Word: hovered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...almost anywhere in a stretch of road two kilometers long. In theory, the landing zone for each mission should be selected so as to allow the wounded to be on hand near by. But that never happens. Instead, the Vietnamese choppers come streaking in low along the highway, and hover two or three feet above the ground while any soldiers aboard jump off; only the less seriously wounded have a chance to jump on. Time after time, litter patients who have waited for hours in a sun of close to 100° are hoisted to the shoulders of their buddies...
...March to see what the action was. Most of them have stayed there ever since, and No. 96, a kind of salacious Peyton Place, has not only jumped to the top of the ratings but changed Australian nighttime habits. Even at posh parties hostesses expect half their guests to hover around the set while the show...
...painting, the "problem" of filling the picture plane. In fact he strove to destroy the illusion of a unified, comprehensible surface, which representational art had gained by means of perspective and which Cubism achieved through its multiplicity of facets. The forms of Ribbon with Squares, No. 731, 1944, simply hover in an illimitable field of color, whose depth cannot be guessed; they evoke what Kandinsky called "floating sensations," whose only concern is with thrust and counterthrust, disembodied, in free fall...
Waiting on the corner for the morning bus is at best a frustrating experience in any city. In Regina, Saskatchewan (pop. 143,000), where temperatures often hover at 20° below zero, it can be downright hazardous. For some residents of Regina's south side, however, bus waiting is no longer a problem. A simple phone call will bring a city bus right to their front door...
...touring Australian and built a copy of nylon and aluminum. Says Kilbourne: "One day I didn't have much else to do, so I decided to hike up the hill and try the kite. I launched into the strong wind, and I could almost just hover. I was floating down the hill maybe two miles an hour. I realized then that if I had a bigger kite, I could have been flying up the hill, soaring...