The NYU econ professor and permabear, Nouriel Roubini, happened to be in the right place at the right time with the right call in September 2008.

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Mr Walsh had ruled out intervening in disciplinary matters in order to call off the strike, saying that contingency plans were now in place, aimed at running the majority of flights during the strike dates.

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Protocols in place at the time did not call for intercepting hijacked planes.

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Call in advance to secure a place on a walk, which begins daily at 10 am (except Sundays) at the Rail Reservation Centre on Chelmsford Road.

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"I had a feeling he was OK, but I ran to the Internet place to call him, " said Ashton, a political science junior at Davidson College in North Carolina.

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