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Lawrence Cummings
August 01, 2016 at 2:31 pmI’m glad to see you mentioned Mr. Welsh’s role in the ending of the conference system. Does he, I wonder, ever feel a teeny-weeny pang of nostalgia for the days when pricing was fixed, devoid of the current volatility, and surcharges had to be notified well in advance?