for a Williams victory. The clincher came when the Times of London unleashed its thunder, generally reserved for Conservative candidates, in her support. Said the Times: "It is hard to think of any other politician today who can inspire the warmth and trust that she does." The Times neatly absolved the nagging consciences of Crosby's Tory voters by reminding them that they did "not have to decide whether they would like...
...river blows cigarette butts and debris up Boylston Street at that hour of the morning, and cold jets of air blast into every pore in the faces of stragglers making their way down the uneven brick sidewalks. Crossing Anderson Bridge the chill of the wind hits its peak. Billowing gusts whip down the Charles from the Atlantic, chilling to tears, and anyone crossing the construct stiff-leggedly because his joints feel frozen, wishes to hell he'd never dragged himself out of his humid sheets to face this arctic wasteland...
...different approachs to soccer of the competing schools, the Crimson once again displayed its ability to come back and execute in the clutch. "It was nice winning the last two games after some hard luck in the first match." Scalise added. "Remember that our girls were trying to peak for the third time this season [after overtime victories in both the Ivy League and Eastern Tournaments] while for teams like UNC [which was awarded its region's national tournament berth and thus played its first post-season tourney this weekend], this was the post-season peak...
...Peak or no peak, the booters, after the disappointing loss to UCF, bounced back to crush tenth-seeded Texas A&M, 4-2, Saturday afternoon...