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That may seem hard to swallow, given how consumers feel about the service they're getting. Asked in a TIME/CNN poll last week whether airline mergers will result in better or worse service for flyers, 55% of those surveyed said worse, vs. 31% who saw an upside. Over the past five years, quality of service has deteriorated even as fares have been rising. Last year was particularly miserable. Delta and United have been poleaxed by labor disputes with the pilots' union that have caused thousands of flight cancellations. And relations between American's management and its labor groups have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slicing Up The Sky | 1/22/2001 | See Source »

...Lincolnshire, Ill., human-resources consulting firm. Nearly 75% of the employers in Hewitt's annual survey of the 100 best companies to work for provided time off for community service last year. And in 1999, 48% of employers included formal volunteer programs as part of their business plan, vs. just 19% in 1992, according to a survey of 248 companies conducted by the Points of Light Foundation. Nearly half of all employees in a variety of fields took their employers up on offers of paid time off for community service, according to a study conducted by the Radcliffe Public Policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Good Works Perk | 1/22/2001 | See Source »

...astonishing, and the same applies to Tag Tournament. Each of the 30-odd characters has its own martial arts style based on reality, with some admittedly outrageous tweaks. This means you can create everyone's fantasy martial arts movie by staging battles pitting endless combinations of combatants: Sumo vs. (Space) Samurai, Thai Boxing vs. Tae Kwon Do, Kangaroo vs. Bear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tekken Tag Tournament | 1/17/2001 | See Source »

...auction prices for a Playstation 2 unit are now about even with the actual retail price ($350 on ebay vs. $300 at a retail store), you can begin to realistically think about whether to get one or not. Behind the hype, here are some practical considerations for Playstation 1 owners and non-owners alike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time for a Playstation 2? Maybe Not | 1/17/2001 | See Source »

According to the NCAA News, the selection committee compares teams based on the record in the final 16 games, ratings percentage index, record vs. common opponents, record vs. teams above .500, and head-to-head results...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Don't Fear the De Remer: Pathos in between the Pipes | 1/17/2001 | See Source »

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