Word: metallism
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...gangsta rappers, the amoral hard rockers - will no doubt have to (at least temporarily) rethink their relevance in the light of recent events. Do we need to hear DMX?s violent boasts when there?s so much violence on TV? Is there any point in enduring Slipknot?s horror metal assault when real life is already dealing us blow after blow? But distractions do have their place. During World War II, trombonist, arranger and band leader Glenn Miller toured around England entertaining the troops - and ultimately gave his life for it when his plane was lost over the English Channel...
...differences in this new world? Garvey, like every other passenger, stood in longer lines, got grilled by newly assertive security guards, had to show photo identification repeatedly, and was twice stopped to get 'swept' by a guard with a sensitive metal detector. Then her plane got delayed for nearly two hours because of thunderstorms. Just like old times...
Most notably, in light of the primitive weapons used by the hijackers, passengers will be prohibited from carrying on any kind of knives or cutting devices--metal or plastic, utility, razor blades or box cutters, no matter how small--a ban already in place in countries such as Japan and Pakistan...
They are sorting through what used to be two 110-story buildings--more than 2 billion lbs. of steel and glass and concrete--compressed into a mound nine stories high. A five-fingered grapple fixed to the end of a 40-ft. metal arm peels back each layer, gently removing crisscrossed pillars piled like giant pickup sticks. Next welders climb up with acetylene torches to cut through the metal until they find a void, or pocket of air. Then they bring in the buckets...
...ground, the Israelis not only use the standard metal detectors and X-ray machines but also lean on teams of young agents, dressed in blue slacks and white shirts, who interrogate, to varying degrees, every passenger departing Ben Gurion and, in airports abroad, anyone flying El Al. The questions can include: "When did you book this flight?" "Who paid for the ticket?" "Why are you traveling?" "Whom did you meet while in Israel?" Business travelers are asked for documents proving they actually are pursuing a particular deal. Journalists are asked to reveal the stories they are going to cover...