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...prices can also be found in the bustling free-for-all of airline discounters. Explains Riaz Dooley, who runs a string of London travel agencies that specialize in cut-rate fares: "An airline ticket is the most perishable commodity in the world. Once the plane takes off, that empty seat becomes dead loss" to the carrier. For that reason, many airlines sell surplus tickets at as little as half price to middlemen known as "consolidators," who typically agree to buy blocks of seats during the slow winter months -- when seats on certain routes go begging -- in exchange for a supply...
Sitting quietly, almost motionlessly onstage, protectively cradling his six-string Hauser guitar, his left hand moving swiftly and smoothly across the frets, his right hand flicking the strings gently with its fingernails, Segovia was a picture of concentration. A Segovia recital was as hushed as a whisper, as rapt as a prayer. "If people have even a little understanding," he once said, "it is better to move them than to amaze them...
Those ideas, however they differ from the thinking of the pair of previous coaches, are seeing their fruition today. Just think, 58 games without a loss. Imagine a baseball team winning that much. Or a football team--58 wins translate into three Super Bowls in a row. Such a string surely would get noticed...
...exchange for peace, Israel agreed in 1979 to give the captured Sinai back to Egypt. But few Israelis are prepared to relinquish much of the other occupied lands. At a minimum, Israeli defense experts would insist on retaining control of the Jordan Valley, the string of hills stretching down the spine of the West Bank, and particularly the Golan Heights. To strengthen the argument that compromise is now possible, some Israelis point out that their country is no longer in danger of imminent annihilation, as it was in 1967, and can afford to make concessions for peace...
These are days of outrageously good fortune for Bette Midler. First came a string of three hit movies -- Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ruthless People and Outrageous Fortune -- followed by the arrival of a new baby, Sophie. Good luck continued to bloom for the Rose last week as she became the top prize winner of the first American Comedy Awards. La Bette clinched four of the trophies: best actress in a motion picture, funniest record or video, funniest female performer and lifetime achievement. Robin Williams was next in line with three awards. In addition to Midler, lifetime awards went...