Word: nonstops
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...come to define our generation. From the Clinton scandal—or, as we remember it, that time in fifth grade when our parents were suddenly compelled to explain the concept of oral sex—to the Kanye outburst after Katrina, our lives have been a nonstop parade of awkward. Even Collegehumor.com’s evocative Awkward Rap—“If you say ‘How are you?’ I’ll say ‘Not much!’/My hand and your boob accidentally touch?...
Green Air. Emirates begins nonstop service this week between Dubai and San Francisco. To make the 16-hour flight on a Boeing 777 as green as possible, the airline will fly a direct route over Russia, minimize idling time on the ground and even wash the planes before take-off to reduce drag. Emirates is also launching Airbus A380 service between Dubai and London...
Bankers Holiday. United is adding daily nonstop flights from Washington's Dulles airport to the international banking capital of Geneva. If purchased by Dec. 3, for service after April 19, 2009, seats on the 6 p.m. flight Monday through Thursday cost $449; the same flight is $469 Friday through Sunday...
...ever) needs. Director Marc Forster--whose résumé includes a lot of gimmicky art-house fare, from Finding Neverland to The Kite Runner--does much better when he has no moral in tow; he can concentrate on shepherding the second-unit stunt work and setting a tempo of nearly nonstop suspense. What's lost in reverberations from the series' blithe old movies is gained in daredevil vigor...
...Complaint: The couple was supposed to fly nonstop from New York to Papeete, Tahiti, aboard Air Tahiti Nui in August for their honeymoon. Some 17 hours before the flight - which they had purchased using American Airlines (AA) miles - they got an email telling them it had been canceled. An Air Tahiti Nui rep told them the next flight wasn't for another two days, which is no good when you've got a honeymoon booked and prefer to be sitting on a beach instead of in an airport...