Sentences with phrase «as flying first»

Getting behind the scenes access to cool events can be as impressive as flying first class to your debit card carrying friends.

You'll also typically score the best deals on luxury upgrades, such as flying first class instead of coach, when redeeming branded miles through the airline's system.

You'll also typically score the best deals on luxury upgrades, such as flying first class instead of coach, when redeeming branded miles through the airline's system.

Not exact matches

GREG Evans has got off to a flying start in his new role as KPMG's global leader of mining M&A, with one of the firm's major clients announcing its first takeover bid last week.

That means flying coach even if you can afford first class, as Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has tweeted himself doing.

The Trumps and Macrons helped plant a tree on the White House grounds together before boarding Trump's Marine One helicopter for a scenic tour of monuments built in the capital city designed by French - born Pierre L'Enfant as they flew south to Mount Vernon, the first U.S. president's home along the Potomac River.

As it turns out, abroad came knocking on his door, first in the form of a Swedish distributor, which began with small orders, and then, in early 2013, a large Spanish firm, Groupas Varagoza, which wanted to represent Flying Monkeys across Europe.

David Anderson first worked as a local TV reporter in Roseburg, Ore., before moving up I - 5 to Portland, and flew to NYC to work at TODAY.com and eventually Business Insider.

SpaceX, along with Boeing (ba), also has a contract with NASA to fly astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the «Commercial Crew» program, with the first crucial test flight slated for the second quarter.

When we leased our first 747 jumbo jet in 1984, I knew very little about the airline business, beyond the fact that I had flown a lot as a record executive and disliked it.

Pay the mortgage on a $ 10m mansion as well as a $ 5m summer place in the Hamptons, put four kids through Ivy League colleges, fly first class anywhere you'd like, make half a dozen angel investments at $ 250K each, eat out every night at three star restaurants, vacation on the Riviera, and have a full - time cook, butler, nanny and chauffeur.

Flying Blue has reportedly gone so far as to unilaterally downgrade First Class awards wheedled out of booking agents by non-elite members.

First you called A380 as ugliest airplane in the world, which is true but look people love flying with this ugly plane because it's comfort and quietness.

When investors get skittish, these high - flying stocks are the first to get crushed as we've already seen this year.

And if you literally mean a flat tax with from the first dollar (which is * NOT * what most flat tax proposals are, by the way — they all include at least a significant standard deduction)-- one with no deductions & credits (not even home interest deductions or charitable deductions or college deductions, etc), then we may as well be discussing what type of pig would fly more efficiently.

As what might just constitute his first act since being acquitted of Trayvon Martin's murder, Zimmerman came across a truck that had rolled in an intersection, and flew into action, helping pull a family out from under the wreckage.

Seems like we are moving toward MORE GUNS as the solution, so next time some psycho starts gunning people down in a dark theater, maybe the best course will be to hit the deck and crawl under the chairs as the bullets start flying around in the dark as George Zimmerman - type cop wannabes pull out their heat at the first loud bang and start blasting away in the dark at «susp - icious» people.

As children we are told about Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy the Easter Bunny and all that good sense.But as we get older we realise «wait... a chubby old jolly man makes toys for all the boys and girls in the world and delivers them all to them at night... That cant be true because first off you cant possibly do that in one night an reindeer cant flAs children we are told about Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy the Easter Bunny and all that good sense.But as we get older we realise «wait... a chubby old jolly man makes toys for all the boys and girls in the world and delivers them all to them at night... That cant be true because first off you cant possibly do that in one night an reindeer cant flas we get older we realise «wait... a chubby old jolly man makes toys for all the boys and girls in the world and delivers them all to them at night... That cant be true because first off you cant possibly do that in one night an reindeer cant fly.

«They are flying solo for the first time, and we want to not only teach, but to nurture souls as well,» Fredrickson said.

And it was there in the warm South Seas — the other side of the world from the city where men like Fly were «pent up in lath and plaster, tied to counters, nailed to benches, clinched to desks» — that at age twenty - three he found Nature's own paradise on an island in the Marquesas and in the arms of a woman he fictionalized as «Fayaway» in Typee (1846), the scandalous first novel he wrote upon his return.

To fly, to beget, to kill for the first time — these, as we know, suffice to transform a life.

There is as much evidence for your «traditional God» as «The flying spaghetti monster», yet you only belief in the first.

In truth, the roots of this becomingless view go as far back as Zeno of Elea, who was probably the first who treated time and motion as a static geometrical line: his view that the allegedly flying arrow is motionless in all points of its trajectory has an obvious affinity with the strange view of some of our contemporaries according to which successive moments exist «tenselessly» on the fourth dimension called «time.»

The Gospel of Thomas (not the one recently discovered in Egypt) reports the childhood of Jesus in a similar vein — a series of miraculous events such as making twelve clay pigeons fly or taking over the first grade at school to lecture on mystical meanings of the alphabet.

If King's conception of the Deity or deities that inhabit our solar system is that possessed by a primitive tribe of hunter - gatherers or by one of the earliest of civilizations, one of half - human gods (chimeras) or monsters, little concerned with the fate of humanity, both capricious and threatening («As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport»), that is interesting from an anthropological perspective, but what does it have to do with «first things»?

While the leading experts around the world — with well - funded, never - ending resources at hand — were trying (and dramatically failing) to become the first to fly, it was these two bicycle mechanics who didn't have a college education, who saw each new problem standing in their way of flight as one amazing step closer to solving the problem.

On a more positive note, as a first year teacher it's seriously crazy to me how quickly the year is flying by.

Although I first started flying as an itty bitty baby and feel entirely comfortable walking through airports all by myself, I still enjoy a good reward (okay, okay — more of a bribe) for traveling solo.

Protests flew as Ronnie Bucknum (above) won a new speedway's first race, and famous drivers battled track and officials for title points

Probably the most impressive things about the new league are the big league - style travel (the teams fly nearly everywhere) and the first - class accommodations (in Minneapolis, for example, teams stay at the Leamington Hotel, as most American League clubs have for years).

The South Korean was Tottenham's bright spark in quite a dull first half which eventually came to life in the 39th minute, as Son produced this shift and shoot which flew into the top corner.

Despite losing his place recently to Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain, the flying Spaniard produced some splendid performances after the Englishman's injury and is firmly established as the Gunners» first - choice right wing - back.

Was it not ironic that Arsenal beat the high flying Leicester with Flamini first and Arteta later as defensive midfielders?

Sober, industrious and otherwise well - adjusted men have been known to fall into gargling, sputtering rages as, sitting helplessly before their TV sets, they feel themselves assaulted by Allen's tedious, drawn - out explanations («For the benefit of those not so familiar with the game, the infield fly rule states that, with first and second base or first, second and third occupied and less than two out, a ball which in the judgment of the umpire,» etc..

In the first half of a 79 — 75 win over UCLA on Jan. 9 he launched a lob from the left side of half - court that floated into the outstretched hands of Gordon as he flew up from the right baseline for a gorgeous reverse jam.

The 23 - year old midfielder from Swiss club Basel looks like he will be the first though, as The Mirror is reporting that he will be flying straight to London after his christmas break back in Egypt rather than returning to his current club.

Jack was nimble Jack was quick but now his ankle made him sit The crowd called out for another DM as the season flew away My Kingdom for a striker as the Gaffer told his tale I can make a silk purse from a sow's ear by casting pearls before wines and her face at first just ghostly turned a whiter shade of blue.

The books have to limit their liability with all that money, so they keep falling as Woods keeps making noise on Tour and the money keeps flying in backing him at the season's first major.

After flying cross country and back between games for the funeral, he continued to play valiantly as the C's rallied from a 2 - 0 deficit to win their first playoff series in five years.

With the January transfer window just a few days away, it seems as though Arsenal have already completed their first signing as the Mirror are reporting that FC Basel midfielder Mohammed Elneny is due to fly into London and complete a move to the Emirates.

Indeed, in the first half there was probably too much of that, with little time on the ball for either side and a tendency to release the ball rather too quickly either out of a desire to get it up to the other end of the pitch as quickly as possible or to get out of the way of a set of flying studs heading in your direction.

The South African has been named as the Toffees» first International Ambassador and the Everton magazine recently flew out to Amsterdam — where he now resides since hanging up his boots — to join up with him before he headed back to Merseyside for the derby against Liverpool.

The Liverpool squad will be spending the FA Cup weekend in Marbella as the players and the first team coaching staff flew to Spain for a four - day warm - weather training camp on Thursday.

Lille flew up the standings to second as Moussa Sow's first career hat - trick set them up for a 5 - 2 shellacking of Caen, while Montpellier are behind Les Dogues on goal difference after winning 1 - 0 at home to Toulouse.

Rémi Garde's first game as manager of Aston Villa ended with the home side picking up a most welcome point against high flying Manchester City.

We didn't have long to wait for our first medals as our swimmers got off to a flying start in the pool.

There's your first - team cast - offs, those who haven't been able to find a permanent departure and are forced into temporary measures; then there's the club's own academy produce who fly the nest to garner senior experience, and finally the speculative, (generally) foreign signings who rarely step foot back in England, let alone Cobham, as part of a more financially - incentivised enterprise.

As much as I love the track, there were only three entertaining moments: The DRS - free scrap between Alonso and Hülkenberg in the first two laps, the clash of the Force India drivers, and the short moment after the flying restart, where it looked like the final part of the race could be excitinAs much as I love the track, there were only three entertaining moments: The DRS - free scrap between Alonso and Hülkenberg in the first two laps, the clash of the Force India drivers, and the short moment after the flying restart, where it looked like the final part of the race could be excitinas I love the track, there were only three entertaining moments: The DRS - free scrap between Alonso and Hülkenberg in the first two laps, the clash of the Force India drivers, and the short moment after the flying restart, where it looked like the final part of the race could be exciting.

La Magica are flying out to Spain for the first leg of their Quarter - Final tie, with most pundits and fans putting the Spanish side as the favourites to progress through.

The first real test of mettle for Arsene Wenger's side in the 2011 - 2012 season, and it was passed with flying colors as the Gunners brushed aside the Blues in their own backyard in a cracker - jack of a match.