Word: marshals
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...Until now, news accounts have only featured government spokesmen or airline personnel who were not actually on the June 29 flight. But in an exclusive interview with TIME, the lead Federal Air Marshal who flew on Flight 327 tells what happened that day. "Bottom line," the FAM says, "there was never a time when my main partner or I felt there was an imminent threat to that airplane or the passengers...
...group of Middle Eastern men from the beginning of the flight. About 25 minutes after takeoff, a flight attendant discreetly told the FAM that she thought the men were "acting suspiciously" and were congregating near one of the lavatories in the back of the plane. He alerted another marshal on the plane and also told the flight attendant to notify the captain. A short while later, the FAM asked the flight crew member to get physical descriptions of the men and their seat numbers...
...they thought. In fact, as the FleetCenter filled to capacity, Boston’s fire marshal ordered its doors shut last night more than an hour before Kerry took the stage. Delegates, special guests and reporters were barred from the DNC by police officers; and though a few VIPs talked their way in to catch for the nominee’s speech, the vast majority were forced to depart and watch Kerry from a local watering hole—or, for a lucky few gathered by one of the Center’s entrances, to witness an impromptu rendition...
...about 9:30 p.m., a siren went off for a moment, quickly interrupted and replaced by the megaphoned voice of a police officer saying that the fire marshal had closed off the convention for the night. All hopes seemed to be dashed—and then a heavily accented voice rose over the hum of the crowd, and a rubber dog puppet rose over its heads...
...shocked the fashion world when he sold his name to J.C. Penney and launched a less expensive collection. Next month Oscar de la Renta will introduce a new moderate line, O Oscar, that will retail for less than $100. "We're certainly going to see more of this," says Marshal Cohen, chief analyst for NPD Group, a trend-tracking firm. "I wouldn't be surprised if we saw the Limited doing something like this. Lots of stores want to get into this midmarket...