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...been a dark time for the U.S. airline business--or at least most of it, with profits scarce and bankruptcies plentiful. But one corner of the market is booming: obscure airlines like World Airways, Atlas Air, Omni Air and Evergreen that provide private transport service to the U.S. military. The Pentagon--which has been a steady customer since Sept. 11, as it moves troops and equipment from bases all around the world and back again--will spend $2 billion this year on such air transport, up from $772 million in 2000. In addition, such international agencies...
...always difficult to transport and was the victim of piracy by opposing bands on more than one occasion,” recalls then-band manager Alan S. Novick ’55, who still plays the tuba...
BENEFITS Trains the heart, lungs and circulatory system to process oxygen and transport it to muscles more efficiently. Aerobic exercise also burns calories and body fat, increases metabolism and lung capacity, reduces blood pressure and the risk of heart disease, helps prevent diabetes, strengthens the immune system and lowers stress levels...
...spend is sliding, total ad revenues for newspapers are growing. According to Nielsen Media Research, advertising spending in Britain's Metro climbed 9.2% in 2004, compared to 3.9% across the U.K.'s daily newspaper market. So what's the attraction? With the ubiquity of freesheets in or around transport links, firms are able to combine ads in a commuter's free paper with promotions elsewhere within a public transport network, says Richard Chataway of the Media Planning Group, a London media agency whose clients are regularly publicized inside Associated's Metro. He says advertisers want the commuting audience, and, besides...
...last haven of ring tone-free peace is gone. The Massachusetts Bay Transport Authority (MBTA) has announced that it will install a wireless communication network inside the tunnels of the MBTAs subway system. According to the MBTAs press release, [T]he project, to be introduced in phases, begins at the subway platforms at Park Street, Downtown Crossing, Government Center, and State Street, and includes the tunnels connecting those stations. Once the wires are in place, a transportation system that made the world a little smaller will be made a lot louder. While Amtrak trains have solved this problem by designating...