Word: planing
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...stave off a full-fledged pandemic and, despite any ill-considered advice from Vice President Joe Biden, there's no risk for a healthy person in the U.S. to take mass transportation, but the truth is that many travelers these days are still feeling skittish about getting on a plane. In a recent TripAdvisor.com poll of 2,857 users of the site, a quarter of the people who responded said they were changing their plans because of the H1N1 flu virus...
...Vice President's point about air travel: Aboard a plane, the air flows side to side, with air circulating in from above and traveling across rows - with little front-to-back air movement - before exiting the cabin. Most aircraft also ventilate the cabin with fresh air from outside and use HEPA filters to clean recirculated...
...clearly, he remains productive. A collection of his most recent poems, entitled “Planisphere,” will be published this December. A planisphere is a two-dimensional projection of a sphere onto a plane, such as a world map or an astronomical chart. Ashbery is reluctant to provide a direct explanation for this title in terms of his poems, preferring instead to let the work speak for itself. Still, he does say that “in a way, every piece of writing is a two-dimensional rendering of life, which is three-dimensional...
Caldera, Louis E. •apology for approval by of terrifying buzzing of lower Manhattan by Air Force One back-up plane is issued by following conveyance to of fury of Obama...
...with many family firms, there's more than a little drama too. The Snyders had two sons: Rich, who became a born-again Christian, and Guy, who worshipped fast cars and hard drugs. Rich took over the business but died in a plane crash in 1993. Guy then led the company until his Elvis-like accidental overdose...