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...area while the immigration officer confiscated our passports and went into a private room. Soon, however, one hour turned into two, and two into four. The excuse we were given was that we had to wait for clearance from the Military of Defense. I walked over to the private airport security room and protested, “Why are you waiting for clearance? We are an official delegation from Harvard University and we are all American-born nationals.” The officer sharply retorted, “It doesn’t matter if you’re American...
Spring has sprung, technically speaking. But Harvard experts say weather in the region will remain unpredictable. While March 20 marked the first official day of spring, the weather told quite a different story. Temperatures dipped below freezing to 22 degrees Fahrenheit at Logan Airport Monday and 28 degrees last night. According to Rotch Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science Steven C. Wofsy, the scientific explanation for erratic local weather is that “Boston sits on the boundary between a continental and a maritime climate.” The jet stream is a rapidly moving body...
...abbreviation of Milano-Manhattan - will soon begin service between Milan and New York City. Partly owned by Alitalia, MiMa will screen passengers for chic quotient as well as weapons, enrolling those who pass as "members." The $4,000 fare will include sleek transport to and from Milan's Linate Airport and concierge service in both cities...
...conspiring with al-Qaeda to hijack planes, but denies direct involvement in the 9/11 plot, claiming that he was preparing for a future attack instead. If he is not executed, he faces life imprisonment. Prosecutors were counting on the witnesses barred by Brinkema to explain to jurors how airport security could have been increased had Moussaoui come clean with FBI agents who interrogated him before 9/11...
...contact with Martin. But the case for executing Moussaoui remains tenuous. Legal experts, and even Brinkema, have questioned whether prosecutors are overreaching in arguing that he should be put to death for what he did not do. Martin, in one of her e-mails, said she doubted that airport screeners could have detected all the short-blade knives the hijackers took aboard, even if Moussaoui had told agents before 9/11 what he knew. Of course, that is an opinion that prosecutors wish she had kept to herself...