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For the second time in less than two months, flight attendants at Northwest Airlines overruled their union leaders, rejecting a proposed contract that includes concessions and threatening a strike that could put Northwest out of business. Flight attendants, along with other work groups across the industry, are upset about facing pay cuts after seeing many airlines return to profitability in recent quarters. Managements contend that the cuts are needed for the carriers to survive and to compete against lower-cost airlines.