Word: headful
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...family. Her son called home immediately after he heard of the attack in Fort Hood, but she reassured him she was fine. Thiam says she has felt no impact and heard no criticism from her neighbors and says she is still proud to dress in her long robes and head scarf. "I fear no one but Allah," she says, pointing heavenward. "I depend on Allah. he will always help...
...airlines, for instance) and a new $10 fee that would be paid by any entering foreign visitor who does not require an entry visa. The latter element has proven controversial - especially to the mostly European travelers who would have to contend with those extra costs. Ambassador John Bruton, head of the European Commission delegation to the United States, called the potential levy "discriminatory" in a September statement, and warned that it could become "a step backward in our joint endeavor toward transatlantic mobility...
...which both announced ugly losses over the past week, reckon eliminating duplicate services from fleet maintenance to business class lounges will save the airlines $600 million a year. That'll mean "a strong European airline will able to compete in the 21st century," BA boss Willie Walsh, who'll head the new company, said in a statement. (See the best travel gadgets...
With runaway costs and labor disputes scuttling plenty of these deals in the past, BA and Iberia - set to keep their separate brands and operating divisions under a new Spain-based holding company - will need to proceed with caution. Sure, rough economic head winds and the business of turning two firms into one can give cost cutting real momentum. The tough trading conditions following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were, after all, a "catalyst for the success of [the Air France-KLM merger] at the time," says Howard Wheeldon, an aviation expert at brokers BGC Partners in London. (Read "British...
...Miranda rights, which usually is given as part of a custodial interrogation. But military investigators must advise suspects of their right to remain silent prior to any communication, even a chance or informal conversation, bedside or on the street, according to Scott L. Silliman, a retired military lawyer and head of the Duke University Law School Center on Ethics and National Security. (See a story about the FBI and claims that it ignored intel on Hasan...