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...their press conference there was some hint of the discord, especially as it related to the basing of U.S. marines on Okinawa. Obama said the continuing discussions over U.S. bases in Japan would "focus on the implementation of the agreement" that was already struck. Hatoyama, by contrast, spoke of the possibility of considering relocation of U.S. forces "outside Okinawa and outside of the country...
...history of airline mergers, though, might suggest otherwise. Success stories - Air France and KLM in Europe; Delta and Northwest in the U.S. - are rare. Of the dozens of deals struck in the U.S. since the airline industry was deregulated in the late 1970s, most are considered flops. "I compare it to two drunks, where you assume that if they hold on to each other, they will walk straight," says Adam Pilarski, senior vice-president of U.S. aviation consultancy Avitas. He points to the bungled 2005 merger of US Airways and America West, and adds, "That's usually not the case...
...This film struck home for me in terms of the quintessential Latina working towards her future. I kind of saw my mom there,” Adrián Aldaba ’12, president of Fuerza Latina, commented...
Although the Crimson led 3-2 upon entering the third period, Cornell slammed in three goals in the first ten minutes of the final frame, pulling ahead of the Crimson, 5-3. The Big Red’s Joe Devin struck twice, putting the puck past Crimson netminder Ryan Carroll at 2:27 and 5:59 into the period...
...recent passage of Question One in Maine has struck a blow against gay marriage and against supporters of equal rights. Yet much of the popular acrimony directed at gay marriage could be caused by confusion rather than discrimination. The gay marriage debate is now so tangled in religious terminology that questions of legal equality can get easily lost in the language. Fortunately, there might be a way for gay couples to gain the same legal status as straight couples that sidesteps this incessant fighting in courtrooms and polling booths...