1.   In one scenario, she explained, wind from the west is kept aloft by an inversion layer created from coastal marine air.

2.   In June, Energia, the Russian company that operates the station, announced plans to keep it aloft indefinitely for use as a space tourism destination.

3.   It had been flying from Germany, kept aloft by highly flammable hydrogen gas.

4.   Many planes were kept aloft principally to be available for an attack on bin Laden if he were located, officials said.

5.   The competition is upsetting some European governments, whose unprofitable national carriers can only be kept aloft thanks to immense subsidies.

6.   We cheered when she kept them aloft and laughed when she dropped them.

7.   Yet despite its abundant darkness, the film is kept aloft by so much knowing laughter.

8.   Earlier this year, the station had won a reprieve when the Netherlands-based MirCorp signed a lease agreement and provided some funds to keep it aloft.

9.   Mir has been orbiting unmanned since August as the cash-strapped space program searches for funding to keep it aloft.

10.   Russia is expected to retire the Mir sometime next year, although some officials have talked about trying to keep it aloft longer.