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...Littleby case is not in Fandorin's jurisdiction, but he becomes entangled in it aboard the Leviathan, a massive luxury liner cruising to Calcutta; Littleby's killer is known to be aboard, as is the Parisian inspector following his or her trail. All that is the setup for a ravishing jewel box of a mystery--the lock of which Fandorin gingerly, joyfully picks--and an homage to Christie, whose Death on the Nile is the mother ship of all nautical mysteries. Akunin also knows his Arthur Conan Doyle, and his Fandorin likes to indulge in showy displays of Holmesian observation...
...London Elevate your love by exchanging vows aboard the London Eye. For around $3,050, you can hire a booth and say "I do" at the top of the biggest of big wheels, 135 m above the River Thames. Your matrimonial capsule will hold up to 21 wedding guests, but additional pods may be hired for around $540 each. www.ba-londoneye.com
...Kerry get it? For his tour of duty aboard the Gridley
...carrying on their person or in their bags. At Cincinnati, one of the most traveled airports in the country, screeners missed an incredible 68 percent of the contraband items. There are other gaping holes in airline security, as well. One of the most glaring examples is the cargo carried aboard passenger flights, which for the most part goes completely without inspection. Only recently, the government began screening an undisclosed (but certainly small) percentage of this freight traffic...
...argued that our airport security procedures are doing their job splendidly? Well, they are, but not because they’re any good at catching terrorists, either real or simulated. When it comes down to it, all of the heightened security procedures at our airports and aboard our airliners (bulletproof cockpit doors, armed air marshals, and so on) are not designed to make air travel completely secure. They are meant to make us, the traveling public, feel as though we are completely secure...