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...rates were steep, but its results were guaranteed. Only superior cattle with modified immune systems were used--cows being the cross-species surrogate of choice. (No cow will ever phone the National Enquirer with juicy palimony exclusives.) Clonees were allowed up to five babies per surrogate mom (no womb sharing). Those wishing more than five received generous volume-discount rates...
...response of companies such as Delta to this challenge defines the predicament of the large carriers today. Delta, after four years of losses totaling $2 billion, lopped off more than 10,000 employees and $1.6 billion in costs. The airline, once a paragon of service, paid a steep price for such bloodletting: it plunged to last in on-time arrivals and lost thousands of bags. Passenger complaints rose to record levels. Delta had attempted to drive down its cost from 9.26[cents] per "available seat" mile to 7.5[cents] per mile, a goal it has not yet attained. The company...
...call four inches snow in places like Butte and Fargo, but on the southern shore of eastern Long Island the amount is impressive. It makes a sudden New England of an area that, in fact, was settled before most of New England, in the mid-17th century. The steep roofs of the New England-like houses are lathered with snow, and the surprisingly tall pines are shagged with ice, the way they get in Vermont. The main difference is the beach; there is snow on the beach...
However, the story does not end there. Once the Coop receives the sourcebooks, it marks them up an additional 30 percent. This seems a little on the steep side, but we can't protest to our neighborhood Coop. The price mark-up is set by Barnes & Nobles, which bought the Coop and now, hand-in-hand with Starbucks, is well on its way to taking over the world. Somehow such a vast corporation seems too formidable to confront about my sourcebook price. So, placated by the copyright law, I let the sourcebook question rest...
...investigation into Wednesday's incident continues, Pentagon officials insist that the two Air National Guard F-16 fighters were not toying with a Nations Air jet flying off the New Jersey coast. The pilot of the Boeing 727 followed safety procedures and went first into a steep dive, then a sharp climb, jostling the 84 people aboard. At least one of the F-16s stayed reportedly within 400 feet of the plane. Air traffic controllers could not help, because the aircrafts' radar blips had merged on their screens. Although the military says the pilots followed correct procedures, "The fighter pilots...