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...least, original: "Everything has been confused and intertwined." "In our house there are remains from the rotten truth." Nevertheless, Oleg Gazmanov, 42, hopes to woo Russian voters with his soulful music. The hip-swiveling pop star is running for parliament next month on the Russian Democratic Reform Movement ticket and believes his sexy image and chart-topping hits will attract "ordinary people" who otherwise might not vote. "I sing in order to unite people," he says. "I see it as my civic duty to be a candidate...
...Chicago's O'Hare Airport, a woman clutching a wedding dress in a plastic bag sobbed as she learned her flight to Antigua was disrupted. Elsewhere, many of American's 200,000 daily passengers camped out on concourses, their luggage serving as makeshift pillows. In Dallas one harried American ticket agent was at the end of her rope: "I just called my husband and told him that when I get home tonight, I'm going to need a back rub and a drink. Badly...
...major airlines find themselves wedged between newly intractable unions and a group of low-cost, no-frills competitors, like Southwest Airlines, which have slashed both costs and ticket prices. For example, Southwest's round-trip fare from Baltimore, Maryland, to Los Angeles is $209; an American ticket is $418. So profitable is Southwest ($73 million in 1992) that last week it ordered 63 new Boeing 737 airplanes, a rare event for the industry. A new entry called Eastwind, for example, will offer rock-bottom fares in January to specific cities and last week announced it will serve Atlanta...
...Louis on the Texas Eagle, which connects Chicago with San Antonio and Houston. Eliminated is the River Cities, linking St. Louis and Carbondale, Illinois; instead passengers en route to New Orleans have to take a bus to Centralia, Illinois, where they can board the City of New Orleans. Ticket offices have been closed at 15 stations across the U.S., including Delray Beach, Florida, and Amsterdam, New York. Trains will still stop at these locations, but tickets must be purchased at other Amtrak stations or travel agencies...
...students who have already missed theirflights because of the strike, American will givefull refunds and a $100 voucher good toward anAmerican ticket for one year...