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Watts Riots
WATTS RIOTS WATTS RIOTS. During the summer of 1965, rioting broke out in Watts, an African American section of Los Angeles. By 1965 the successes of nonviolent protests seemed irrelevant to many African Americans segregated and mired in poverty and despair in urban ghettoes. Militancy increased,... Read more |
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Judy Sierra
Sierra, Judy 1945-PersonalBorn Judy Strup, June 8, 1945, in Washington, DC; name legally changed, 1985; daughter of Joseph L. (a photographer) and Jean (a librarian) Strup; married Robert Walter Kaminski (a puppeteer and elementary schoolteacher); children: Christopher Robin Strup. Education:... Read more |
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Peter Victor Ueberroth
Peter Victor Ueberroth 1937-, American business and sports executive, b. Evanston, Ill. As president of the organizing committee for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Ueberroth created a financially successful competition that reversed a trend of heavy deficit spending by host cities and resulted in a... Read more |
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Los Lobos
Los Lobos Folk/rock group Small Time Band Taking Off Doing What It Takes Selected discography Sources When the roots-rock revival of the early 1980s appeared, Los Lobos would probably have been picked as the least likely to succeed. While bands like the Stray Cats and the Fabulous... Read more |
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Los Mochis
Los Mochis , city (1990 pop. 162,659), Sinaloa state, W Mexico. Los Mochis is connected to Mexico City by highway and to the port of Topolobampo by road and rail. It also has an airport. It is the commercial and processing center of the rich agricultural district irrigated by the Fuerte River.... Read more |
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La Paz (Mexico)
La Paz lä päs , city (1990 pop. 137,641), capital and largest city of Baja California Sur state, W Mexico. A tourist spot and transportation hub for the southern Baja peninsula, La Paz was first settled in 1811. The city was known for its pearl fishing until the middle of the 20th cent.... Read more |
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Montebello (United States)
Montebello city (1990 pop. 59,564), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a growing residential and industrial suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1920. A wide variety of products are manufactured in Montebello, and there are oil wells.... Read more |
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Volos
Vólos , city (1991 pop. 77,192), capital of Magnisia prefecture, E Greece, in Thessaly, on the Gulf of Vólos, an inlet of the Aegean Sea. The principal port of Thessaly, Vólos is a transportation, commercial, and industrial center. Its leading exports are tobacco, wheat, wine,... Read more |
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Culver City
Culver City city (1990 pop. 38,793), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. It is a center of the U.S. motion-picture industry, whose roots in the city date to c.1915. Its chief manufactures are rubber products and computers. Directly south of the city is Los... Read more |
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Running on empty?: Major airlines face growing risk of fuel shortages
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Fuel-shortage close calls put stress on airlines
...of running out of jet fuel...bottlenecks, airlines were forced...address what airline executives...problem: With passenger traffic rising above...ironically, the airlines' own efforts...to several airline ... |
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Airline Industry Expects Year of Relative Calm, Consolidation; After Turmoil...
...consolidation. The airline failures...Trans World Airlines are weak...complaints about airline service are...analyst with L.F. Rothschild...could turn out to be a pretty...overproduction continues to depress...issue in the ... |
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12.4 million passengers welcomed at Abu Dhabi Int'l Airport during 2011.
...tonnes, an increase of 10% in...comprehensive airline marketing...attracted new airlines and encouraged existing airlines to expand...of leading airline companies...and Czech Airlines, which increased...MSC cruises ... |
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US Airways Won't Scrap Health Plan; Airline to Continue Retirees' Benefits
...to throw out the union...with the airline. Negotiations...allows the airline to terminate...which covers airlines, employees...environment continues to toughen...pressuring other airlines to do the...largest ... |
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Jet fuel shortage is growing risk
...of running out of jet fuel...bottlenecks, airlines were forced...address what airline executives...problem: with passenger traffic rising above...ironically, the airlines' own efforts...to several airline ... |
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Avis Budget Group Comments on Operating Environment and Expected Results for...
...has turned out to be a significantly...said Ronald L. Nelson...reductions by the airline industry...initiative continues to help us...may increase", "may...expected cost increases for new vehicles...downturn in ... |
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Ontario officials concerned over continued dropoffs of passengers, flights at...
...volumes at L.A./Ontario...this year, passenger traffic was down...80,000 passengers. In all...continue to pull out airplanes...Bad news continues Based on...trend in passenger traffic to ... |
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Shoppers help U.S. economy revive
...Spending continues to be bolstered...much of the increase in disposable...passenger traffic in August...passenger traffic at Portland...sputtered out in August...percent drop in traffic ... |
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Travelers Slowly Return to Raleigh-Durham, N.C., Airport.
...nearly run out of room for...decline in local passengers in October...Southwest Airlines recently announced...And American Airlines announced...of $49. Traffic is still off...Southwest Airlines continues to ... |
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