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...package efficiently is what it gets paid for. And the company is getting paid more often. "It's very rare to hear such bold statements from UPS management," says Helane Becker, transportation analyst for Jesup & Lamont Securities. "So we can take this to mean they truly believe the worst is behind us and UPS is ready to move forward...
...those who doubt America’s leadership, its political system, or its economy, there is one fact that is not up for debate: Americans are charitable people. Even during the worst economic climate since the Great Depression, U.S. chartable giving exceeded 300 billion dollars. We have seen this charitable spirit at Harvard; following the 7.0 earthquake that has devastated Haiti, Harvard students, in cooperation with the Office of the President, Harvard College Dean’s Office, and the Office of Fine Arts, established Harvard for Haiti, an organization which has raised just over 23,000 dollars...
...outsider was it to find these places? When I began investigating, I wanted to go to one. But they're really dangerous, really awful places. The best thing that could have happened was that everyone would stop talking and look at me until I left, and the worst is a laundry list of misadventures that I can only imagine. I spent a lot of time and I asked a lot of people, sometimes very brazenly. I had some immense strokes of luck - I met some key people for whom it probably wasn't a very good idea to take...
...their worst, museums are stuffy and swarming with tourists - and what's with the glowering security guards? At sculpture parks, on the other hand, you get room to roam, fresh air and touch-friendly installations. Finding them isn't much of a problem. "There are countless amazing sculpture parks and gardens out there," says Cameron Cartiere, an arts-policy lecturer at the University of London's Birkbeck College. She oversees a global list at bbk.ac.uk/sculptureparks and has personally visited more than 100. Feel like following her example? Grab a windbreaker and discover just how invigorating...
...purchase for much the same reasons that U.S. consumers shunned the Hummer: the vehicle's size and poor fuel economy were impractical in an era of high fuel prices, general economic weakness and greater concern about the harmful effects of vehicle emissions on the environment. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...