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...Middle East, where hatreds are measured in generations and a long weekend of peace counts as a triumph, the gap between dreams and reality is deep. In the 10 days following a historic meeting at the Jordanian town of Aqaba among President George W. Bush, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas--a meeting full of promise and fine words--five Israeli soldiers and 18 civilians were killed by Palestinian gunmen and suicide bombers, and 23 Palestinians were killed by Israeli missile attacks designed to eradicate the leadership of the terrorist group Hamas. Of the Palestinians...
...concern. "People have lost hope that there'll be a change for the better at home," says Dietrich. And since those who leave are mostly young, motivated and qualified - just the kind of people the country needs to retain if recovery is ever to take root - the skills gap seems likely to get even worse. Neither Günther nor Schulze are planning to move back to Germany. "I've become the person I've always wanted to be," says Schulze. "Why leave...
Welcome to Indigo, the upper-crust company that doesn't even call itself an airline. With most of the country's large carriers suffering financially and cutting back flights and amenities, a fresh flock of new and expanding niche carriers is rushing to fill the gap with wildly varying routes and styles of service. Indigo and an unprecedented transatlantic Boeing Business Jet service offered by Germany's Lufthansa Airlines are aimed at executive travelers. Others, like JetBlue Airways and AirTran Airways, are profitably targeting bargain hunters. Some are even more offbeat: Want to fly among skimpily clad hostesses from Atlanta...
...afford to put a bright, well-informed sales associate in front of you," says consultant Jim Dion of Dionco, based in Chicago. High-volume stores such as Kmart and Target hold prices down in part by keeping payroll expenses low, generally less than 5% of sales. Stores like the Gap or Abercrombie & Fitch may spend double that. But even at discount king Wal-Mart, "associates have always been taught that they should smile and make eye contact," Dion says. "So you can ask them a question, and they'll be polite when they tell you they don't know...
...Ella Witcher and junior Louisa Hall, Harvard claimed the Ivy title for the third straight year with a perfect 6-0 conference record. The Crimson also finished the year ranked second—just ahead of the Bulldogs—for the second year in a row, but the gap between Trinity and No. 2 appeared to widen. Harvard finished 8-1 overall, the lone blemish on its record an 8-1 drubbing by the Bantam squad, which went on to repeat as national champions...