Word: aloftness
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...religious rites, men and women flagellate and even crucify themselves in dramatic exhibitions of atonement. Scores of fanatics whip their bare backs bloody with rope or re-enact Christ's final journey by dragging huge wooden crosses through the streets before the supplicants are hammered into place and raised aloft under a crown of thorns and above a weeping "Mary." The spectacle is as fascinating as it is repelling. One of the main festivals is on Good Friday at San Fernando, an hour north of Manila. In the capital, hoodlums in the barrio of Tondo leave knives and guns...
...pilot saying anything?" I ask Dr. Hsia. I crave reassurance. The pilot must be fighting to stay aloft, I think. Maybe he's drunk...
Eventually, no amount of rocket-jock calm could hide the fact that Mir had become a deathtrap. Once parts of the glinting International Space Station went aloft, it was clear there was no need to keep the old outpost in orbit. So now, more than 15 years after it was launched on what was to have been a three-year flight, Mir will splash into history, its mission finished but its story only beginning to be told...
...pilot saying anything?" I ask Dr. Hsia. I crave reassurance. The pilot must be fighting to stay aloft, I think. Maybe he's drunk...
...meantime, airlines might consider the implications of developments in modern air travel when it comes to passengers keeping their cool. Starting next month, at least two U.S. airlines are planning to launch direct flights from New York to Hong Kong. Estimated time aloft: 15 hours, 40 minutes - one of the world's longest scheduled services. "What are you going to do with people for 16 hours in these conditions?" asks Bor. "There must be a threshold beyond which reasonable, compliant behavior will be challenged." Better fasten your seat belts...