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...down with little explanation. Nor will the airlines reveal how many discount seats are allocated on flights (the number varies according to demand for the flight, with the goal of maximizing revenue). And the airlines have drained most of the spontaneity from the nation's leisure-time travel, with those money-saving but anxiety-producing "nonrefundable" fares, which require long advance purchases and slap heavy penalties for even a slight change in plans. (The Internet has lately helped reverse this a bit, offering customers a chance to bid for cheap last-minute fares...
...carrier, which can virtually dictate fares. American Airlines, which dominates the market from Miami to the Caribbean, cut fares drastically a couple of years ago, when a reconstituted Pan Am came on the scene; only hours after Pan Am shut down last February, American's fares shot up. Miami travelers complain that American's busy schedule is something of a sham, with flights often canceled for mysterious reasons. On the route to Nassau, says Perla Martinez, a Miami travel agent, "everybody books American because it has so many flights. But when you get to the airport, it's, 'Sorry, your...
...idea of space tourism is suddenly hot. It has been 36 years since John Glenn dipped the first American toe into orbit; in the decades since, space travel has become numbingly common--essentially zero-gravity milk runs to ferry cargo up and down. But this very monotony has given Aldrin and others an idea. Now that visiting space is so routine, why shouldn't anyone--even a vacationer--be able to book a seat? Says Aldrin: "We're on the brink of at last democratizing space...
...that the letter was for me, and for real. But it proved to be authentic; it even bore the signature of Horace Deets, the Executive Director. Horace offered me Modern Maturity, a "handsome, helpful magazine [that] brings you hours of enjoyable reading," employment guides, seminars, AARP pharmacy service and travel benefits, among other delights. (Thanks to direct mailings like these, Modern Maturity is actually the largest circulation magazine in the United States.) Oh, and how could I forget? I also received my very own membership identification code, along with a little white card with my name and home address--lest...
Comparatively, the Nakanishi Prize is new.Named by the friends and colleagues of KojiNakanishi in honor of the Columbia Universityprofessor, it has been administered for only twoyears. However, it includes a bronze medal, a$3,000 award and travel package for the recipientand a partner. Prize sponsorship rotates annuallybetween the Chemical Society of Japan and theAmerican Chemical Society...