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Unlike chief executives, they cannot blame adverse market conditions, currency movements, Sars, the Iraq war, the wet summer or the mild winter.

他们不同于首席执行官们，不能去归咎于不利的市场形势、货币走向、非典、伊战、夏季多雨，或是冬季暖冬。

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British Airways' chief executive, Rod Eddington, has said that the combination of SARS, the war in Iraq and a weak economic outlook mean that the global airline industry is facing its toughest crisis in living memory.

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The fresh warnings are another blow to the beleaguered tourism industries in Southeast Asia which have already been hit by the impact of the SARS virus, Iraq war and October 12 Bali bombings.

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With SARS contained and the Iraq war over (more or less), will people again return to the skies?

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