Word: aloftness
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...than people in earlier, more settled societies struggled with in a lifetime. Social/ethical debate has become our political theater - infuriating, entertaining, the stuff of tabloids and cable shout-shows. Culture wars sort us into moral tribes. Charlton Heston contemplates the Tribe of the Million Moms, and shakes his flintlock aloft, and roars to his own tribesmen, "Out of my cold, dead hand...
...buying their goods from each other. But Duisenberg's in charge not only of Europe's economy but also of that fragile European pride, and he's biting his nails at the suggestion that in the monetary equivalent of Airbus vs. Boeing, the euro can't seem to stay aloft. Perhaps it's some comfort to know that the Fed chairman across the pond is moving as fast...
McArtor plans to keep Legend aloft by following an adroit business strategy. The carrier uses nonunion labor and flies just one type of jetliner over a few choice routes. That way it can generate 27[cents] of revenue for every seat-mile it flies, compared with about 14[cents] for cost-laden major airlines--an advantage that should allow Legend to break even on flights that are little more than half full...
...someone so full of promise, set aloft by luminaries like Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Bob Kerrey and Michael Jordan, stall in midair? There were tactical mistakes, like spending too much time in Iowa, but there was a bigger problem. If you are going to run on personality, you'd better have one that wears well. Bradley talked about love and hope with the warmth of a telemarketer. He respected "the people," but not one by one. If the premise of a question was wrong, he would correct it even if the question was posed by a kid. His high school coach...
...Holding aloft a 900-page copy of the 18 international agreements the WTO oversees and enforces, she asked why such a long list of restrictions was necessary for the preservation of supposedly free trade...