Word: tarmac
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...from corporate leaders, foreign governments and little kids hawking lemonade. Bush held regular photo ops with just about anyone who would give him a check; hounded by a particularly insistent woman who said she had "some money to give him," Bush agreed to finally meet her on a Boston tarmac, where she handed him a check for $500,000. "People just wanted to give to them," said Jay Carson, Clinton's spokesman. In fact, aides to both men report, some folks sent checks earmarked for the Red Cross or Habitat for Humanity or Toys for Tots with the expectation that...
...Because they evacuated the airplane from the back Beshears was among the last to deplane. All the passengers exited the plane with their hands on their heads, even as they walked down the metal steps to the tarmac, he says. Bomb-sniffing dogs greeted them on the ground...
...Black September commander called himself, and a comrade inspected the Boeing 727 they were promised, they found it empty and cold. As they raced back to the two helicopters, German snipers on the roof of a nearby building opened fire. The Palestinians shot out the lights on the tarmac, and the Germans were paralyzed for nearly an hour, until four armored police vehicles arrived. That prompted a terrorist to toss a grenade into one helicopter, and another to shoot the hostages in the other helicopter. Three Black September operatives survived; Germany freed them nearly two months later for the release...
...flight time and the type of aircraft used. Onboard, guests enjoy personalized catering and business necessities like data ports and satellite phones. Best of all, the entire experience is seamless, with staff helping travelers through immigration and security checks and into a limousine for a drive across the tarmac to the waiting aircraft. If that doesn't bring out your inner rock star, nothing will...
...flight time and the type of aircraft used. Onboard, guests enjoy personalized catering and business necessities like data ports and satellite phones. Best of all, the entire experience is seamless, with staff helping travelers through immigration and security checks and into a limousine for a drive across the tarmac to the waiting aircraft. If that doesn't bring out your inner rock star, nothing will...