Canada’s airlift operation had remained in limbo as other countries, including the US, Japan and South Korea brought home their nationals.
Taiwan-Sydney flight grounded over 'bomb threat'
ABC Online
... is being inspected for possible explosives, according to an official at the Aviation Police Office in Taoyuan international airport in northern Taiwan. ...
The one-year anniversary of deadly riots and 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's flight into exile are looming in early March. Both are potential triggers for unrest and key tests of China's control of the closed-off Himalayan plateau.
The Impeccable did not carry large-caliber weapons and was operated by civilians for the Military Sealift Command, Pentagon officials said.
Dutchman Sees Life in Japan Long Ago
By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
David Mitchell’s novel describes a young man out to make his fortune who discovers a complicated world in a closed-off country.
closed-off
sealift
tr.v., -lift·ed, -lift·ing, -lifts.
To transport (troops or supplies) by sea, as when ground or air routes are blocked.
n.
A system or an instance of such transport.
v., -lift·ed, -lift·ing, -lifts. v.tr.
To transport in an airlift.
v.intr.
To transport troops, civilian passengers, or supplies in an airlift.
close sth off phrasal verb [M]
to put something across the entrance of a place to stop people from entering:
Police quickly closed off the area.
ABC Online
... is being inspected for possible explosives, according to an official at the Aviation Police Office in Taoyuan international airport in northern Taiwan. ...
The one-year anniversary of deadly riots and 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's flight into exile are looming in early March. Both are potential triggers for unrest and key tests of China's control of the closed-off Himalayan plateau.
The Impeccable did not carry large-caliber weapons and was operated by civilians for the Military Sealift Command, Pentagon officials said.
Dutchman Sees Life in Japan Long Ago
By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
David Mitchell’s novel describes a young man out to make his fortune who discovers a complicated world in a closed-off country.
closed-off
Why did Mr Trump’s fortune turn in Wisconsin?
people with their heads too far up their ass to notice people who they dont know
close off 隔離, 結帳, 封鎖sealift
tr.v., -lift·ed, -lift·ing, -lifts.
To transport (troops or supplies) by sea, as when ground or air routes are blocked.
n.
A system or an instance of such transport.
airlift
n.- A system of transporting troops, civilian passengers, or supplies by air, as in an emergency or when surface routes are blocked.
- A flight transporting troops, civilian passengers, or supplies under such conditions.
v., -lift·ed, -lift·ing, -lifts. v.tr.
To transport in an airlift.
v.intr.
To transport troops, civilian passengers, or supplies in an airlift.
to put something across the entrance of a place to stop people from entering:
Police quickly closed off the area.
ex·plo·sive (ĭk-splō'sĭv) 
adj.
explosiveness ex·plo'sive·nes
- Relating to or having the nature of an explosion.
- Tending to explode.
- A substance, especially a prepared chemical, that explodes or causes explosion.
- Linguistics. A plosive.
explosiveness ex·plo'sive·nes
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