Travel to U.S. No Longer a Skip Across the Pond ; Britons Fear Long Delays, Security Measures

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LONDON - Not so long ago, when the world seemed a safer place, Britons such as Julia and Paul Chattenton would hop on a plane to the United States with little concern beyond how awful the meal would be and whether the flight would be delayed.

Last week, though, as the couple waited for their British Airways flight to New York, they stood in Heathrow Airport more than two hours before their scheduled departure and worried, just a little, about whether they would be allowed into the United States. And they told themselves to remember to call their parents after they checked into their hotel because the United States just isn't safe anymore.

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Travel to U.S. No Longer a Skip Across the Pond ; Britons Fear Long Delays, Security Measures

Regardless of the accuracy of their perceptions, many Britons, when thinking of the United States, now conjure images not only of the neon...

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