Though oil prices have recently fallen, the big airlines are likely to lose a collective $6 billion this year, a prospect that is making them ground planes, cut routes and levy a host of new charges.
In addition, he wanted the characters to have significant scenes, however small, that made them grounded and real.
He agrees, however, that their growing numbers and high voting rate -- combined with "ennui among younger voters" -- could make them fertile ground for a candidate able to forge an "emotional connection".
But while they may be genuinely held, that doesn't, of course, make them genuinely grounded.
If we want fairness, then we should focus on the foundational economy and reorganise these activities to make them more grounded.
Their isolation, secrecy and complicated logistics make them breeding grounds for forced marriage, under-age brides and abusive men, she said.
Nothing as slight as a national crisis is going to make them shift from ground that seems so politically advantageous.
The high-flying Los Angeles Clippers are in the house, and the Brooklyn Nets are about to make them kiss the ground.
Nudge their body just before they try to pick the ball up, even if it is just with your stick, which should make them miss the ground ball.
The wide chasm between those who write policies and pay for programs and those who have to make them work on the ground is as old as the international development field itself.
