(1) We managed to get a clear downwind start with the kite up.

(2) Despite one close call when it dropped so far that the line briefly got caught in the branches of a tree, I kept the kite airborne for the best part of half an hour.

(3) Initially, they could not figure out if the bird was a kite or an eagle.

(4) They can glide with wings held level, and kite (soar on the wind without flapping wings) and hover in moderate winds.

(5) A large crowd of spectators gathered to watch multi-coloured kites of all shapes and sizes soaring and looping over the town.

(6) He was up to his ears in debt - always kiting checks before payday.

(7) Small children ran about with kites or pet dogs, their nannies close behind.

(8) When the inter-bank settlement system temporarily fails to clear transactions banks are effectively u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510bouncing or kiting checksu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb to each other.

(9) Proponents claimed that the improved stork habitat would benefit the kites as well, which also frequented that area.

(10) Hundreds of wary eyes view me with suspicion as I begin taking pictures, kiting back and forth in the tide.

(11) We have computer programmers, doctors and professors in the club who enjoy kiting because to do it well you need to put everything else from your mind.

(12) The full effect of a strong Westerly with accompanying big Atlantic seas was felt on the second day when the race officer ordered small kites to be used.

(13) I resolved to press for the release of all the names of those who kited checks at the Bank.

(14) To date 42 young kites have been released into the wild from a secret site located on the Harewood Estate, near Leeds.

(15) The book opens with Blanche White in jail for unsuccessfully kiting checks to buy groceries with.

(16) Alex said that when he was about six, he remembers hiking to the top of a mountain with his grandparents and flying kites with his grandfather.

(17) Today, in a scene the Victorians would have recognised, kites can be seen flying 50 ft above villages in the Chilterns.

(18) Prosecutors haven't revealed how he was tracked down, but as part of the plea deal they agreed not to prosecute the former fed for kiting checks through his Bank of America account while a fugitive.

(19) Apparently a few years back there were only six pairs of breeding kites in the UK (in mid-Wales, I believe), but thankfully they have been thriving and multiplying since then.

(20) Inmates manage to pass u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510 kites u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb or handwritten notes to each other.