It's a short flight, mostly because the military pilot is happy to eschew1 comfort in favor of speed. The chopper takes off at a shallow angle, keeping low so it won't get sucked into any jumbo jets, and as soon as the pilot gets room to maneuver2, he whips the tail around, drops the nose, and lets the rotor yank them onward3 and upward across the basin, toward the sparsely4 lit mass of the Hollywood Hills.
But they stop short of the Hills, and end up on the roof of a hospital. Part of the Mercy chain, which technically5 makes this Vatican airspace. So far, this has Juanita written all over it.
"Neurology ward," Major Clem says, delivering this string of nouns like an order. "Fifth floor, east wing, room 564."
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v.避开,戒绝 | |
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n.策略[pl.]演习;v.(巧妙)控制;用策略 | |
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adj.向前的,前进的;adv.向前,前进,在先 | |
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adv.稀疏地;稀少地;不足地;贫乏地 | |
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