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Airlines keep coming up with creative ways to tick people off. Spirit Airlines announced this month that it will start charging passengers as much as $45 to bring a carry-on bag. RyanAir is getting ready to install coin-operated toilets. But there may be at least one upside to the current extra-fee-ganza: better airline food. (See pictures of what the world eats...
...Ortiz’s opinion, students walk around all day with little regard for the staff members who make Harvard tick. To counteract audiences’ ignorance, Ortiz aimed to tie “Working” directly to Harvard itself. He approached Bill Jaeger, director of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW), and formed a partnership. The actors in “Working” now wear HUCTW uniforms, and HUCTW workers attended their final dress rehearsal...
Harvard got one more chance to even the score, getting the ball to freshman Micaela Cyr behind the cage. Cyr swung around and attacked the goal with five seconds to go. With just one tick left on the clock, Cyr attempted to get a shot off but was fouled by a Bears defender just before the final horn sounded...
Others said they thought the talk was inspirational. “It was great to hear how he thinks, to hear personal anecdotes, and what makes the man who comes up with such great economic discoveries tick,” said Samuel F. Himel...
...contrast to a merely subpar recovery in the U.S. and Europe. For thousands of companies across the globe, anything that threatens China's buoyancy threatens their own bottom lines. (Witness the sell-off in the S&P 500 on Feb. 12, when Beijing's central bank raised by a tick the so-called reserve ratio requirement for its banks.) And nothing, not even massive government infrastructure spending, has driven China's growth more than real estate investment...