Word: rashness
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...country, paying discount charges to the regional airports' authorities. The Commission says it is already looking into Ryanair's deal with the southwestern town of Pau. The airline is braced for further scraps, even if its bottom line looks healthy in the long run. "Are we expecting a rash of complaints?" says Ryanair's head of communications Paul Fitzsimmons. "Yes." O'Leary had better fasten his seat belt. Showroom Showdown Despite hopes for an upturn, European car sales remain stalled. The manufacturers' response? Slash prices. Less than four months after it launched its new flagship Golf, Volkswagen last week announced...
...it’s about time. Not only have students been calling on Harvard for years to extend its shuttle schedule, but the rash of assaults in the Square the past several months highlighted the urgency of the issue. The new changes—although not perfect—amount to an appreciable difference of four more hours of transportation where previously there was none. Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin II says the changes were not made specifically in reaction to the recent events; still the undergraduate community is certainly better off with safe and convenient transport...
...next few weeks, a rash of companies will raise their dividends, joining the ranks of Pulitzer, Oxford Industries and others that did so earlier this month. January and February almost always bring an outsize stream of dividend hikes, as companies lock in the good news ahead of their annual shareholder meetings each spring. This new year's burst could be exceptional. After decades in the dustbin, dividends are once again in fashion in corporate boardrooms, and they deserve a prominent place in your portfolio...
After the recent rash of gropings on Harvard’s campus—including one in the Yard—some students expressed concern that the spectacle might draw further incidents...
...rash of anxiety began working its way through Washington in early December, when a source overseas whom U.S. officials consider well placed indicated that al-Qaeda may have been planning a spectacular hijacking to coincide with Christmas. Then that generalized fear got starkly specific: messages mentioning Air France flight numbers and routes (but not dates) were electronically intercepted by U.S. intelligence. As the initial warnings were corroborated, the Bush Administration decided to raise the nation's terrorism alert to high from elevated--to orange from yellow. The accumulation of intelligence "got everybody as scared as I've seen them," says...