But the sharp rise in weekend demand also poses an increasingly urgent challenge: how to maintain a creaking, century-old system that now knows no respite.
Michael P. DePallo, general manager of the trans-Hudson tubes, attributed the increase to the strong economy in the region as well as to sharp rises in weekend traveling on the rail line, which runs between Newark, Jersey City, Hoboken and five Manhattan stations.
Criticism grew sharper over the weekend on the terms of the deal, which was announced on Thursday in Berlin, beginning with unions that said more jobs would be cut than expected.
"And I feel if I can be a little bit sharper on the weekend, I can make a few more birdies".
ESPN and TNT will carry a larger playoff load than cable previously has, because ABC will show only one game a week, on Sunday afternoons, a sharp departure from the weekend doubleheaders and tripleheaders that NBC has televised.
LOS ANGELES — In a sharp exchange over the weekend, SeaWorld Entertainment and the team behind "Blackfish," a documentary about the dangers associated with captive orcas, traded charges about the validity of the film, which is set for release on Friday by Magnolia Pictures.
A mayoral campaign that motored along for months with civil discussions of civic issues from traffic to education is winding down into a final weekend of sharp ethnic politicking, personal recriminations and unusually heavy partisan spending in a city proud of its tradition of nonpartisan municipal elections.
After a weekend of sharp criticism for his stewardship of Enron, Kenneth L. Lay, the company's former chief executive, abruptly reversed course this evening and told Congress he would refuse to testify before two committees preparing to hear his testimony, starting on Monday.
The pound stabilised on Monday after a sharp fall over the weekend after the loss of the UK's top AAA credit rating.
Sharp contrasts emerged over the weekend in the way the Bush and Gore campaigns view America's proper military role in Europe.
