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Credit CEO David Neeleman, 41, for piloting JetBlue past the early disasters that typically befall fledgling carriers. For starters, Neeleman raised $160 million from investors--almost triple what other new airline entrants have managed to obtain. The hefty sum is insurance against any unforeseen cash crunch; last year start-up National Airlines veered into bankruptcy because of surging jet-fuel prices...
...unforeseen factor may exacerbate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: migration out of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Jordanian officials reckon at least 100,000 Palestinians have left the West Bank to work illegally in their country since the intifadeh began. (Israeli sources put the number at about 50,000.) An additional 40,000 Palestinians have fled for the U.S., South America and Egypt. In a population of 3 million under Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority, that's a sizable flight, with sizable consequences. Those who leave tend to worry more about making a living than about politics...
Barring some unforeseen disaster, Lance Armstrong will win his third Tour de France Sunday. The 29-year-old Texan will once again be photographed riding down the Champs Elysees, fingers pointed skyward, something between relief and joy playing across his gaunt features. As of Friday, Armstrong held a virtually insurmountable 5-minute lead over his closest rival...
Barring any unforeseen developments, the 23 Progresssive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) members currently occupying the administrative building plan to leave at 3 p.m. today, PSLM member Aaron D. Bartley, a third-year law student, said this morning...
DIED. MICHAEL RITCHIE, 62, director whose films, including The Candidate, Smile and Downhill Racer, often portrayed the unforeseen pitfalls of success; of prostate cancer; in Manhattan. Ritchie also directed Fletch, The Golden Child and The Bad News Bears...