Word: logan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lawmen on the border have high hopes for Alliance. "We will take the battle to the smuggler," pledges William Logan, Customs commissioner in the area. But others voice skepticism as to how soon they will get the promised men and gear. Some wonder whether much can be accomplished without a stronger crackdown on the largely unregulated casas de cambio that exchange dollars for pesos and are thought to often launder drug money along the Mexican border. Sixty or so have sprouted on the main street of San Ysidro, Calif., alone...
...Charles' visit stemmed in part from fears of a terrorist attack by supporters of the lrish Republican Army, no arrests or security problems were reported. "It's nice when it's like this," said a Boston Police officer. "I've been with [Prince Charles] since he came in at Logan, and there hasn't been any sign...
Burr had welcomed the 37-year-old Prince to Boston Tuesday evening as he alightedfrom his British Aerospace four-engine jet at 6:10p.m. Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, Mayor Raymond L.Flynn, and Sir Antony Acland, the Britishambassador to the U.S., also met the royal protegeat Logan...
...flights at New Jersey's Newark airport is running 40% above last year's and is the highest in the nation: an average of 146 delays for every 1,000 takeoffs or landings. Other laggards include New York's La Guardia (91 delays per 1,000 operations), Boston's Logan (72), New York's Kennedy (71), San Francisco International (62) and Chicago's O'Hare (48). Delays have become so routine during peak travel hours that AT&T advises its executives flying to meetings to allow an extra three hours' traveling time...
Many passengers, however, resent being captives on grounded airliners. When Valerie Woods, a Chicago public relations executive, sat for 90 minutes in an American Airlines jet at Logan, the cabin became so hot that attendants opened the plane doors. Why were the victims held there instead of in the cool terminal? Because, Woods was told, the crew wanted to be able "to go as quickly as possible...