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Executive Jet commands more than 75% of the fractional-ownership market--down from 100%. Its success has lured a couple of jetmakers into the game, including Raytheon, which sells Beech and Hawker jets. Bombardier, a leading competitor, is adding fractional owners at a rate of more than 100 a year; it has more than 350 clients using 65 Learjet and Challenger aircraft. A booming economy continues to enlarge the ranks of fractional flyers. Over the past 3 1/2 years, Executive Jet has ordered 590 aircraft, paying $9.75 billion and expanding into Europe and Asia...
...wealth," while the Times of London editorialized, "It ill-behooves a prince to diminish his people for his own ends." The Sun labeled the Prince "tactless and talentless," which, if true, won't hurt his fortunes in Hollywood, where such attributes have never stood in the way of success...
These are both wonderful performances, with Baldwin's--coming on top of his superb movie-star parody in Notting Hill--opening up rich new territories for him to explore. But Outside Providence is full of glorious actor's moments, and may finally owe its success to them. One begins to think, If all these people believe so wholeheartedly in this enterprise, maybe I ought to as well...
...explanation is the diminishing effectiveness of medications used against the stubborn virus, which is showing signs of developing resistance to even the powerful new protease inhibitors. It's also apparent, however, that another factor is at work. The very success of the drugs has made us forget that the best way to fight AIDS is prevention, and that's the second important message out of Atlanta...
...make a commitment to stay involved in his or her child's education, whether by volunteering, reading all the papers the school sends home, supervising homework or even making sure that a child gets a good breakfast. Sound like too much homework in these busy times? "Your child's success at school," writes LaForge, "has to be important enough for you to want to find the time and energy to stay on top of what's happening in the classroom...