Word: tarmac
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
California Democrat Barbara Boxer has submitted a bill that addresses only the most basic needs of passengers. Adequate food, drinking water and restrooms must be available to people stuck waiting on planes, and they must have the option to disembark after sitting on the tarmac for three hours...
...more than 250 domestic and international flights in the wake of a crippling ice storm in New York City. Fliers around the world were stranded and honeymoons and business meetings missed. Among the made-for-TV stories that emerged: passengers on nine JetBlue flights were held on the icy tarmac at John F. Kennedy Airport - some for more than 10 hours - with little more than a bit of snack food and some fetid latrines for company...
...headache for China's policymakers. Fearing disgruntled Westerners would grow unruly, Beijing stepped in seven years ago with an aggressive program to bring balance to the national economy. The government poured money into infrastructure like new airports and expressways throughout western China, with good result. "We follow the tarmac," notes Andy Coslett, CEO of Intercontinental Hotels, which is building like mad in Chengdu, Chongqing, Xi'an and other cities...
...legislative panel that inspected the site on Jan. 21 said the construction of the tarmac may have been substandard, adding to a lengthening list of problems surrounding Suvarnabhumi's launch-including widespread graft allegations-and prompting Thailand's Transport Ministry to order an independent inquiry into the cracks. IOT, the Thai-Japanese contractor for the airfield surface, denied any defects in construction, blaming the damage on excess groundwater from recent floods seeping under the concrete...
...impact—as much as Harvard students. The state court’s chief justice for administration and management, Robert A. Mullignan, has criticized such laws vociferously. He pointed out that, for instance, in the city of Boston “unless you’re on the tarmac of Logan Airport, you’re within 1,000 feet of a school.” Similarly, state Representative William Brownsberger, who worked on drug cases as an assistant attorney general,” made the “moderation of mandatory sentencing policies” an integral part...