Too many otherwise suitable sites may be found to have sink holes, cavities, or poor load bearing qualities.

Fortunately, most of these were former French colonies, and through a combination of quiet diplomacy and well-placed French nationals in the various air-traffic-control centers, the 300-mile-long stream of American aircraft flew the width of Africa as uneventfully as a red-eye flight from LAX to JFK.

Like karate, for instance, which would appear to derive from the ancient Indian martial art kalarippayattu.

She's sitting opposite a window that's gently breezing into her face, wafting her hair into cover-girl perfection and when I joke about this she roars with laughter.