PICTURE OF THE
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Million Elvis March Called a
Success
"Finally, we're getting some
recognition," says one. |
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TRAVEL |
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US Airways Bankrupt, United is
Next, American Lays off 7,000, Amtrak
Grounds Acela
You may have to stay where you are for now. |
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PEOPLE |
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Cheney Moving to Cayman
Islands
Will make fundraising calls, avoid press,
check Halliburton, Harken PO boxes. |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Side Effects
Reported From Excessive
Botox Use
But they can be minimized
with stretching exercises
(right). |
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CORRECTION |
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In our editorial, "Hit
First," we cited the attack on Pearl
Harbor as an example of how effectively
our nation has used the idea of
preemptive war in the past. In fact, it
was the Japanese who used this strategy
against us. We regret the error. |
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SCIENCE |
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Crow Makes Tool to Get Food
Applies for patent, hosts infomercial. |
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Robot Teaches Itself to Fly in
3 Hours, Duplicating 3 Million
Years of Evolution
Takes 4 hours to develop ticketing system
charging different price to each
passenger. |
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SPACE |
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NASA Loses Contact With Comet
Probe; Frustrated Trackers Get
Only Recorded Message
"The mobile unit you have called is
currently out of the service area or is
not answering." |
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The Savings & Loan
Disaster, the Energy
Trading Scandal, the
Telecommunications
Meltdown and now the
Airline Debacle all have
one thing in common: |
A) |
Over-commitment of
resources by top
management towards
employee welfare,
improving the environment
and community service. |
B) |
Insufficient attention
paid to inflating stock
value, paper profits,
accounting tricks and top
executive compensation. |
C) |
Deregulation. |
(Hint: corporate
lobbyists worked very
hard on this.) |
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