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The Ice pick's just in case the wings freeze over.


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Homeland Security

executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
, consider its proposal, announced in August, to permit airline passengers to carry ice picks and knives knives  
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Plural of knife.


knives
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the plural of knife

knives knife
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Title Annotation:Tilting at Windmills; airline safety proposal
Author:Peters, Charles
Publication:Washington Monthly
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Dec 1, 2005
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