But it is only a glimpse, and before I know it the little bird has flown away.

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But for fundamentals investors, this stock has already flown away.

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Charles (Chuck) Feeney has flown under the radar while giving away billions.

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Formerly flown by the now defunct Transjet Airways, the plane was wasting away in a hangar at Arlanda airport and hadn't flown since 2002.

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Likewise, congressional leaders were whisked away from Capitol Hill by helicopter and flown to an undisclosed location.

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It's all so soothing: UBS porters usher multimillionaire Brazilian farmers up the private elevator, the corporate head of communications is off on vacation, and an elite cadre of UBS trainees, flown in for a seminar, is getting whisked away from the elegant Hotel Steigenberger Bellerive au Lac for another night of fine dining.

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Late on Tuesday, she was flown from Mingora, where the attack happened, to the city of Peshawar, 150km (95 miles) away, for surgery.

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