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...same time announced a flurry of new initiatives, including customers-first.org a new website to help passengers get information on exactly what to expect if problems should arise. The airline lobby also called on the Bush Administration to speed up modernization of the air-traffic-control system. But that volley might not be enough: Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, for example, stands ready to reintroduce legislation on the Hill that would require airlines to improve customer service or face sanctions. "We're not calling for a constitutional right to fluffy pillows," says Wyden. "But we do want timely and accurate...
Since the vote, committee members who opposed the district administrators' proposal have faced a ferocious volley of criticism from parents who want to keep the selection process random at the high school...
...Rehab, volley, comeback. The scandal-plagued tennis star lands on top Down Under...
...star wattage to justify it. Hicks has written a batch of tunes as strong as any he's ever recorded; along with the Midler duet highlights include "My Cello," "I Don't Want Love" and the revved-up "Meet Me on the Corner," in which Hicks and Costello volley the lyrics fast and furiously. Always fond of revisiting his back catalog, Hicks reprises his classic "I Scare Myself," and in the process reminds us how few songwriters have come along since who can successfully combine humor, pathos, irony and innocence. Here's hoping for another helping soon...
...almost exactly noon, a volley of tear gas touched off the final revolt. Police guarding the parliament thought they could face down the furious, swelling mob. The peppery gas started to bite, pushing back the crowd as many dragged out handkerchiefs ready in their pockets. But the police were unwilling to match the ferocity of the crowd as its show of strength escalated into a full-scale assault on the principal symbols of Milosevic's power...