Word: airport
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Construction of new sporting facilities and a new subway system began several years ago. An airport will also be built before the time of the games...
...British colony uninhabitable. Two-thirds of the population of 12,000 have fled, and thousands more have abandoned their homes, often with little but the clothes on their back, for overcrowded shelters in the comparatively safe northern region. Plymouth, the capital, has been reduced to rubble. The airport is closed, and the only access to the island is by ferry or helicopter...
...actually found the crash of a Federal Express plane at Newark International Airport not long ago a more persistent personal concern than the UPS strike. I tried to respond to the news on a high level--to express gratitude that nobody was seriously injured, to listen thoughtfully to interviews about whether the incident has anything to teach us about improving runway safety--but I couldn't help wondering whether that plane was carrying an important FedEx package for me. Who from? How am I supposed to know...
...fellow Longhorn alum, and Kite told him, "Why don't you just go ahead and take care of your Ryder Cup spot this week?" Just as the Prince Andrew look-alike finished his final-round 65 to win by three strokes, Kite, who had finished 10th, was at the airport preparing to fly home. The Ryder Cup captain decided to return to Royal Troon to tell Leonard, "Welcome to the team...
Boarding pass? Check. Two forms of ID? Check. Remove pistol from carry-on? Well, ah... Last week Dallas Cowboy coach Barry Switzer joined thousands of Americans--and dozens of celebrities--in making the silly error of carrying a gun through an airport metal detector. Like most, he'll probably get a hand slap (he was charged with a misdemeanor last week), not the two to 10 years and $10,000 fine the third-degree felony can pack. How to explain the slip-up? Fast thinking, contrition and imagination. Here are some of the most creative excuses from illegally armed celebs...