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If he had not been so obstreperous, this would never had happened. Besides,
obstreperous sounds much more menacing than 'noisy or unruly'. I wonder if he
made any threats?
Sue 'em (Delta)!
obstreperous \ub-STREP-ur-us; ob-\, adjective:
1. Noisily and stubbornly defiant; unruly.
2. Noisy, clamorous, or boisterous.
He began standing up to the Orderlies, talking back, openly
obstreperous.
--John Darnton, The Experiment
When he was ordered from above to expel two obstreperous comrades --
they insisted on challenging
the leadership -- he found himself "caught between my Jeffersonian
upbringing and my Party loyalty."
--William Herrick, "Truth Was the Last Straw," New York Times, July 12,
1987
Many booksellers . . . were reluctant to carry books that would attract
the sometimes obstreperous
youngsters who lived by rock and roll.
--Ray Walters, "Paperback Talk," New York Times, September 13, 1981
He becomes obstreperous and truculent as an infant in need of an
afternoon nap.
--James Doran, "Bonus question raises ire of fund managers," Times
(London), April 19, 2001
Obstreperous derives from Latin obstrepere, "to make a noise, to clamor at
or against; hence, to disturb, to interrupt
by clamor," from ob-, "toward, against" + strepere, "to make a loud noise."
On 31 Aug 2002 at 23:20, in, s, ctrl wrote:
> ("You're all suspects. Shut up and do what I say, or you'll get shot. Hope
> you enjoyed your flight with Delta!")
>
> Air marshal aimed gun in Delta cabin
>
> August 31, 2002 Posted: 11:19 PM EDT (0319 GMT)
> PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A federal air marshal pointed a gun
> towards passengers on a flight from Atlanta to Philadelphia for about 30
> minutes Sat urday while detaining an unruly passenger, travelers said.
>
> Passengers on Delta Flight 442 said that one marshal kept his weapon pointed
> at the coach cabin while the other huddled over the detainee, who was
> released after the plane landed.
>
> "He had the cockpit door to his back, and he is pointing his weapon toward
> the tail" said Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge James A. Lineberger. The
> marshal "had the cabin folks under siege," he said.
>
> "If he would have accidentally fired, he would have killed somebody or hurt
> somebody," said passenger David Johnson, 51.
>
> Federal prosecutors declined to charge the detainee after discussing the
> incident with the marshals, FBI spokeswoman Jerri Williams said Saturday. She
> wouldn't release his name or elaborate on the incident.
>
> Transportation Security Administration spokesman David Steigman said air
> marshals "dealt with a passenger who was acting in an odd and obstreperous
> manner." He refused to say whether the marshal pointed a gun.
>
> A Delta spokeswoman declined comment on the incident.
>
> Johnson and his wife, Susan, of Mobile, Alabama, said they noticed a man
> talking to a female passenger sitting in the row behind him about an hour
> after the flight began.
>
> Shortly after noon, they said, marshals took the man into custody in the
> first-class section of the plane, which had 183 passengers aboard.
>
> The government has had federal air marshals patrolling planes since the
> 1980s, but put hundreds more in the air after the September 11 hijackings of
> four jetliners that crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a
> western Pennsylvania field.
>
> Copyright 2002 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may
> not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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