Word: phils
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...graduates of them are distributed in cities throughout the world. Nobody ever said that the war on terrorism would be over soon. But the enemy, says Gray, "is on the run--and we want to keep him on the run." --By Michael Elliott. With reporting by Anthony Davis and Phil Zabriskie/Kabul, Douglas Waller/Washington and Stewart Stogel/United Nations
...Overall, business travel has fallen more than 20% since 2000, according to the Business Travel Coalition. As many as 80% of road warriors surveyed by the coalition plan to trim air travel even more this year, and nearly three-quarters think some of the cutbacks will be permanent. Phil Condit, CEO of Boeing, has said that at least 10% of the peak business-travel demand could be gone forever. No wonder the S&P Airlines Index is off 37% this year, double the decline in the broader stock market...
...leave home at all, when you can take it with you? Trailer Travel: A Visual History of Mobile America (Gibbs Smith; 157 pages), by Bryan Burkhart, Phil Noyes and Allison Arieff, is a celebration of the American fascination with mobile homes. Most of the photos here are promotional shots, but that simply cranks up the kitsch an extra notch: '50s-era nuclear children and busty, bouffant models--often in full evening wear--grin manically from the plush interiors of futuristic, tear-drop-shaped Kozy Coaches and Karriall Kampers, many of which look as if they were designed by Buck Rogers...
...Republicans have one sure thing, it ought to be Texas. In Bush country they hold all 27 statewide offices. It has been nearly 30 years since a Democrat has won an open Senate seat. When three-term Senator Phil Gramm announced his retirement last year, who thought Republicans didn't have a lock on his replacement? Just to make sure, the President's political strategist, Karl Rove, mineswept the primary field to ensure that attorney general John Cornyn, a stately, snowy-haired vote getter with a huge political bankroll, would have a straight shot...
...must convince myself that I truly believe it. At least there's one bit of good news following the stock-market implosion: the idea of privatizing Social Security and turning over investment choices to individuals and their advisers is forever put to rest. PHIL LEECH Spring Lake, Mich...