41.   He said British Airways and other foreign carriers do not have to purchase access to U.S. airports.

42.   He predicted that the foreign carriers would have little ground to retaliate.

43.   He said the major carriers back the fee in an effort to shrink the cost advantage the smaller carriers have in many markets.

44.   However, the U.S. view is that carriers have the right to unlimited stopover flights through each nation en route to third-country destinations.

45.   If the economy turns sour and travelers cut back, the carriers will have to slash fares to tempt them back on board.

46.   In addition, each carrier would have to establish a set policy for passengers stranded overnight.

47.   In the flight-attendant category, Southwest tied Continental and the Dallas-based carrier also had the best on-time performance.

48.   Increasingly, they are thinking about which carrier has the best selection of movies and television programs to make their long flights more bearable.

49.   Indeed, all carriers have such plans as they cope with exploding amounts of data traffic generated by the Internet and try to deliver integrated communications services to customers.

50.   It also was the era when the carriers of confetti had to produce their own, usually by cutting up old newspapers.