Next in line is Olympic Airways, Europe's perpetual flying basket-case, which the Greek government has been talking about privatising for over a decade.Such bail-outs would not be necessary were airlines not a protected species, with international trade governed by inter-governmental deals and with bans on foreigners taking control.
At times, the game was physical with coaches screaming about no-calls and bodies flying under the basket on rebounds.
It was the repetitive image of Wade and James flying to the basket, however, that most perturbed the Celtics, a team that has long prided itself on defense.
Corey Brewer drove from midcourt to the basket, flying through the air and landing a monster dunk.
Around the corner E.T. is flying in his bicycle basket, over the head of Slimer, the green meanie from "Ghostbusters," and a roaring dinosaur from "Jurassic Park".
Moments before Evans flew toward the basket, two other Hawks -- Mario West and Jeff Teague -- had soared in for showy dunks.
He is airborne for fractions of a second, but in the moment there is elation, anticipation, a breathless, palpable thrill as he flies toward the basket.
But consider the following encounter: a military helicopter bearing the anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon and a television crew suddenly looms above a remote Amazonian village, whipping roofs off huts and sending baskets and hammocks flying.
What came out of that was a fly-fishing basket filled with 12 hand-cut fish-shaped cookies that retailed for $48.
Top Shops 2004 12.16.04 From London to Dubai, pastries to picnic baskets, fly rods to fashion, our favorite shopping destinations of the year.
