The resulting squeeze has raised the stakes for kids and parents, many of whom see the sport as a ticket to a top school.
"I had realized that the camera was really a ticket to a lot of places one might not be able to go otherwise, " he said.
We take the refreshingly logical view that as someone has bought a ticket to a sporting event (or concert, gig, whatever) then that ticket is their property, for them to dispose of as they wish.
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For example, under the industry's byzantine fare structure, it is sometimes cheaper for a traveler to purchase a ticket to a distant city but to leave the plane at an intermediate stopover point -- which is his actual destination.
The age-old argument of whether a ticket to a sporting event is a legal and binding contract was brought to the fore again Tuesday when Matt Morgan, an attorney for three of the more than 30 fans injured when debris went into the stands at Daytona Saturday, spoke about a possible lawsuit.
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Law school provides an education, not a golden ticket to a corner office and six-figure salary.
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These numbers are driven by conventional wisdom that views higher education as a surefire ticket to a successful career and greater lifetime earnings.
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What I am worried about are police officers like my friend, who is a Hispanic, who's Spanish speaking, and when he goes to write a ticket to another Latino, they say to him, you are a racist.
If a card belonging to a Berliner has never been used to purchase a plane ticket or buy goods outside Germany, the system may block an attempt to book a Moscow-Tokyo flight leaving in three hours.
Zendesk, for example, provides information on the amount of time it takes to assign a ticket, send a first response to the customer, and resolve that ticket, among other data points.
Another way to look at it is like a partial season ticket plan to a stadium.
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She said everyone she is giving a ticket to must pledge not to sell the ticket for a profit.
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It feels expensive, from a coffee to a pint to a cinema ticket.
Users can also scratch a virtual lotto ticket to unveil a prize such as a discounted meal.
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He can concentrate intensely, in binges, but he is also the kind of person who will forget to reserve a plane ticket, or reserve a plane ticket and forget to pay for it, or pay for the ticket and forget to go to the airport.
Simply put, for millions of Americans, a postsecondary credential is a ticket to out of poverty and into the middle class.
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If the delay is for five hours or more, passengers are also entitled to a refund of their ticket with a free flight back to the initial point of departure if this is relevant (for example, if a connecting flight has been cancelled).
Locog have now confirmed that babes in arms, aged 12 months or under, will be allowed into almost all London 2012 venues without a ticket but strapped securely to a parent or carer in a baby carrier, sling or similar item.
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Do you have to buy a ticket in order to get on the short list the next time a portfolio assignment comes up?
Often he hears computer science or engineering students say that great GPAs or a top name college are the ticket to a great startup job.
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If I write a ticket to an officer on another agency, and a mutual aid agreement causes us to work together in a major event, would I rather he or she get my back, or be thinking about that ticket I wrote them a few weeks ago?
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When an analyst from Healthcor Management, a New York hedge fund, showed up to the Boston confab without a ticket to hear what Elan had to say, the company refused to let him in.
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When they get home tonight there will be civil servants and Liberal Democrats who will secretly raise a glass and hope that yours is a one-way ticket to the United States and not just a year's sabbatical.
Parliament could help by setting aside more money for salaries: some junior judges make barely 1m rupiah a month, not enough to buy a plane ticket from Jakarta to their more remote postings.
So far the debate has focused on what a potential number two can add to a ticket (with the general answer being, not much).
Even in the Mideast a handful of smaller Persian Gulf states are reminders that openness to the secular world can be a ticket to postpetroleum prosperity.
There is a view that when a passenger buys a ticket they are effectively signing a contract not to become disorderly on the flight.
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On its website, Virgin Trains warns travellers they will be charged an excess or penalty fare if they board a train without a ticket or attempt to change from standard to first class without a first class ticket.
Unlike most airlines, Southwest doesn't charge a fee to change a ticket, and it lets customers apply the amount of unused tickets to new bookings.
They saw it as a way to sell a high-ticket item, not to mention an opportunity "to meet superstars, " says Rome.
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