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...safer than real grass, which can become dangerously uneven if it's overused. Steve Lowe, groundkeeper at Claremont High School in California, which switched to FieldTurf last year, says players have had fewer injuries on the synthetic field. FieldTurf has become so popular that other companies, including Southwest, the producer of AstroTurf, have brought out similar products. Many of the new synthetic surfaces surround the grass blades with an all-rubber base, which, some companies say, makes a field even cushier than the sand-and-rubber mix of FieldTurf. For players used to the hard knocks of competition, the future...
Manuel Barbosa, crew chief in Quincy House, is the brother of 38-year-old Pedro Barbosa, who committed suicide after fatally shooting his 11-year-old daughter, Karina, his wife, 43-year-old Laurinda Gomes and her mother, 66-year-old Maria Gomes in his home about 25 miles southwest of Boston...
...proposal is being fiercely opposed by seven smaller carriers, including such moneymakers as Southwest, JetBlue and AirTran, which have filed formal complaints with the DOT. They claim that such alliances give too much market power to the large carriers and could drive smaller ones out of business and hurt consumers. Says Southwest CEO Jim Parker: "This alliance is really a de facto merger that is likely to result in less competition and higher prices." Airline observers are also concerned about how the DOT is reviewing the deal. Unusually, for a case with such large implications for U.S. travelers, the department...
...adventurous weekend warrior; those with a week can take in an astonishing array of landscapes and locations of historic and cultural interest. The "Grand Loop" first leads to Sapa, a mist-shrouded hill station 350 kilometers north of Hanoi, surrounded by hill-tribe villages. From Sapa, the route goes southwest to Dien Bien Phu, the battlefield of the historic Viet Minh victory that spelled the end of French colonial rule, and finally to Mai Chau, a picturesque valley of traditional White Thai tribe stilt houses and rice paddies set amid craggy limestone cliffs. Motorbiking Vietnam (www.motorbikingvietnam.com) offers tours with Vietnamese...
Charles opened the pub, called Poet Laureate, in Poundbury, in the southwest of England. He has been involved in developing the area to resemble a traditional village rather than urban sprawl. Hughes does not seem like the most obvious person to inspire bonhomie: his poems were often moody meditations on the English countryside. But with any luck, the establishment will inspire patrons to pen lyric verse somewhere other than the bathroom wall...