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...school, mom and dad slow down at work, and everybody heads for the hills, or the beach, or even overseas - on a plane. Over the last few summers, airlines have seen their 'load factors' - the industry term for how much of the plane is packed with passengers - soar to near 90 per cent. With new measures in hand to prevent overloading the air traffic system, and given how well the carriers seemed to have handled this Memorial Day holiday (You didn't even hear a peep on the news of delays and canceled flights, didya?), the airlines are happy...
President Summers, if you installed cable in all dorm rooms at Harvard, your popularity would soar. Students' quality of life would improve. I learned in my Moral Reasoning class that philosopher Jeremy Bentham would credit installing cable with an increase in the total social utility of this university...
...national average of more than $1.70 a gal.--up 5% in the past two weeks. That's an all-time high, although when adjusted for inflation the price is still lower than 1981's by about $1. But it follows a winter in which many homeowners saw heating costs soar more than...
...national average of more than $1.70 a gal.--up 5% in the past two weeks. That's an all-time high, although when adjusted for inflation the price is still lower than 1981's by about $1. But it follows a winter in which many homeowners saw heating costs soar more than...
There's a final reason the movie musical is dormant. The form is about transcending speech with song, allowing the soul to soar; and rapture is out of fashion in pop culture. With its image of lovers perched on a cloud under a smiling moon, Moulin Rouge can rekindle that joy. The film dances; the heart sings...