An obscure provision of New York City's administrative code allows departing council members, or their surviving spouses or domestic partners, to buy the studded red leather armchairs, each numbered by district, for $35.
Those luxury goods were supposed to allow the departed to carry their reputations to the beyond.
That's a nucleus to cherish, not to break up or to allow to depart in a trade or as a free agent.
After becoming aware of the problem, an air traffic controller ordered the incoming plane to change course quickly and circle the airport, allowing the departing planes to take off safely.
Tung CHong KongHong Kong's chief executive, announced at a news conference this evening that the family members of victims of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, would not be allowed on departing flights.
Mr. Qayyum said General Musharraf could remain president, despite the end of his term, since the Constitution allows the departing president to remain in the post until the new president is sworn in.
A6 Hong Kong officials struggled to persuade other countries not to ban travelers from the city and announced that the family members of victims of SARS, the severe acute respiratory syndrome, would not be allowed on departing flights.
Meanwhile, as the BBC digested the loss of its director general after just 54 days in office, the corporation came under cross-party attack for allowing the departing Entwistle to receive a £450,000 payoff, representing a year's salary, twice the minimum specified in his contract.
But the big fear in 2011 and 2012 was that if one country were allowed to depart, the market would start looking for the next candidate.
