Word: lifting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...partner of Continental, airlines have ordered 131 so far this year, more than doubling last year's orders. Bombardier's deliveries of its Q Series turboprop (Q stands for quiet) were up 71% last year. And Europe's ATR was in a death spiral when the market gave it lift; ATR's sales jumped 100% for its 42-seater (ATR 42-500) and 157% for its 72-seater...
...Vietnamese officials." Similarly the blog attributed to "Nguyen Minh Triet" on July 6 posts an entry chastizing state-controlled media for "not reporting the truth" of a month-long land-rights protest of hundreds of people in Ho Chi Minh City last month and "ordering" government censors to lift blocks on anti-communist websites...
...Astor was proud of the fact that she never gossiped. She was proud that she never had a face-lift. She was proud to have mastered the art of conversation and was able to communicate ideas without resorting to ad hominems. She was proud to be loyal to her friends from all walks of life. She valued not what people had, but who they were and what they could contribute. She treated everyone as unique and as important individuals - from the guards at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to those at the Library, to presidents, governors, senators, and industry titans...
...Cañí” starts playing, they begin a paso doble. With the man moving as the matador and the woman flowing as his red cape, the two weave a passionate dance of give and take, push and pull. It ends with a stellar lift as he raises her above his shoulders while her body is contorted into a ring-like shape, releases her so that she free falls around his body maintaining the same position, and wears her as a belt...
...Abbas's team also expressed frustration at what they described as Rice's failure to nail down Israeli promises to lift roadblocks inside the Palestinian territories (so far, the Israeli military has refused) and halt illegal Jewish settlements. "Rice doesn't get into specifics," complained one Palestinian negotiator. "She's like a priest in church telling us what God likes or doesn't like...