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...matter how innovative Virgin's Airlines are, no matter how loudly Branson trumpets biofuel, every plane in the sky runs on the same stuff. The price of jet fuel has risen 69% in the past year, and Virgin's executives, like their rivals, lie under its sword. "Other than the recession and $110-a-barrel oil, I see nothing but opportunity," CEO Cush deadpans. He can't cost-cut his way out; the limits of that strategy are obvious. The big carriers have taken $15 billion in costs out since 2001 but are paying $17 billion more for fuel...
Even for the most heralded recruits, adjusting to college lacrosse can be daunting.Freshman Dean Gibbons of the Harvard men’s lacrosse team has certainly faced new challenges, but, to the delight of everyone in the program, he has risen admirably to meet them.Considered one of the top 15 recruits in the country, the attackman from Garden City, N.Y. considered Duke, Virginia, Cornell—three of the top four teams in the nation—and Penn before deciding to join a young Crimson squad. Committing to a lesser-known team provided Gibbons with an opportunity countless players...
...study, learn, and experiment—day in, day out. And yet… What evils have we been turning blind eyes to? What goes on in those murky basement areas, outside the supervision of Man? Like Frankenstein’s monster, the Science Center has risen up against us, forsaking its makers, leaving us betrayed and vulnerable. The spill occurred, according to Dean Smith, in an area that is not used by students, faculty, or staff. An uninhabited area. But how could there be? Is there such a place—completely untouched and uncontrolled by Man? How could...
...chairs, sleek wooden rockers and oval-shaped cribs that would make modernist masters Charles and Ray Eames feel at home. "It used to be unheard of to have anything but a pink or blue nursery," says Trish Holbrook-Meyler, owner of Modern Nursery, an online boutique whose sales have risen 84% over the past year. "But today's generation of parents--who tend to be older and more used to their existing décor--are opting for sleeker lines that go with the rest of their furniture." You may pay extra for these chic chairs and dressers, but many...
...other force that demolished the stately edifice of old conservatism was Bush himself. During his tenure, federal spending has risen at an average rate unmatched by any president since Lyndon B. Johnson—those ‘small government principles’ were unceremoniously trashed. And in the name of the War on Terror, the Republicans have become the party of the Patriot Act and the Military Commissions Act, which effectively put paid to habeas corpus and a slew of other civil liberties...