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There are some 3,000 on-demand charter operators nationwide, and the Internet has made it easier than ever before to book one of their jets. They fly everything from single-engine prop planes to the Gulfstream V, like the one your favorite movie star uses. Even small businesses sometimes choose this option for a multicity trip that gets the execs back home the same day. Many operators report that business is holding steady despite the slow economy...
...wall; for a single parent, the store will show toy storage that is accessible to kids but can be easily stowed when there are adult visitors. "You can see the light go on as people discover solutions that are relevant for them," Cashman says. The Container Store has a prop shop that does nothing but provide set dressing matched to customers' tastes--avoiding the cheapest pair of shoes, say, to dress up a closet display, in favor of a pair of shoes whose style and design customers can appreciate...
...their production back up in order of 2.5 [to] 3 million bbl. a day within, hopefully, by the end of the year." For now, at least, U.S. policymakers envision Iraq as a swing producer, one that can provide just enough oil to even out world supply and demand and prop up prices. (If there were a truly free market in oil, crude would sell for $12 a bbl. or less instead of $26, and gasoline would go for less than $1 a gal.) Iraq's importance in filling this role was spelled out two years ago in a little-noted...
...shot. But a series of attacks before the Americans carry out their planned withdrawal will be used in al-Qaeda propaganda to claim a victory. Also, the American withdrawal may have given al-Qaeda the scent of blood. The U.S. troop presence had, at least symbolically, been a major prop of support for the Saudi regime. Al-Qaeda may believe that the U.S. withdrawal signifies a weakening of the Saudi regime, prompting them to strike out against...
Longo, a center on the team, and Boutwell, a prop, were apparently drinking at the home of another team member in the town’s upscale Mead Point neighborhood, police said...