During the ceremonial 747 contract-signing banquet in Seattle on Boeing's 50th Anniversary, Juan Trippe predicted that the 747 would be "... a great weapon for peace, competing with intercontinental missiles for mankind's destiny".
Our results indicate that there was no clear distinction between environmental variables accounting for ecological variation at continental and intercontinental scales for genera.
The European Commission, Parliament and Council dutifully and in record time processed a "stop the clock" law suspending European enforcement of regulations covering intercontinental flights for a year, ostensibly to give time for ICAO to come up with a global solution.
Since prehistoric and ancient times the Isthmus of Panama has been an intercontinental passageway for migration.
Services such as Skype and FaceTime shrink intercontinental distances for families and lovers.
Jordan beat host Uzbekistan, 9-8, in a penalty shootout to reach an intercontinental playoff for a place at the 2014 World Cup.
The Intercontinental Hotels Group, the world's largest hotel chain, put 20 hotels, including the Miami and the Chicago Intercontinental, up for sale.
Russia's missile forces will remain large enough to overwhelm the system, he noted, and, realistically, no other potential enemy will have effective intercontinental missiles for many years.
Air France-KLM, which maintains its largest hub at Charles de Gaulle, said that it expected to operate all of its intercontinental flights for the duration of the French strike, which was due to continue until Saturday.
