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...Chris Avery, an airline analyst at JPMorgan in London. "Heathrow is stretched to its limits." Conceived for 45 million passengers a year, it now sees almost 70 million annually endure its crowded terminals and snaking lines. Airlines wait longer for gates to clear, and creaking baggage-handling equipment is prone to breakdowns. Though it can't ease runway congestion - Heathrow's "Achilles heel," says Avery - T5 can make BA look better. Currently split between two of Heathrow's outdated terminals, BA will house virtually all its operations under one roof as soon as March...
...prosthesis and held fast by a plastic sleeve or belt, or suction. The prostheses themselves might have gotten lighter and more flexible over the years, but the stumps' socket attachments have remained largely unchanged--and that's not good. It can be notoriously unstable and is prone to causing breakdown of soft tissues, as constant rubbing leads to pain and infection...
...graffiti war continues unabated in other cities. New York City recently doubled sentences for graffiti offenders. Peoria, Ariz., has placed surveillance cameras in graffiti-prone areas. Philadelphia doesn't keep exact stats on graffiti crimes but says the mural-as-peacemaker model has proved its worth. In the late 1990s, the Grays Ferry neighborhood suffered an outbreak of racial violence. Golden believed the divisiveness called for a multiracial mural. Not everyone agreed. "It was a mess, a real mess," recalls Jim Helman, a white neighborhood activist. "And along comes this diminutive little thing [Golden] who promises to do this ridiculous...
...Sure, she had a delicate temper and was prone to irrational rages in which she summarily dismissed diffident maids or waiters. True, she allegedly opined that "only little people pay taxes" and earned the nickname "the Queen of Mean." But as she saw it, New York City hotelier Leona Helmsley, who donned a tiara for a high-profile ad campaign in which she assured would-be guests that "the queen stands guard," was really just a perfectionist. By all accounts, Leona adored and was devoted to her real estate tycoon husband Harry, who was said to have always been spared...
...particularly holy are no less prone than the rest of us to misjudge the workings of history - or, if you will, of God's providence. Teresa considered the perceived absence of God in her life as her most shameful secret but eventually learned that it could be seen as a gift abetting her calling. If her worries about publicizing it also turn out to be misplaced - if a book of hasty, troubled notes turns out to ease the spiritual road of thousands of fellow believers, there would be no shame in having been wrong - but happily, even wonderfully wrong - twice...