Word: tarmac
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When I visited Israel earlier this year, the night flight from Cairo taxied to a spot between two El Al jumbo jets that were already disgorging onto the tarmac a profusion of joyous, exhausted humanity. Standing in line for customs, I was engulfed by a sibilant jabber that I recognized from other journeys -- to Moscow, Minsk, Kiev, Tbilisi, Tashkent, Baku, Irkutsk...
...fundamentalists are down to a handful of Western hostages, and hope is growing that there will soon be none. Years have passed since innocent air travelers were massacred in a departure lounge or held at gunpoint for days on a baking tarmac. No truck bombs have created havoc for many months. Is it safe to conclude that the tide has turned, that terrorism is going out of style...
...costs, scrimping on fuel and cutting service. They have laid off more than 8,000 workers (1.6% of their labor force), with more to come. They have set up special conservation committees to find ways to save jet fuel and have parked dozens of aging gas guzzlers on the tarmac...
...rush down the gangway, a guard steers you to the tarmac. There you join other passengers who checked luggage: each traveler must identify his bag before it is loaded aboard the aircraft. Finally, you take your seat. But the screening has postponed takeoff for 45 minutes...
...small private plane landed at El Paso International Airport and disgorged a garish passenger, accompanied by three grim-faced men. Clad in a sports shirt, country-club-plaid slacks and loafers, the 6-ft. 1-in., 310-lb. Mexican sauntered over to a group of men waiting on the tarmac, smiled as if he were collecting a golf trophy and proffered his hand. "I am Dr. Humberto Alvarez Machain," he announced. "I know who you are," snapped special agent Hector Berrellez of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. "You have the right to remain silent...