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...about to go in on Good Friday or on Easter Sunday. But she told INS officials that Saturday or Monday were both possibilities if negotiations stalled, and they in turn said whatever happened had to occur before 6 a.m., when the traffic lights in the neighborhood switch from blinking yellow to red, yellow and green, and the streets start filling with cars, and the sidewalks with anxious, angry people...
SLAMMERS SLAMMED The FCC is backing up its pledge to crack down on slamming, the illegal practice whereby phone companies switch your long-distance service without your say-so and then typically charge you 50% more. Two weeks ago, the agency moved to empower the states to enforce its strictures against the practice. Under FCC rules, if you haven't paid your slammer bill, you'll be absolved of the first 30 days of charges. If you have paid, the slammer must pay your regular carrier 150% of your charges. Then you'll get back half of what you paid...
Fossil fuels will remain an important energy source for the foreseeable future, but they will eventually run out and the world will have to switch to what environmental visionaries have been dreaming about since the original Earth Day: endlessly renewable power from wind...
...accommodations at our expense." Clearly, with no suites, no kitchenettes, no free food and half of the Harvard group stranded 15 minutes down the road, an upgrade had not gone into effect. Michael Edgett, a recent graduate of Western New England College relates the same story of a random switch from Brisas Suites into the Yalmakan. "The room at the Yalmakan was extremely small with no refrigerator. We paid extra money for trip insurance and were supposed to get a room upgrade if there were any problems with our accommodations. We were told that our room was actually an upgrade...
...switch of the setter we had faced [earlier in the season] over to outside hitter was a big reason why Queens did well in the first game," said co-captain Ed Pankau...