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...Capitol crowd. But even that merger will get a very close look from the Justice Department, Congress, even the Europeans - not to mention the unions involved - and some analysts are giving it no better than a 50-50 shot at consummation. So American probably figures it can tip those odds in its favor by confronting regulators with the anticompetitive specter of the other big carriers lining up at the barn door to pair off and divide the skies amongst two or three behemoths. But a real merging of American and Northwest? It just isn't in the cards...
...refuse to judge the worth of my friends by their socioeconomic status (as Oppenheim implies that I do) and I refuse to choose my activities because of their approbation in Oppenheim's eyes. When I am facing my senior week next year, I intend to tip one back with the great friends I've made and the people that I may not know as well but have still made this College a great experience for me. I will be proud of what I have done and I will look back fondly on the great experiences I have had. I wish...
...country, as the Washington Post had it, to becoming a bloated, hairless, poisoned shell of yourself, without drowning in Why me? All lives are equally precious, but swashbuckling politicians who swagger through life surrounded by aides whispering in their ears, who exercise power over people like House Speaker Tip O'Neill (who once referred to the upstart Jordan as Hannibal Jerkin), shock us when they're stricken...
...fond of quoting Confederate general Nathan Forrest's admonition to "git thar fustest with the mostest." But increasingly, even Army generals agree they have been emphasizing the "mostest" at the expense of the "fustest." The Army has a cold war hangover: the war machines of a U.S. armored division tip the scales at 300,000 tons. It took the molasses-like movement of the Army's AH-64 Apache helicopters to Albania during last year's Kosovo conflict to make planners publicly admit this is no way to fight a war in the future. "Our heavy forces are too heavy...
...make provisions for opt-outs (on religious grounds, for example). In the meantime, while there doesn't seem to be much consolation for boys facing the specter of an adolescent wardrobe defined primarily by necktie purchases, girls have a little more room for individuality. Here's a quick tip: Buy your skirt one size too big so you can roll it at the waist. It's great for those really hot spring days - and for when you want to make an impression. Trust me on this...