The Lexicographer's Rules

"It's a sorry man that would sit still during a hijacking now. It would be a bad idea for someone to try to hijack a plane while I'm on it, I'll tell you that. I think the American citizenry as a whole, especially males, are pretty pumped about this now."

—New York Times. A pilot's perspective: "There is a presumption on my part that male passengers will not sit in their seats and just allow something to happen and be passive about it. Everyone recognizes that the traditional hijack scenario of 'I want to go to Cuba,' or 'I want money,' or something of that nature, the extortion scenario, that has all changed. Everyone recognizes that once you're in the air, everyone's welfare depends on pilots being able to fly that airplane." Or maybe everyone talks a lot of bull until the moment of truth. Will they have the desire, the chance, the power to make a move?'

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