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...dwindling ranks of the U.S. airline industry lost another contender last week: Chicago-based Midway Airlines, the 12th largest U.S. carrier. Midway suddenly ceased operations after much larger Northwest Airlines pulled out of a $153 million merger deal that would have rescued the bankrupt Chicago airline, which was started in 1979. Northwest said it backed out because it had been given incorrect revenue data. But Midway is weighing a lawsuit. The collapse put Midway's 4,300 employees into unemployment lines and left passengers stranded in many of the 41 cities Midway had served...
When the opening Harvard line-up was introduced, the student section pulled out newspapers in mock boredom. The Union fans began cheering midway through an appalling Star-Spangled Banner And throughout the game, the crowd yelped and screamed to pump their team...
Inflamed by tax squabbles, water fights and rampant north-south snobbery, Californians who can't get along often talk about cutting the state in half. Usually they imagine a line midway, somewhere around Monterey. But Stan Statham, a Republican assemblyman from far-north Redding, wants more radical surgery. He would draw the border above Sacramento for a new 51st state called Northern California. But that would leave most of the state's economic hubs -- including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Silicon Valley -- in the new state to the south. Hey Stan, whose side...
Starting center midfielder junior Sharon Olken or sophomore wing Betsy Miller might have been able to fill this role, but a knee injury midway through the season severely limited Olken's play...
...Midway through the second half, Harvard's offense showed a glimpse of its explosive potential. Junior Rachael Burke gathered the ball at mid-field, swiftly beat a defender and fed Ambinder a lead pass on the right wing. Ambinder carried into the circle and shuttled the ball across to Downing, who completed the textbook play by scoring her second goal of the game. Downing's tally effectively killed Boston College's hopes and Harvard rolled on to its 3-1 victory...