Word: marshalling
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...Kennedy to declare that a "border patrolman" would be placed on a number of U.S. planes. The program was expanded following a flurry of hijackings in the late '60s. In 1970, U.S. Customs sent nearly 1,800 men and women to the U.S. Army's Fort Belvoir for "sky marshal" training. But as the attacks continued unabated, critics slammed the program as ineffective. When airport security measures improved (X-ray screenings of U.S. passengers' bags began in the early '70s), the marshal program deteriorated. After the 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847 to Beirut by Hizballah--in which an American...
...have a specific phobia of some kind or other. It doesn't take much to set mine off. A swig from a water bottle can do it, or someone chewing gum. Every morning when I get on the subway, I scan the passengers like an air marshal looking for terrorists. At any moment, somebody could whip out a bagel or a danish. I do well in restaurants, where there's a lot of ambient noise and distraction, but one-on-one meals are a minefield. And don't get me started on popcorn. When I go to a movie theater...