Word: annoying
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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What is the TSA worried about these days? Long lines, which annoy travelers and make choice terrorist targets. To speed things up, the agency is taking its Registered Traveler program nationwide in June. Passengers who enroll--pay a fee and get a background check and biometric scans--will be fast-tracked through security. The program, along with fewer prohibited carry-on items, should help the TSA's 45,000 screeners spend less time confiscating cuticle clippers. The hope is that by creating a voluntary database that identifies frequent flyers, the measures will also reduce reliance on racial profiling. Sounds smart...
...couldn't take the risk of one of them being attacked by Nessie," said David Hart, of British race organizer Nova International, which financed the cover. "There's going to be a lot of noise and a lot of splashing going on, just the sort of thing that might annoy a prehistoric lake monster. Or even worse, give it an appetite." Maybe so. But the burden of proof lies with the athlete. Insurer NIG - a division of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group - will pony up only for "injuries that can be proven to be the result of an attack...
...know we annoy you,” she said, “but we don’t have a choice. There’s no other way to get people to listen. No one will listen. Why won’t you listen...
...Because it’s important. And after all, what would be the point of me doing this if you already agreed with me? Listening takes more than the fifteen seconds you took glancing around. I know you’re busy, and I know that our tactics annoy you. But you don’t listen, and I don’t know how else to speak. You complain about the world, about our President, about the media, about our broken system and this broken world, and then you walk by me without a second thought. I don?...
...Palo Alto, where pizzas, pastas and fancy burgers are dished up in a Spanish-style courtyard. Occasionally, food and film make a double bill, such as moussaka and Zorba the Greek. Some patrons carry the goodies back to their seats to eat as they watch, a practice that may annoy noneaters so much that they, like non-smokers, will demand separate sections...