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...thank the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for much of this new shoeless security circus. With unseemly haste, the government created the TSA by nationalizing airport security after 9/11, as politicians tripped over each other in a mad dash to ‘do something!’ But this grand experiment in U.S.S.R.-style central planning has failed: The TSA has proved itself an incompetent, abusive, and unnecessary substitute for private airport security providers...
...Catalano said that “at this time we do not feel that there is a continuing public safety threat to the community.” Tuan said he roused his roommate, Grant W. Dasher ’09, to inform him of the situation before proceeding to dash from the room in an attempt to apprehend the suspect. However, he said he was unable to run out to the street because he was barefoot. Dasher said he was too surprised and groggy to follow his roommate. “I was sitting there thinking what on earth...
Americans are used to political programming served up with more than a dash of fire breathing, but in Britain, television and partisanship don't mix. A few Bill O'Reilly lites and Stephen Colbert wannabes occupy late-night slots on the BBC and the country's commercial networks, but their employers are quick to rein them in if they stray too far from properly milquetoast commentary. That's in part to avoid censure from Ofcom, the independent regulator charged with ensuring that on-air political programming stays ideology free...
...January, Akpan joined 17-year-old phenom Freddy Adu and a roster full of international veterans in making the final cut of the United States Under-20 Men’s National Team—which was itself a surprise until Akpan outran everyone in the 40-yard dash (his time: 4.60 seconds...
...play about World War I now being revived on Broadway, comes with the stage entirely emptied of people. We're in a dugout in the British trenches in France, and two officers have just left to lead a dangerous raid into the German front lines. They must make a dash of 70 yards, grab a prisoner and return. All we hear is the offstage sound of explosions, machine-gun fire, the shouts of men. A puff of smoke wafts in from outside. Then it's over...