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...Fernandes wouldn't have it any other way. "I love it when I struggle to find a seat," he beams. With ticket prices as low as 50?, seats have often been hard to find. Fernandes expects to fly 4 million passengers this year, twice as many as in 2003. His success heralds a revolution in the airline industry in Asia. Although Americans and Europeans have benefited from low-cost air travel for years, tight regulation, powerful national-flag carriers and a dearth of airports have kept budget airlines at bay in Asia. But finally the region's long-suffering travelers...
...There were signs last week that some Republicans were getting nervous. Former Senator Alfonse D'Amato called for Bush to replace Cheney on the ticket. "K Street is in a panic," said a prominent Republican, referring to the Republican lawyers and lobbyists who have been quite lucky in recent years massaging their legislation through the system. There were all sorts of rumors, proposals and prayers-that Colin Powell or John McCain would replace Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon; that Powell, McCain, Rudolph Giuliani or Senate majority leader Bill Frist would replace Cheney. In the TIME poll, 44% of independents...
...shortcomings - Le Monde calls Fahrenheit 9/11 "simplistic and often demagogic" - but cheer him on anyway. His latest book, Dude, Where's My Country? , has been on the German best-seller lists for more than 30 weeks. The idea that this renegade could galvanize U.S. opinion and boost the Democratic ticket holds a certain appeal for Europeans. Bush is so unpopular in Europe, says French legislator Pierre Lellouche, that "the Democrats could nominate a horse" and draw more support. But the Constitution has no provision for equine candidates, and it's the American voter who will decide...
...Europe his first priority." So the tone could only improve - but what about substance? During the primaries, Kerry tacked away from some long-held free trade positions, but once he had won the nomination, he reverted to internationalism. (It will be interesting to see if Edwards' presence on the ticket leads to more tough talk on trade and an appeal - which failed for Al Gore in 2000 - to old-fashioned populism.) But as one former U.S. diplomat warns, if Kerry wins "the U.S. won't sign Kyoto, the land-mine treaty, join the International Criminal Court, or double its foreign...
Owing to dismal ticket sales, organizers have called off the alternative-rock festival Lollapalooza (with Morrissey, above), before it even began. It was another blow to what is shaping up to be an abysmal concert season. Explanations range from overexposed talent to high ticket prices. Or maybe it's just an epidemic of health problems. --By Jeffrey Ressner...