Word: airports
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...made Irish friends. But after four years in bureaucratic limbo, their new lives evaporated in March, when they were deported with their 5-year-old sons. The women got so little warning that their four other children were left behind, as immigration officers escorted the women to Dublin Airport before the older ones walked home from school. As the mothers scrounged to bribe police officers and pay hospital bills back in Nigeria - their 5-year-olds had never received vaccinations against African diseases - the older children went into hiding. "We expected that they would have been more civil about...
...them. Antiaircraft batteries and the troops to operate them would also help but could pose hazards to innocent aircraft drifting off course. NRC officials say the likelihood of installing missiles or shields is virtually nil. The agency believes the place to thwart an aerial-attack plot is at the airport, not at the plant...
...military flyer. It also transports two National Football League teams during the NFL season; operates an all business-class charter for oil companies from Houston to Luanda, Angola; has signed a commercial contract to start flying from Washington to Kabul, Afghanistan, as soon as U.S. authorities determine that the airport is secure; and was recently hired by Air Canada and Thai Air to provide cargo services...
...spare parts such as tires, windshield wipers and brake pads--just in case. In an industry in which adherence to routine and regulations is required, World attracts employees who thrive on the unexpected. "I've already been to 49 countries," says Marc Vetterick, the airline's Atlanta airport manager...
...undercover jobs are so exotic. Sometimes it's as simple as buying a candy bar at an airport store to see if the cashiers hand out receipts. And even high-end restaurant work has its drawbacks. "After multiple meals at a hotel recently, I just couldn't take another bite," confides Pokodner. "If I did this all the time I'd weigh 400 pounds." Mystery shoppers quickly pick up tricks of the trade: how to spill drinks into potted plants or slip uneaten pork chops into a hidden plastic bag (a trick that can backfire if the waiter looks around...