Word: repacks
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...general I am glad they are doing this," said Kirstin Farleo, 36, who was returning to Buffalo, N.Y. "I understand why they are doing it, but it is sort of an inconvenience because all these things were in my carry-on, now I have to repack. I hope they keep it up, but it is a big pain...
...pipes are prone to leaks in the valves so workers check the valves and often repack them to prevent leaks...
...Russia, the cheering for foreign successes died away years ago, so President Boris Yeltsin found no laurels to rest upon when he returned from his first summit in Washington. With scarcely enough time to repack his bags, he headed south in search of solutions for the endless ethnic conflicts that are generating bloody battles and deep concern about civil war in several former Soviet republics...
...their possessions bundled in white sheets. The other inmates, skinheaded and clad in sweaty green jump suits, watch as prison officers in camouflage uniforms set upon the trio. "Can't you move any faster than that, son?" barks an officer, after ordering the new men to unpack and then repack their belongings. One panicked inmate starts to respond. Snarls the officer: "You don't ask me questions, son! Do you understand that?" "Yessir." "I can't hear you. Speak up, son!" "Yessir!" Minutes later, the young men are sitting in straight- backed chairs having their hair mowed to a stubble...
...spoken to. But houses are claustrophobic. On a boat the sky is part of our living space, like a tree house." To a landbound observer, a boat is like the center seat of an L-1011 on a nonstop flight to Singapore, on which one has to unpack and repack for every meal. But the observer misses the point: the life is different, and the people are, therefore, special. Joe Pluhar, who until a few weeks ago was the owner of the marina with his wife Bobbi, says, "The people made the marina, they helped, pitched in, patrolled. We loved...