Sentences with phrase «dropped by helicopter»

Dropped by a helicopter into the installation, Magnuson performed as a variety of characters from popular media, including a singing televangelist.

The public is invited to witness the annual holiday «flowerworks» display when more than 60,000 specialty flowers and orchids are dropped by helicopter over the beachfront properties.

During the peak years of the Afghanistan War, a group of soldiers is dropped by helicopter into the remote mountains outside of Kandahar City.

Water was dropped by helicopter on the fire on Thursday and water drops continued today.

Benedict Allen, 57, had no mobile phone or GPS device with him when he was dropped by helicopter in a remote jungle to begin an expedition.

We have open - source eyewitness reports of the attack coming from barrel bombs dropped by helicopters, which is not a tactic opposition groups have used but does correlate precisely with how the Syrian regime conducted previous actions of this sort.

Not exact matches

What if the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury stopped trying to stimulate the economy by encouraging more borrowing with «quantitative easing» and instead «dropped money from helicopters» into households» accounts?

A metaphorical term for how a central bank could stimulate the economy by creating money from thin air, Bernanke wasn't literally suggesting dropping it from a helicopter.

A pro-opposition group called the Ghouta Media Center said the attack was carried out by a helicopter, which dropped a barrel bomb containing sarin gas, the BBC reported.

The recent innovation in monetary policy by the Bank of Japan is a clear case of a helicopter drop.

by the way, your EZ helicopter drop wont work for the same reason.

A helicopter drop of any sort can be negated by raising taxes.

It is in fact a transfer payment to the private sector (in this case, the Japanese banks) financed by the BoJ — i.e. a helicopter drop.

Its options include (a) cut marginal rates from -0.1 % to a more negative overnight rate target (b) increase purchases in one or several asset classes from current levels (JPY80trn annual in JGB's; JPY3trn in ETF's; JPY90bn in J - REITS)(c) further lengthen the average maturity of holdings (on average somewhere between 5 and 7 years by our estimates)(d) apply forward guidance with respect to its balance sheet or (e) an extreme derivative of (d)-RRB- espouse a «helicopter drop» strategy, wherein the BOJ offers unlimited monetisation of government debt.

There is no easy way to reach the Cotton Bowl in Dallas except to be dropped into it by helicopter.

O'Dowd and his colleagues have tried to lessen the damage by dropping bait - laced pesticide from helicopters onto ant colonies.

«As there would be no drinking water and we could not drop in by helicopter, we decided to wait a few more months.

This past October Sierra Nevada tested the automated landing system by dropping the Dream Chaser from a helicopter; the vehicle's approach to the runway was spot - on, although a mechanical malfunction prevented one of the wheels from deploying, sending the vehicle skidding off the runway.

You will enjoy the unhealthy amount of explosives and you will definitely be surprised by the amount of extra activities that require you to drop the helicopter controls.

As the men are first dropped off by helicopter and then cross treacherous mountain terrain (beautifully photographed by cinematographer Tobias Schliessler), we're with them every step of the way, marveling at their professionalism and sense of duty.

ALMS Champion will travel by helicopter, airplane and automobile to Watkins Glen PORTLAND — Chevrolet Corvette factory driver Ron Fellows will depart today's American Le Mans Series race immediately after the checkered flag drops at 3:45 p.m. PDT.

The term was coined by economist Milton Friedman who, in 1969, likened the idea to dropping money from a helicopter, an act of economic desperation if there ever was one.

Forget the printed dollars and focus on the rapid creation of credit by the Fed — not actual paper dollars for the metaphorical helicopter drop, but actual credit — and we discover an even uglier truth: The Adjusted Monetary Base (See St. Louis Fed chart below) is collapsing EVEN AS MZM GROWTH IS MOVING TO NEW HIGHS.

What you get: Airport pick - up and drop off by private chauffeur, two night stay in the Pulitzer Suite including champagne and macarons, Valentine Champagne Cocktail upon check - in, breakfast in bed, late check out, private bath butler, exclusive helicopter flight over the city, 1 Gassan Diamonds VIP Tour by Rolex Watchmaker including Gassan Diamonds purchase (up to the value of $ 1,250) and 1 De Bijenkorf personal shopping experience (shopping value of $ 1,000).

However, there are some jaw - dropping locations in Hawaii that are only accessible by helicopter, and one of these places is Sacred Falls.

By the end of the year, helicopters could drop tons of poison pellets in an attempt to exterminate all the rats inhabiting rocky Anacapa Island under a plan the National Park Service released Tuesday.

You can be dropped off at your own stretch of Great Barrier Reef sand by helicopter or chartered boat and left alone with a picnic hamper and a bottle of champagne.

You'll engage in pitched sniper battles across the length of the map, assault the enemy in close quarters combat, drop off your squad by piloting a helicopter under enemy fire, decimate the foe with a tank, watch jets scream overhead as they dogfight, dodge a mini-gun attack from a boat and sneak through enemy lines, all in the same match.

Just imagine the possibilities: With the new inclusion of full cooperative play, one player would be able to do a «drive - by» on his or her gang of choice from 100 feet in the air in a helicopter, while his or her partner in crime drops explosives from outside of the passenger window.

Snake drops a few of his assailants, then hops aboard the helicopter, laying waste to many of the base's key structures by firing volleys of lead into conveniently - placed red barrels (when will those baddies learn?).