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After reprinting one of the passages Nesson objected to, reading "...thirty grand translates into twelve kilos of powdered cocaine and a ticket to Amsterdam." Fenno continued, "From these words, it could be inferred that Prof. Nesson uses cocaine, which is not true. Cocaine use is legal in Amsterdam."
While all this may be, as analysts have suggested, a sign of maturity in the industry, passengers may be forgiven if they see absolutely nothing here that resembles good news for them. Without a doubt, consumers benefited from the cheaper airfares that followed in the decade after deregulation. In a...
With respect to his new dedication to educational funding, President Clinton seems to have found a truly beneficial use for his brand of Democratic conservatism, heretofore correctly seen as unambiguous capitulation to a Republican agenda. In his State of the Union message to Congress two weeks ago, the president promised...
The word "orthodox" translates more literally and accurately as "straight" than it does as "fundamentalist." And I'll tell you what we're straight about. We're straight about responsibility. We're straight about justice. We're straight about kindness. And we're straight about the ethical teachings of our...
Last year's results suggest the gap is widening, indicating that something more than fees is the problem. Ironically, no one seems to pin it on the influx of thirtysomething fund managers hired as part of the industry's explosive growth. "In a bull market like this, youth is an...