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Redeeming all these awards, however, has become tougher. In the case of the airlines, blame a reduction in seats. As a group, the airlines have decreased capacity 20% to 25% since Sept. 11 because of the downturn in paying passengers, explains Tim Winship, publisher of FrequentFlier.com Says Winship: "That translates...
Mike Park remembers when he first started working the cod boats out of Aberdeen, on Scotland's northeastern coast. "The fish were plentiful and the boats few," he says. That was nearly 30 years ago. "Then the boats became plentiful," says Park, 43, "and the fish few." Today fish populations...
(2 of 2) Why is everyone so worried about cod? In Britain people eat over 172 million cod dinners a year, most of them from the fish-and-chip shop. Cod is especially vulnerable to heavy fishing, because it is a large species that doesn't reach sexual maturity until...
That all changed earlier this year when Scarpa learned about IE-Engine, a privately held software firm based in Waltham, Mass., that promised to make it easier and cheaper to buy health insurance. IE-Engine set up a pilot program that helped ABB streamline its health-care providers in North...
The accomplishments of Chopra and Stannard-Friel have been some of the council’s greatest recent highlights. They played key roles in the Core reduction, extended universal keycard access, Springfest, later party hours, free Harvard-Yale tickets and a spirited tailgate at The Game. They have served on...