Before any hackles start rocketing skyward again, I hasten to add: where the submitting writer sits often makes a difference to Millicent’s perception, too. Her reception of that last example is very likely to be different before Dickens became a household name or after, although once he was...
Manhattan has been compelled to expand skyward because of the absence of any other direction in which to grow. This, more than any other thing, is responsible for its physical majesty. It is to the nation what the white church spire is to the village—the visible symbol of aspiration and ...
There are two basic responses to this song title, 1) a laugh, or whatever sound you make to express mirth while alone on the internet (mine is a sharp, tiny exhale of breath that makes it sound like someone just stabbed me with a pushpin) 2) a beetling of brows and slight canting ...
globalstar has been scouring the former soviet union for cheap rocket technology to launch its low earth orbit satellite network. the leos in question were fired skyward on top of a ukrainian-made zenit missile, from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan. unsurprisingly, the rocket scientists in ...
came at the very end of the class period. One of the teachers clearly had something in mind, and when none of the others could translate it for her, she pulled out a dictionary and went hunting. At this point, only I was in the dark as to what she was trying to express, but I ...
We ran our race, did our thing, and sat in the awards ceremony expecting the usual. Fourth or fifth, maybe third. Aubrey remembers Coach McCoach (actual name) from Maryvale flashing a single skyward-pointed finger at Coach. And there it was. We’d won. By one point, we had won. No...
He yelled at them through the closed cockpit, as he pulled the nose of the Messerschmitt skyward, and banked for another run at the gun crew. As he got lined up bringing all guns to bear, the gun crew scattered in all directions. Even so by wagging the rudder pedals wildly he managed...
” explains artist David Apakidze. “We’re working on a group show about the experience of Russian colonialism in our region, which is currently in a very strange position. We want to invite artists from Azerbaijan, Armenia and across the region to express themselves through our Tbilisi-...
Granted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), CNNdescribedthe decision as “an industry milestone” as it continues to explore how the technology can benefit its news-gathering operations. One obvious advantage is cost — sending a drone skyward for aerial shots is significantly cheaper than...
I notice a row of flightless darts, the sharp ends pointing skyward, protruding from the top pocket of his shirt. I’m just about to ask him why he’s got them, and what he intends to use them for, when I get my answer. Fudd’s grin morphs into an animated sneer as he snatches...