Word: updraft
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...from the ground. (Other methods use salt or dry ice.) The silver iodide particles supercharge cloud formation, as they act as excellent condensation nuclei. Once clouds form, they also start a positive feedback effect. As droplets freeze and are added to the cloud, they release their heat, creating an updraft which draws additional moisture from the ground into the atmosphere...
...about 15,000 ft. Barack Obama has been living at 30,000 ft.," explains a senior McCain adviser. "The idea was, Let's not try to pull him down from that plane and be mad about it. Let's push him up to 50,000 ft. and create an updraft that sends Icarus a little closer...
...doldrums. In the short term, there's a war. Not a protracted, recession-inducing war, but a decisive war that comes and goes soon. Such an event would remove the geopolitical uncertainty from the economic equation, which in turn would boost consumer and business confidence. It would cause an updraft in the American market, which would help European exporters. And it would drive oil prices down, making life cheaper for consumers and manufacturers. According to Christian de Boissieu, professor of economics at the Sorbonne and the head of Paris' Chamber of Commerce economic forecasting unit, French growth could certainly average...
Eminem sailed into Barcelona last week for the MTV Europe Music Awards on an updraft of hot reviews and the box office success of his movie debut. 8 Mile, a semi-autobiopic starring the rapper - whose talent is fast rendering his many controversies irrelevant - grossed $54.5 million in its first weekend in the U.S. What's more, 8 Mile and Eminem's performance has been generating serious Oscar buzz (yes, it really has), and the sound track from his movie went straight to the top of the Billboard 200. If there had been a Best Crossover...
...don’t get me wrong. I like skirts. I own several. And I wholeheartedly enjoy wearing them when the air temperature is above 65 degrees. I detest, however, the bone-chilling updraft that results from wearing a skirt to a mid-November interview (note that, contrary to advertisers’ claims, choosing to wear tights instead of sheer pantyhose does next to nothing to resolve this problem). And, despite my best efforts, I have yet to find a way of uncrossing and recrossing my legs without at least partially flashing an interviewer (note that, perhaps, this explains...