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As outbreaks of the H1N1 virus inject more frazzle into already-frayed travelers, airlines and their approach to sick passengers are being scrutinized.
With as many as four World Series games scheduled in November, Major League Baseball and FOX could take a financial hit if northeastern skies drop a deep chill or some white stuff on New York or Philadelphia.
As Victor Fabry napped in his hospital bed, a quiet symphony filled his room. The steady pulse of a cardiac monitor marked the progress of his mending heart. Over that beat, the swaying strains of a Brazilian guitarist pumped nearly nonstop from a CD player on the shelf.
Like so many others, I can pin a gloomy personal number on this atrocious economy.
We pray to escape the middle row. We pay extra for a cranny of bonus leg room. And we pine for an upgrade to the highest of all Promised Lands — first class.
When the stars fall, sometimes it’s not what they did that kills or saves their sponsorship deals, but who they are.
With three kids, four months of unpaid bills and a home teetering on foreclosure, Jenny hopes salvation lies in a precious slice of bubblegum-scented cardboard.
Two things stoked Erin Nash’s anger when she trolled the malls last year. First, most stores trumpeted their “holiday” sales. Second, every sales clerk robotically wished their customers “Happy holidays.” The word “Christmas,” Nash felt, had been discarded by the retailers like a wad of crumpled wrapping paper.
As a hungry grad student, Brandon Mendelson can sum up his financial status in two painful words: “broke” and “desperate.” He needs quick cash to help cover his living expenses, including food and health insurance.
Crashes and collapses? Slumps and slides?
- Unlike the man of the hour in this town, Jamie Sutherland isn’t selling hope. He’s selling pants.
The winning formula is just so simple: Gold equals gold.
The party never dies, it’s just getting harder to find.
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