New Yorkers Cry "Hallelujah"

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Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) has applied for permission from the US Department of Transportation to introduce a new nonstop service between New York's John F Kennedy International Airport and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The airline is planning to launch flights on the route in December this year, offering five flights per week through to April and then four per week during the rest of the year.

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We'll Always Never Have Paris

Poor Martin Lousteau. The young (37) economist accepted the job of a lifetime--that of Argentina's economics minister--only to find that it was thankless and apparently powerless. He put into place the country's program of mobile export taxes, only to see it inspire a wide-ranging farm strike. Then, his attempts to negotiate with the farm sector were undercut by ministers loyal to the ex-President. So he quit, only to be smeared by his former employers as being the sole author of the mobile tax program (as if his boss, the pres, didn't know). But at least he was out, right? Out of the government, free to lead his own life? Oh, should things be so simple. This week, while eating dinner in a Paris restaurant with his girlfriend, a group of Argentines called him out and mocked him with such volume and ferocity that he had to flee the eatery, Clarín reports. In the words of Michael Corleone in Godfather III, "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in."

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Machu Picchu with child

We just got back from Peru and I've got pictures to prove it. Machu Picchu with child was actually a joy. No, we didn't do the four-day hike of the Incan Trail nor did we even make it to the top of the nearby montaña Machu Picchu we tackled. But we got plenty of exercise, were inspired and actually enjoyed the running commentary of our 20-month-old son. (It went something like this: "Mama! Ave! Bird! Awweeba! Pachi!")

Here's a link to the photos I uploaded just as soon as we got back to Buenos Aires (today).

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