Word: round
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...market. Nor are films with brand names for teens guaranteed success: John Hughes' youth parables have lost some of their box-office luster, and the four films produced last year by Steven Spielberg were financial fizzles. Says MPAA President Jack Valenti: "The movie world no longer need be girdled round by boundaries set $ by the very young." Which is not to say that movies are better than ever -- only that, for the moment, Porky's is passe, and old is gold...
...basic frequent-flyer programs are similar at most major airlines. Typically, after compiling as few as 10,000 miles, passengers can upgrade the next coach ticket they buy to first class. For 35,000 miles, they can usually earn a free round-trip coach ticket to anywhere in North America. After 50,000 miles, it's off to Hawaii or even Europe...
...rentals. At Avis, customers get credit for 500 miles when they rent a car in connection with a Northwest flight. Since the carriers have similar arrangements with hotel chains, frequent flyers can put together a deluxe vacation package. Example: logging 75,000 miles on Eastern or Continental wins two round-trip tickets to Europe or South America, three free nights in a Marriott hotel and a free rental car from Hertz for three days...
...keep their choice flights open to more paying passengers, many carriers encourage frequent flyers to use their travel bonuses during off-peak periods. An unrestricted Eastern or Continental round-trip ticket to Hawaii normally costs 50,000 miles. During off-peak seasons in the fall and late spring, the same trip can be had for 30,000 miles. At American, travelers can fly economy class to Europe for 90,000 miles. But off-peak the same trip costs 60,000 miles...
Inman-Ebel's clinical tone enrages some people. "What's wrong with forward tongue carry?" says John Tinkler, who teaches history of the English language at the University of Tennessee. "It doesn't sound like Indy-goddam-ana." Tinkler is a vast, round man with silver hair, dark skin and flashing, protuberant eyes. He describes his accent as "educated rural Southern," the language college graduates in his family have spoken for generations. He wishes Inman-Ebel would attack the stereotypes and the attitudes, instead of the accent. "She's teaching people how not to talk like folks," he says. "That...