Word: jetted
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...working on, cutting sutures and holding retractors. But you have seen enough medical shows to know there's also always at least one other doctor present. We may not engage in the same kind of dramatic medical banter that fictional surgeons do (like flying a passenger jet, safe surgery should be a little bit boring), but that second doctor - the assistant surgeon - should be in the operating room for all major procedures...
...what was it like when you first went back? I had expected to sleep in, hole up out of self-pity, but my mother was so busy and cheerful that I didn't have time for any of that. The very first morning, when I was still jet-lagged, she stuck her head into my old bedroom and said, "You want to help me make pie-by-the-yard? I picked up a big bag of Granny Smiths!" I found it comforting to snap back into old patterns, with my mom presiding over the kitchen in her safari apron. Trailing...
...eight days of festivities marking the 60th anniversary of China's communist revolution on Oct. 1 include tanks, soldiers on parade, fireworks and a display of 40 million potted plants. But some things aren't happening: pigeons have been grounded in the capital out of fear they'd endanger jet flyovers, one city has banned divorces, and China Mobile customers aren't keeping their ring-back tones--the government-run carrier has switched them to a patriotic song...
...financial constraints. These financial constraints also reduce the quality of the air-travel experience; news stories abound showing increased traveler dissatisfaction with companies squeezing fewer amenities and more seats onto every flight. Of course, it's hard to blame airlines for cutting amenities when the real price of jet fuel tripled from 2000 to 2008. Together with the recession's effects, these factors contributed to 3.7% fewer domestic and international air passengers on U.S. airlines in 2008 than 2007. This was the first annual decrease since 2002 and is continuing into...
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia doesn't usually travel light. An official visit from the 86-year-old monarch typically involves an entourage large enough to fill at least five jet airliners and includes a mobile medical clinic, a handful of his four wives and 22 children, and an ample selection of senior royal advisers and cabinet ministers...