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When Andrew Sokolow approached a United Airlines counter in Hawaii five years ago to begin a flight to Miami, he aroused immediate suspicion. First he looked and acted nervous. Then he plunked down $2,100 from a bulging wad of $20 bills to buy round-trip tickets for himself and a companion. He and his friend did not check their luggage but chose to carry it on board. And, as investigators discovered, Sokolow used an assumed name and stayed in Miami only 48 hours. In short, his actions matched those in the behavior profiles used by the Drug Enforcement Administration...
What the medieval silk-and-spice caravans were to Western Europe, Flight 30 is to Soviet consumers today. The few who can afford the 1,762-ruble ($2,800) round-trip ticket gain an opportunity to outfit their homes with otherwise unavailable dream goods. The Soviet government, which officially frowns on such lavish spending of hard currency, limits how many rubles its citizens can change into dollars for their trip (7 rubles, or $11.20, a day). But they manage to raise the cash. A favored scheme is to carry jewelry to sell...
Campbell said that the students will have to pay for the round-trip flight to Omaha. Two years ago the class made the trip by military aircraft...
...when a truck hit them. His wife and infant daughter died; his two sons were critically injured. He considered giving up his seat, but his family rallied around him. His sister moved into the Wilmington house to take care of the boys, and he began his daily three- hour round-trip commute to the Capitol...
Hurried and hushed negotiations commence. Mary Lou huddles with Sandy and Joyce to discuss logistical changes involved in meeting Josh's request. Dylan will have to return early. Dana too. Within ten minutes, it's settled. Sandy and Joyce will make the round-trip drive on Sunday. Josh will be at practice...