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...within 24 hours of last week's rollout of Clear Card, the first privately run prescreening security program. Customers who pay a $79.95 annual fee and submit to fingerprint and iris scanning--plus a background check by the Department of Homeland Security--can be ushered through a dedicated fast lane at airport security checkpoints, exempt from secondary searches. Verified Identity Pass Inc. is trying to reassure civil libertarians, who are concerned that the system could be used to spy on consumers, with a promise not to track cardholders' movements or sell their personal information. But the company, which relies...
...frankly, confusing: the last time I attempted to take one I missed my stop and ended up in a deserted Dudley Station—not a cheerful situation. In both my native New York and adopted Boston, subways are almost always the way to go. Otherwise, I walk. Fast...
Failure to progress is a medical term describing the situation in which the cervix--the opening of the uterus--is not dilating fast enough and the baby is not descending. By midnight the next night, 23 hours after that first pinch, my wife had barely progressed, although she was having contractions every five minutes. We asked three different doctors how slow was too slow, and we got three different answers. Every time her obstetrician performed an exam, she would shake her head and say nothing had really changed. My wife was worried that the doctors would start using...
...Fast Times In Tehran" [June 13] reported that since Iran's young people have been able to enjoy Western-style pleasures, they are no longer interested in politics. As a practicing Muslim, I was deeply saddened by the repression and intolerance of Iran's post-1979 regime. Now I am equally saddened by the lifestyle of young Iranians described in your article. I do not know which is worse--the fanatical fascism of the mullahs or the alcohol-soaked, reckless hedonism of today's Iranian youth...
...Bangkok has its attractions, but if you're a frequent visitor to Thailand and have had your fill of the capital's shopping and traffic, chances are you'll be arriving at Don Muang airport with but one desire: to get to the coast as fast as possible. There's good news if your chosen resort is Hua Hin. After a three-year hiatus, commercial flights have resumed between Bangkok and the seaside sanctuary most favored by Thailand's royal family. With the train taking more than four hours-and the tiresome 200-km road trip lasting almost as long...