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...years, the young have always left the Highlands," he says. "Mine is the first generation who are seriously thinking of going back. We don't want to go home and work in a shop and survive, we want to go home and be successful." Not that land is a ticket to wealth. "Most of these estates only existed because they had money coming in from outside," says Robert Balfour, chairman of the Association of Deer Management Groups. Derek Louden, the rural development manager hired to come up with an economic strategy for Assynt's land, believes this can change...
...airlines are in a precarious spot. They may have to pass on the cost of jet fuel--up more than 20%--to ticket holders, which could depress air travel. Northwest, for one, warned that higher fuel prices could tip it into bankruptcy...
...That fall, Riley hobnobbed with the students the UC was supposed to represent. She rose to the presidency of Best Buddies, which aids the mentally retarded, and joined CityStep.Aiming to put the undergraduate back in the undergraduate council, she teamed up with John Haddock to run an anti-establishment ticket. With the campaign home site of fixtheuc.com, the duo promoted tearing down the Ivory Tower image of the council and reforming the CLC. Citing the failed Wyclef concert and the dismal Springfest, Haddock and Riley proposed that campus entertainment be handled by an independent student organization. “Typically...
...Undergraduate Council (UC) could not raise the funds to provide the level of security that the Boston Police Department mandated for the Snoop Dog event. And the HCC’s ticket sales for the Wycelf concert were so low that the event was cancelled...
...None of those actions, however, mean much to the people who have to deal with such a sudden growth in demand. "How are we treated? Poorly, very poorly," said Todd, a ticket agent who declined to give his last name. "People can just be mean, and they for some reason think that we have something to do with the situation and decide to take it out on us. If people could just be a little more kindhearted all the way around, it would be nice...