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Although Southwest has a higher proportion of union members among its employees than any other major airline, the 30-year-old carrier has never suffered a layoff or strike. Unlike any other CEO in the business, Jim Parker, 55, who joined Southwest in 1986 and took over the top spot...
There are, however, actions and words that clearly are anti-Semitic, some in intent, others in effect. For example, the malicious claim by New Jersey poet laureate Amiri Baraka that Israelis were warned in advance to stay away from the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 is plainly anti-Semitic...
The indies' success hasn't escaped the chains' notice. Both Home Depot and Borders Books & Music are experimenting with smaller-format stores. Home Depots are supposed to become more user friendly, especially for women, who perform a growing proportion of home-improvement jobs and have been instrumental in Lowe's...
"Rocket science has been mythologized all out of proportion to its true difficulty." JOHN CARMACK, computer programming genius, on his plan to conduct a privately funded, manned space mission
With future housing projects in Allston, Harvard hopes to increase that proportion to 30 percent.