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...marching band wasn’t so sympathetic. “I mean, at the end of the day, there’s nothing I can do about it,” says Head Manager Morgan A. Robinson. “I felt bad, and I cried a little tear, but whatever.” Yeah, whatever, Columbia...way to uphold the First Amendment...

Author: By Samantha L. Connolly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: And the Band Couldn’t Play On | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

...which not only lowers costs but also chops the time spent boarding at terminals to 25 minutes--about half that of the major airlines. His pilots are trained to land at a farther point on the runway and at a slower speed to conserve fuel and reduce wear and tear on tires. Half of AirAsia's tickets are sold over the Internet, eliminating travel-agent fees. Passengers pay for their food and drinks. When a professional aviation-construction outfit demanded $20 million to build a hangar at Kuala Lumpur's airport, Fernandes instead asked the small contractor who had built...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Air Raiders | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

...round-the-world tour himself. He brings the joy of getting to every child, including the Afro-American orphan, and there is joy in every land, and at the North Pole. It's all meant to bring edifying moisture to audiences' eyes. The more susceptible moviegoers may shed a tear or two, but they risk hating themselves in the morning. On the upside, they don't have to wait to hate Fred Claus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Claus That Won't Fly | 11/11/2007 | See Source »

...streets of the protest venue and flooded the park grounds where she was to speak in order to prevent supporters from sitting on the ground. A few hundred protesters clashed with police at the barricades, but any efforts to defy the security forces quickly dissipated under blasts of tear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bhutto at the Barricades | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

...other than a few dozen politicians and party workers, the streets surrounding Bhutto's house were swarming almost exclusively with journalists and security forces. Even when Bhutto managed to tear her way out of the house and address her public from the open sun-roof of a white land cruiser parked out front, a crowd of teenagers at a nearby empty lot continued to play cricket. The local-language press - generally cynical and conspiracy-minded - grumbled about the theatrics of the whole event, pointing out the lack of visible grass roots support for Bhutto in both Islamabad and Rawalpindi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bhutto at the Barricades | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

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