The Columbia River in the us Northwest lost about 14 percent of its volume from 1948 to 2004, largely because of reduced precipitation and higher water usage in the west.

在1948年至2004年间，位于美国西北部地区的哥伦比亚河的流量减少了约14%，这主要是由于降水量减少以及美国西部用水量增加。

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Recently Delta Airlines has merged with Northwest in the us and Germany's Lufthansa is in talks to absorb Austrian Airlines and BMI.

最近，三角洲航空与美国西北航空合并，而德国汉莎则正在与奥地利航空和BMI航空进行谈判。

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To compete with a merged Delta and Northwest, and forge a strong and stable American airline industry, United and Continental or American and us Airways may be urged to make a similar move.

为了和合并后的三角洲和西北竞争，打造一个强大稳定的美国航空业，联合航空和大陆航空，或者美国航空和全美航空，可能不得不采取同样的策略。

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But once the FAA in the early 1990s granted airline operators permission to use it on over-water routes, carriers including American, Northwest, US Airways and Continental found the 757 a fuel-effective way to serve cities in Western Europe that had previously been reached with larger, more costly wide-body planes that consume more fuel but have greater range.

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Our journey would take us northwest, through the Italian lakes and into the mountains for our Stelvio rendezvous.

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The low-fare blast is squarely aimed at siphoning off traffic from United and other legacy airlines like AMR , Delta Air Lines , Continental Airlines , Northwest Airlines and US Airways Group as the industry starts its fall season slowdown.

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