Mid-month, the parties wind down as celebrities jet off to warmer climates like St.
Mr Obama was due later to jet off to the Summit of the Americas in Colombia.
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Carbon offsetting allows consumers to quell their eco-guilt even as they jet off to distant climes on holiday, and drivers of sports-utility vehicles to argue that they have atoned for the emissions produced by their gas-guzzling cars.
"They'll jet off to the other side of the world where they will then continue to hold down two jobs and do exactly the same thing -- admittedly, probably with a warmer climate, and maybe with a nicer view, " Hurst says.
We stepped off the jet yesterday to a cold snap, a surly stock market and kids who see Marji and me as waiters, dishwashers and ATM machines.
Executives attribute the drop-off to rising jet fuel prices, combined with declining air travel.
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He bought a beach house, vacationed in Mexico, used a private aircraft to jet around, went to the Super Bowl, paid off debts and made some investments.
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With its convenient location above the Kowloon transit center and the adjoining upscale shopping complex Elements, the Kowloon-side W hotel and the Ritz make for good meeting spots for jet-set travelers before they rush off to check in downstairs for their next flight.
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So if the decision to use the short take off version of the jet makes sense, why on earth did the incoming coalition government decide to change the plan?
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This aircraft, which has been called the most important aviation development since the invention of the jet engine, has the ability to take off and land like a helicopter yet fly horizontally at speeds far in excess of those possible for helicopters.
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Because airfares are set by the operating costs of the least efficient planes in service, buyers of new jets are counting on the higher fares resulting from high jet fuel prices to allow them to pay off the loans taken out finance the new planes.
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To celebrate, Jerry and the gang take off to Paris in a private NBC jet.
Officials shut down the race for nearly two hours after Juan Pablo Montoya careened into the back of a jet dryer that was being used to blow debris off the track during a caution flag.
Having the three Henderson brothers has obviously helped attract a lot of attention to the team, but I was amazed to see all the cameras and newspaper reporters waiting to see 24 jet-lagged athletes step off the flight.
The engine allows a spaceplane to take off from a runway like any normal jet, and go as fast as Mac 5.5 on a jet-like engine.
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It performs a feat equal to a supersonic jet's circling the globe six inches off the ground.
He also wants to build a vertical take-off and landing commercial jet.
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To cover that retreat, the company trumpeted its Sonic Cruiser, a futuristic 250-seater jet that would fly close to the speed of sound and clip hours off long-haul flights.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory pointed out, however, there is a complex trade-off to be made when deciding what to do about an asteroid that may be on a collision course with Earth.
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An American Airlines jet bound for Chicago had pulled away from the terminal and was preparing to take off from San Diego International Airport Sunday afternoon when a woman pulled a sweater from an overhead bin and what appeared to be a grenade fell from it and rolled down the aisle, to the amazement of passengers.
The more sophisticated missiles are programmed to steer towards heat (such as that given off by a fuel-burning jet).
If a camera detects a blemish on a chip, it sends a signal to one of the airhoses under the conveyor, and a jet of air blows the chip off onto the floor.
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