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Much of the problem, in the view of Baumgartner, is the rush to have some bag-screening system--any bag-screening system--in place by the congressionally mandated deadline of Dec. 31. He is one of 39 airport managers who sent a letter to the TSA on May 29 appealing for the deadline to be extended. The message may have finally got through to Congress; Representative Kay Granger, a Texas Republican, will introduce a bill this week that will give airports more flexibility in meeting bag-screening requirements and allow them to come up with individualized plans...
INDICATORS A Flemish Gold Rush Remember when your mother told you to be an accountant instead of an artist? Tell her Rubens' Massacre of the Innocents broke a British record when it sold for $77 million at Sotheby's. It was expected to fetch only $9.3 million...
...Despite September 11, the Afghan campaign and the "axis of evil" speech, it's not hard to see why there's no rush to war with Iraq. While no significant constituency at home or abroad is comfortable accepting Saddam Hussein's continued brutal reign, there are few takers for launching a war in order to oust him. That's not only because victory may be neither cheap nor easy, but also because some of the stakeholders fear that victory itself may create a situation that's even less tolerable and stable than the present...
...things spark foodie fights like the Michelin Red Guide. Devotees view the book of restaurant ratings with near religious reverence, faithfully using it as a map for culinary pilgrimage. After each year's edition is published, they rush to dine (and be seen dining) in the newly starred eateries. Detractors say that while the restaurants included may be good, there are other, often better ones left out. The 102-year-old Guide, they gripe, is too fusty, too fussy, too French. But whichever side of the table one sits on, the consensus is that establishments with three stars, Michelin...
...Much of the problem, in the view of Baumgartner, is the rush to have some bag-screening system-any bag-screening system-in place by the congressionally mandated deadline of Dec. 31. He is one of 39 airport managers who sent a letter to the TSA on May 29 appealing for the deadline to be extended. The message may have finally got through to Congress; Representative Kay Granger, a Texas Republican, will introduce a bill this week that will give airports more flexibility in meeting bag-screening requirements and allow them to come up with individualized plans...