Word: cargo
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...hour journey chatting and shaking hands with each of the 140 passengers on the flight. After the plane touches down, he stands on the tarmac in his trademark red baseball cap, waves goodbye to the departing passengers and helps a team of baggage handlers unload suitcases from the cargo hold...
...year 1784 saw the American brig Betsey, with her crew of 10, captured by a Moroccan corsair while sailing with a cargo of salt from Spain to Philadelphia. Soon after, Algerian pirates grabbed the Dauphin and the Maria on the high seas of the Atlantic and took their crews captive. The situation was becoming worse because the British fleet had withdrawn protection of American vessels after the former colony declared its independence, and the U.S. had no navy of its own. Secretary of State John Jay decided to do what the European powers did and pay tribute to the Barbary...
Nearly every air marshal was once a soldier or a cop, so most ease right into the male-dominated, boot-camp atmosphere. Even a sedentary office worker like me felt a little bolder when I put on the trainee uniform (gray T shirt, black cargo pants, black boots), strapped my leather holster to my side and listened to the first instructor tell the class, "You've got to have a winning mentality. You have to believe you're Superman. Or maybe the Black Knight in Monty Python." I laughed, but my classmates didn't; they just nodded in silent agreement...
...early as 2006, airports in Marseille and Geneva plan to open terminals catering to low-cost airlines; Kuala Lumpur and Singapore may follow. "Don't expect carpeting," warns Loïc Chovelon, spokesman for Marseille Provence Airport, which plans to spend up to 314.5 million to convert an old cargo facility into a spartan self-service terminal. Passengers will collect their tickets from automated booths and, after clearing security, tag their own bags and hoist them onto conveyor belts. Then it's time to hoof onto the tarmac. Says Philippe Roy of Geneva's International Airport: "If it rains, well...
...many changes inside--two new gauges on the dash and a fun little display that shows when power transfers between the electric motor and the gasoline engine. A novel feature: a 110-volt socket up front--thanks to the supercharged nickel-metal-hydride battery pack tucked under the cargo area--into which, Ford rep Corey Holter says, I can plug "a laptop, a cell phone or a blender"--a cool feature for those margarita tailgate parties...