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Before the Northridge earthquake, California was slowly but surely recovering from its three-year recession. While economic growth has been healthy in the rest of America for about a year now, California--where the economic boom of the 1980s was fueled by the defense industry--has been reeling in the wake of the end of the Cold War. But the hard times may have been a blessing in disguise...
...finest example of "catching fame" so far is found in the Adams House Tunnels. But that is art, not graffiti, you might protest, and you would be right. Our reference is not to the three-year old murals on the walls, but to their more recent alterations. An unidentified artiste has used silver spray paint and a fine eye to modify some of the inscriptions so that "Hierarchy Presupposes Identity" now reads "Hierarchy Be Identity." "Be Cool" and "Power to the People 'Ya Gotta Believe" are entirely new shimmering wall-art maxims. Inquiries about the additions around Adams House have...
...walkout, scheduled to end next Sunday, signals the latest problem for an industry struggling to pull out of a three-year nose dive (total losses: $10 billion). Just as some big carriers -- American, Delta Air Lines and Continental Airlines among them -- have begun to post modest earnings, the long-quiescent airline unions have started voicing their demands. Workers who feel underpaid and overworked are asking for their share of the emerging profits. Management's response: continued cost cutting. "No question about it," says Morgan Stanley airline analyst Kevin Murphy, "1994 will be the year of labor turmoil...
...fact, one main reason airlines have made money at all is the concessions they have wrung from their workers. Thanks to a three-year agreement to reduce employees' pay 12%, the once deeply troubled Northwest Airlines has saved $886 million. American, United and Delta are all turning profits, thanks to layoffs and other cost-cutting measures, like the sale of nonessential assets, such as flight kitchens. These carriers all registered millions in third-quarter profits, with labor concessions playing a significant role. Says an impatient Denise Hedges, the head of American's 21,000-member flight attendants' union: "We have...
Elias' Division I-AA marks were for career games of rushing for more than 200 yards (7), most rushing yards gained per game in a three-year career (140.3) and most rushing touchdowns per game in a career (49 in 30 games or a 1.63 average...