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  • Actually, so far as he could judge, the majority of people in Airstrip One were small, dark, and ill-favoured.

    Nineteen Eighty-Four 1949

  • 'implausible' feature of life in Airstrip One: 'The Lottery, with its weekly pay-out of enormous prizes, was the one public event to which the proles paid serious attention.'

    The Complete Works of George Orwell (reviews) 1999

  • A world where totalitarianism really is total, all power split into three roughly equal groups-Eastasia, Eurasia, and Oceania. 1984 is set in Oceania, which includes the United Kingdom, where the story is set, known as Airstrip One.

    Lockergnome 2009

  • Having just completed an audacious leap from aircraft into the jaws of death, five hundred feet above Munsan-ni, against a numerically superior and fanatical force, we were ready to return to K-2 Airstrip at Taegu.

    Lafayette Keaton 2010

  • -- "Airstrip Critical Care," from Airstrip Technologies, a medical app that can allow doctors to see patient results remotely while on call.

    Liveblogging: Apple launches iPhone 3GS 2009

  • Hundreds of hospitals nationwide use the system, developed by Airstrip Technologies of San Antonio, Texas.

    Medicine on the Move Stephanie Simon 2011

  • Airstrip on the Kahiltna Glacier - 7,000 'more ...

    Denali 2010

  • Airstrip on the Kahiltna Glacier - 7,000 'more ...

    Denali 2010

  • Airstrip on the Kahiltna Glacier - 7,000 'more ...

    Denali 2010

  • Airstrip on the Kahiltna Glacier - 7,000 'more ...

    Denali 2010

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