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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrew Sommers, Miami University (THE CONVERSATION) If you are a frequent flyer ...

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(CNN) — If you are a frequent flyer, you’ve probably been at the airport waiting to jet somewhere on a winter trip when the voice of an airline employee announces over the intercom that there ...