Word: southwest
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...considered by some to be America's best-run food bank. One symbol of the program's success: thanks to a vigorous fund-raising effort, a gleaming, new $30 million headquarters the size of almost four football fields opened in May in a gritty industrial park on Chicago's southwest side...
...phrases "young kids" and "relaxing French holiday" are not often heard together. But if you're yearning for Gallic culture and cuisine while also wondering how to keep your children happy, then consider the Dordogne region in southwest central France. The kids will find diversions aplenty there, with warm rural smiles greeting their antics; and a hypermarket is never far away for baby food or Band-Aids. There's an abundance of affordable family accommodation, too, from self-catering farmhouses to bed-and-breakfasts. And for gourmets, this is gastronomic heaven: the Dordogne is duck, foie gras and truffle country...
...most efficient big-network carrier. But the airline's troubles aren't over. Despite increasing revenue and posting a modest $30 million profit in March, the airline is still losing money because of rising fuel prices. Huge pension costs, soft business travel and competition from low-cost carriers like Southwest and JetBlue could still wipe out the airline's mini-recovery...
...carve out savings, Arpey says he shamelessly borrowed ideas from competitors. He reversed his predecessor's policy of expanding legroom, adding seats in one-fourth of the fleet so American could cut fares even further. Emulating low-cost carrier Southwest, American is simplifying its fleet, from 14 types of planes to six by September. Picking up on an idea from TWA, which American bought in 2001, pilots suggested taxiing on one engine instead of two to save fuel. Not all the changes were bloodless. The company's 10,500 pilots agreed to the biggest layoff in airline history...
...news was spreading fast: another aging autocrat was on his way out in a former Soviet satellite. Late last year it was Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia. This time, it was Aslan Abashidze, for the past 13 years the authoritarian boss of Ajaria; an autonomous republic in Georgia's southwest corner. "It's over," said Givi Targamadze, chairman of Georgia's Parliamentary Committee for Defense and Security. "The only thing that remains to be seen is who will come from Moscow to take Mr. Abashidze to Russia." That same night, the secretary of the Russian Security Council, Igor Ivanov, arrived...