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...scheduled airlines, though, are not all pleased. Charter carriers, they point out, do not have to provide year-round service on less popular routes. The newcomers, in the words of a Trans World Airlines executive, "skim the cream-run into the market, grab what they can in peak season and get out and into another market." To compete with the charter outfits, the scheduled lines claim they may eventually be forced to curtail their regular services. Possible result: lowered earnings for the big carriers, who have already had plenty of profit problems in recent years...
Fluttering Flags. Football in the South is a social event, fashion show and year-round centerpiece for bragging. Its rituals are as firmly fixed as the firmament on high. In Knoxville, Tenn., fans strip the supermarkets of their favorite fruit: orange is a school color, a half-time snack and something to throw at offending referees. When 60,000 University of Florida loyalists gather for a game, the world's largest beach party is under way, fueled by whisky and Gatorade. At the University of Georgia, wardrobes are planned for the slow stroll to seats behind the fabled hedges...
...airline executives are outraged. Says Thomas Taylor, TWA's Washington vice president: "The U.S. Government should tell the British to shove it." They reject London's argument that the Bermuda arrangement has encouraged the overcapacity that results in a year-round average passenger load of less than 60%. They also dispute the British assertion that a cut in total flights would improve all the airlines' earnings; indeed, under such an arrangement the hard-pressed, unsubsidized U.S. carriers would certainly lose. U.S. airlines point out that far from having more than a fair share of the business...
...added that financial aid students receive absolute preference on other student jobs such as positions on the year-round dorm crews...
...some colleges, ultimate frisbee is a much more high-powered affair. At Hampshire College, the four-year old team, recognized as one of the best in the country, has access to the college's airedome nightly for year-round indoor practices...