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...earthquake, which started at 6:50 a.m. and lasted for about 30 seconds, was centered 15 miles southwest of Plattsburgh, N.Y. But tremors were felt in Boston, eastern Canada and even as far south as Baltimore, according to the United States Geological Survey...
...difference between merely giving stock and letting workers shape their destiny, look at the airline industry. In return for lower wages in 1994, United Airlines pilots and mechanics got more than half the company's stock. But life inside the cockpit and at loading ramps barely changed. By contrast, Southwest Airlines employees own only about 11% of the company's stock, but the company works to encourage and implement workers' suggestions, in part through town hall-style forums with top management. While there are other important differences between the carriers, workplace culture is a big reason United posted record losses...
...Advanced Creative Writing: Beyond the Navel,” and David Weber will teach two courses in history, a lecture course “Southwestern America: Indians, Hispanos, and Anglos,” and a conference course “Historical Approaches to the Hispanic Southwest, 1540-1848.” In fall 2003 and spring 2004 C. Matthew Snipp will teach two courses in sociology, “American Indians in Comparative Historical Perspective” and “American Indians in Contemporary Society;” and in fall 2004 Louis Owens will teach two courses...
...Listen, we're either going to expand the base of the party or we will be a minority party over time, especially in my part of the country. The demographics dictate that, particularly in the West and Southwest...
...foreign policy will have to deal with the root causes of terrorism, such as poverty in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, Islamic fundamentalism and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Military might is no longer the sole arbiter; economic, diplomatic and multilateral tools now must be used to a greater degree. But the bottom line remains constant: Bush won't succeed in most major foreign policy initiatives "until there's progress made in the Middle East," Hagel concludes. "That hangs over everything like a dark cloud...