It was a budget cloaked in high-flown phrases and principles, but which was not a terribly principled affair.
They are more infuriated than men by the gap between high-flown rhetoric and the prosaic facts on the ground.
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Among politicians, there is the idealism of high-flown speechmaking, in which crowds are stirringly summoned to support great things.
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And the French, though still fond of high-flown Euro-rhetoric, have become increasingly wary of the commission, since they no longer regard it as their creature.
Benjamin Black might be taken as evidence of authorial capitulation: high-flown style gives way to that most trustworthy and workmanlike of plots, the detective trail.
That said, the 2% by volume that goes by air accounts for around 35% of the value: light, expensive goods such as high-end electronic components tend to be flown.
He and four others were flown out of the UK hours after the High Court rejected final appeals against their extradition on Friday.
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Harsh accusations have flown between Turkey and Syria, signaling a sharp escalation of already high tensions between the two former allies.
It can acquire high-resolution data, especially in the steeply sloping coastal areas, where the radar altimeters flown on many other Earth observation satellites struggle to see important details.
Will Whitehorn, Virgin Galactic's president, said that one of the things which attracted Aabar was the fact that White Knight (an aircraft which lifts to high altitude a rocket that can then take either passengers or satellites onwards into space) could be flown from Abu Dhabi.
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