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Airports across the country are poised to follow suit. "Every major airport will pick up on Massport's plan if it succeeds," says Nancy Cassell, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Airport Authority. Last year San Francisco International, one of the most delay-prone airports, had to threaten legal action against carriers before they backed down and adjusted their schedules. Delays got so bad at New York City's La Guardia Airport last year that management forced the FAA to step in. Last week the FAA proposed solutions at La Guardia, including charging higher fees for airplanes flying at rush...
...many canals and waterways in a constant cycle of to and fro, back and forth. At the mouth of the Karnaphuli river lies Bangladesh's main port. The country's second city, Chittagong has been a center of trade and transport for 2,000 years. Porters lean almost prone as they haul carts piled 4 m high along the quay. Stroll the boulevards of decaying colonial storefronts and the pungent waterfront in the old city to trace the port's Portuguese and British history. For a bed, try the Hotel Agrabad, the city's best at around $100 a double...
...Ford actually came up with a vehicle that's pretty good as far as its class (SUV) goes. It's just that when you put those tires on a class that's already relatively prone to rollovers, you've got a problem...
...well as officialdom. So does NATO, not to mention the Europeans who criticize limitations on the press or abuses in Chechnya. Moreover, the Kremlin's world view is informed by deep suspicion. Russian academics who work with foreign groups are potential spies. Despite this, the Putin administration is occasionally prone to fits of euphoria, like saying it would like to join the European Union...
...battlefields. Today, Manassas is a bustling exurb of Washington, and Stonewall abuts a shopping mall with high-tech neighbors such as Lockheed Martin. Commuters face a 90-min. drive to Washington, making attendance at concerts and teachers' conferences problematic. And high schoolers at Stonewall, like those everywhere, are prone to reply to "What happened at school today?" with a sullen "Not much...