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Me and My Nail Clippers: A day in the airports.(evaluating airport security)
It's a little after 9 a.m. at Ronald Reagan National Airport, and a middle-aged man of indeterminate nationality has his hand in my pants. He's not very far down into them, barely over the belt line; but a little of this sort of thing goes a long way.
He did ask first ("Can I touch your belt buckle?") because the buckle had set off his metal-detecting wand, and so he had to make sure- manually-that I wasn't hiding a garrote or pickax behind it. All this took only a moment, but you know the old saying: Time never flies when an uninvited civil servant has his hands in your pants. Besides, since I know I don't have any artillery in my trousers (contrary to what I ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 10, 1993 700+ words
...American Airlines today unveiled an airport security checkpoint designed to enhance security...Our new ITS High Tech Checkpoint at National Airport will give our customers another way...departures, 44 of which are from National Airport. ITS is the United States' largest...
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- Magazine article from: Arkansas Business May 5, 2008 700+ words
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 20, 2002 700+ words
...discovery of this serious breach in airport security, CA One Services initiated an urgent...fully enact regulations governing airport security, it is clear that companies awarded...airports. We have learned that stringent airport security is the first line of defense against...
- National Airport Security Officials Allow Certain Drink Containers.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News August 23, 2002 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News August 23, 2002 700+ words
...Jim Getz, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 23--Joe can now get through airport security. The Transportation Security Administration announced Thursday that airport screeners will no longer ask people...
- Washington, D.C.-Area Officials Bolster Airport Security Precautions.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News August 14, 2003 700+ words
...for the Arlington County Police Department, which oversees the area around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Airport-security plans for the three major commercial airports in the Washington area were developed jointly among local...
- Henry Bros. Electronics, Inc. Awarded Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport...
- Newspaper article from: Electronics Newsweekly November 11, 2009 700+ words
...Washington Airports Authority to provide airport security technology for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Henry Bros.' Mid-Atlantic team...with the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Our team of professionals has almost...
- United States: Henry Bros. Electronics, Inc. Awarded Ronald Reagan Washington...
- News wire article from: TendersInfo October 27, 2009 700+ words
...Washington Airports Authority to provide airport security technology for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Henry Bros.' Mid-Atlantic team...with the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Our team of professionals has almost...
