Often, airlines can get credit toward future purchases by letting delivery dates slip, something that costs Boeing money in the long run.
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Sharapova appeared to get discouraged at letting her biggest-name victim to date slip away and lost on the first match point when her forehand sailed long.
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Such logic is responsible for the flatness of sitcoms like " Friends " and " Caroline in the City, " set in Manhattan but looking suspiciously like the San Fernando Valley, where they were actually shot, down to the slightly-dated slip dresses, ubiquitous Gap cargo pants and perky mating rituals.