Landing Sentence Examples

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  • They burst out of the light, landing hard.

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  • Suddenly, she fell, just as quickly landing in a field with waist-high grass and a bright yellow sun overhead.

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  • She stepped through and emerged on the landing overlooking the desert.

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  • The landing paused at the Y of two long hallways.

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  • In August 1849 the queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the little princess royal and the prince of Wales, paid a visit to Ireland, landing at the Cove of Cork, which from /rash trip, that day was renamed Queenstown.

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  • He dropped fast and changed shapes too soon, landing hard on the ground near them.

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  • He succeeded in landing, and proceeded to attack the town.

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  • Abercromby, effected a landing at Aboukir, and proceeded to invest Alexandria, where on the 2 fst they were attacked by Menou; the French were repulsed, but the English French commander was mortally wounded in the action.

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  • Where the landing has been necessitated by a G.A.

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  • In 1795 he attempted to aid the royalist rising of La Vendee, landing at the island of Yeu.

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  • In 1845 the French Marist Fathers went to Isabel, where Mgr Epaulle, first vicarapostolic of Melanesia, was killed by the natives soon after landing.

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  • William, however, was not devoid of military energy; landing in Italy he destroyed the Greek fleet and army at Brindisi (28th May 1156) and recovered Bari.

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  • Fishkill Landing is served by the New York Central & Hudson River and the New York, New Haven & Hartford railways; by railway ferry and passenger ferries to Newburgh, connecting with the West Shore railway; by river steamboats and by electric railway to Matteawan.

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  • Among the manufactures of Fishkill Landing are rubber-goods, engines (Corliss) and other machinery, hats, silks, woollens, and brick and tile.

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  • Erris in Mayo was the scene of the landing of the chief colony of the Firbolgs, and the battle which is said to have resulted in the overthrow and almost annihilation of this tribe took place also in this county, at Moytura near Cong.

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  • Killala was the scene of the landing of a French squadron in connexion with the rebellion of 1798.

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  • Various regulations restricting Chinese immigration were enacted from time to time, until in 1886 the landing of any Chinese passenger without a passport was prohibited.

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  • By the advice of her ministers, and to avoid bloodshed, the queen surrendered under protest, in view of the landing of United States troops, appealing to the government of the United States to reinstate her in authority.

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  • On receiving Blount's report to the effect that the revolution had been accomplished by the aid of the United States minister and by the landing of troops from the " Boston," President Cleveland sent Albert Sydney Willis (1843-1897) of Kentucky to Honolulu with secret instructions as United States minister.

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  • In 1685 Lyme was the scene of the landing of James, duke of Monmouth, in his attempt upon the throne.

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  • The Argonauts landing soon after found only women in the island, ruled over by Hypsipyle, daughter of the old king Thoas.

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  • Peterhead, made a burgh of barony in 1593 by George Keith, fifth earl marischal, was the scene of the landing of the Pretender on Christmas Day 1715.

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  • Two more brows were got into place and the landing parties got ashore.

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  • To return to the landing on the mole.

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  • Leicester, on landing in Holland, was in the presence of the States-General and of Maurice of Nassau invested with the title of governor-general and practically sovereign powers (February 1586).

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  • On landing (October 2) at Cape Coast, Wolseley found the Ashanti, who had been decimated by smallpox and fever, preparing to return home.

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  • The preface to this work places Cerdic's assumption of the sovereignty six years after his landing, that is, in the year 500, and assigns him a reign of sixteen years, which makes his death fall eighteen years before 534, the date recorded in the annals.

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  • In May 1832 he hastened from Paris to see the duchess of Berry on her landing in the south of France for the purpose of organizing an insurrection in favour of her son, the duke of Bordeaux, since known as the Comte de Chambord.

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  • A tablet on the quay commemorates the landing of Bernadotte after his election as successor to the throne in 1810.

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  • The duke died soon after landing, and Sloane's visit lasted only fifteen months; but during that time he got together about Boo new species of plants, the island being virgin ground to the botanist.

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  • Meanwhile, what is now Kansas City, and was then Westport Landing, being on the river where a swift current wore a rocky shore, steadily increased in importance and overshadowed Westport.

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  • During this reign, on the 8th of October 1365, a landing was effected at Alexandria by a Frankish fleet under Peter I.

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  • In twenty-five days, from the landing at Ismailia to the occupation of Cairo, the rebellion was completely suppressed, and the operations were thus signally successful.

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  • The whole country, however, was on the alert, and at midnight on the 8th, within a month of their landing, James heard that the revolt, desperate from the first, was over and that his rival had been captured close to Ringwood.

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  • Large galleys could not anchor in the bay of Zengg, which is shallow and exposed to sudden gales, so the Uskoks fitted out a fleet of swift boats, light enough to navigate the smallest creeks and inlets of the Illyrian shore, and easily sunk and recovered, if a temporary landing became necessary.

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  • The " Itata " was then forced to return to San Diego without landing her cargo for the insurgents.

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  • The Russians, moreover, made a futile attempt on Gilan by landing troops at Enzeli, which returned to Baku, where Zizianov fell a victim to the treachery of the Persian governor.

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  • At Bushire, on the 1st of December, the Persian governor of Fars, Ala ad-daula, committed a breach of diplomatic etiquette which induced Lord Curzon to sail away without landing.

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  • The centenary of the landing of Shortland was celebrated in 1897, when a monument commemorating the event was erected.

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  • Gelimer, who was strangely ignorant of the plans of Justinian, had sent his brother Tzazo with some of his best troops to quell a rebellion in Sardinia (that island as well as the Balearic Isles forming part of the Vandal dominions), and the landing of Belisarius was entirely unopposed.

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  • Belisarius, however, was too late to save the life of Hilderic, who had been slain by his rival's orders as soon as the news came of the landing of the imperial army.

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  • Thus perjured and disgraced the young king embarked for Scotland on the 2nd of June; on the 11th when off Heligoland he signed the treaty, and on the 23rd, on his arrival at Speymouth, before landing, he swore to both the covenants.

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  • On the 24th he sailed from the Hague, landing on the 26th at Dover, where he was met by Monk, whom he saluted as father, and by the mayor, from whom he accepted a " very rich bible," " the thing that he loved above all things in the world."

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  • Steamboats run from the mouth of the Green river, near Evansville, Indiana, to the Mammoth Cave landing.

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  • The most convenient place for landing is protected by an ancient mole; it faces the channel between Delos and Rheneia, and is about opposite the most northerly of the two little islands now called ` PevµaTtapt.

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  • To overcome the difficulty of landing from the roadstead a breakwater was built at the mouth of the Baakens River in 1856, but it had to be removed in 1869, as it caused a serious accumulation of sand.

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  • The work begins with the landing of Aeneas in Italy, and closes with the death of Drusus, 9 B.C., though it is possible that the author intended to continue it as far as the death of Augustus.

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  • The agitation against the Chinese, always more or less existent, became intense, and the government forcibly prevented the Chinese passengers of four ships from landing, and passed laws which practically prohibit the immigration of Chinese.

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  • As the naval force of the enemy was completely driven into port, the British admiral had no opportunity of an action at sea, but his management of the convoy carrying the troops, and of the landing at Aboukir, was greatly admired.

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  • He was "the first nobleman and one of the first persons" who joined the prince of Orange on his landing in England, and he accompanied William to London.

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  • Whoever may have instigated the rising, this much is certain, that American warships prevented the Colombian troops from landing to suppress the revolt.

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  • When the news reached the Cape that this vessel was on her way, the people of the colony became violently excited; and they established an anti-convict association, by which they bound themselves to cease from all intercourse of every kind with persons in any way connected " with the landing, supplying or employing convicts."

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  • That same year he fled with the hope of finding a safe refuge in Egypt, but was treacherously murdered by one of his old centurions as he was landing.

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  • Kingsgate, on the North Foreland, north of Broadstairs on the coast, changed its name from St Bartholomew's Gate in honour of Charles II.'s landing here with the duke of York in 1683 on his way from London to Dover.

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  • All through the summcr Harold held a fleet concentrated under the lee of the Isle of Wight, waiting to intercept Williams armament, while the fyrd of Wessex was ready to support him if the enemy should succeed in making a landing.

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  • Northumberland was a greedy and unscrupulous Border chief, who regarded himself as entitled to exact whatever he chose from his master, because he had been the first to join him at his landing in 1399, and had lent him a consistent support ever since.

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  • Hence came the marvellous success of the Yorkist counterstroke in June 1460, when the exiled Warwick, landing in Kent with a mere handful of men, was suddenly joined by the whole of the south of England and the citizens of London, and inflicted a crushing defeat on defeatsth.

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  • The landing of the Pretender in Scotland (1715), and the defeat of a portion of his army which had advanced to Prestona defeat which was the consequence of the apathy of his English supporters, and which was followed by the complete suppression of the rebelliongave increased strength to the Whig government.

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  • The allied squadron, however, was stopped by the forts at the mouth of the Peiho, which fired on the vessels; a landing party, which was disembarked to storm the forts, met with a disastrous check, and the squadron had to retire with an acknowledged loss of three gunboats and 400 men.

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  • The island is the Lopadusa of Strabo, and the Lipadosa of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, the scene of the landing of Roger of Sicily and of his conversion by the hermit.

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  • His decree of July 1861, suspending for two years all payments on public debts of every kind, led to the landing in Mexico of English, Spanish and French troops.

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  • Dr Guppy was fortunate in reaching North Keeling Island, where a landing is only possible during the calmest weather.

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  • The islands were discovered by the Dutch in 1616, and visited in 1767 by Philip Carteret; but no landing seems to have been effected, owing to the surrounding reefs, until the arrival of the "Challenger" in 1875.

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  • We find them landing in different places.

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  • About a year after the first landing Raymond Le Gros was sent over by Earl Richard with his advanced guard, and Strongbow himself landed near Waterford on the 23rd of August 1170 with 200 knights and about r000 other troops.

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  • Alarmed at the principality forming near him, Henry invaded Ireland in person, landing near Waterford on the 18th of October 1172.

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  • A force of Italians and Spaniards landing at Smerwick in Kerry, Grey hurried thither, and the foreigners, who had no commission, surrendered at discretion, and were put to the sword.

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  • Other navigable streams are the Waccamaw, to Bucksville (50 m.); the Great Pedee to Smith's Mills (52 m.); the Cooper, to Strawberry Ferry (30 m.); the Ashley, to Lambs (13 m.); the Edisto, to Guignard Landing (260 m.); the South Edisto, to the North Edisto (11 m.); the Beaufort, to the Coosaw River (11 m.); and the Santee, to the confluence of the Congaree and Wateree rivers, which are navigable for flatboats.

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  • The threat of an English landing decided them to lay siege to Rouen, and it was taken by assault; but this cost the life of the versatile Antoine de Bourbon.

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  • Success was reserved the 18th for Bonaparte, suddenly landing at Frjus with the Brwnaire.

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  • In the struggles between John and his barons Lincoln in 1216 made peace with the king by surrendering hostages for the payment of a fine of 1000 marks, but after the landing of Louis the city was captured by Gilbert de Gant, then earl of Lincoln.

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  • The value of the city's factory products increased from $10,517,886 in 1900 to $15,193,909 in 1905 or 44'5% Chattanooga was first settled about 1835, and was long known as Ross's Landing.

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  • In 1602, in command of the "Concord," chartered by Sir Walter Raleigh and others, he crossed the Atlantic; coasted from what is now Maine to Martha's Vineyard, landing at and naming Cape Cod and Elizabeth Island (now Cuttyhunk) and giving the name Martha's Vineyard to the island now called No Man's Land; and returned to England with a cargo of furs, sassafras and other commodities obtained in trade with the Indians about Buzzard's Bay.

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  • On the canal list it was called Steele's Creek, but it was also known as Morgan's Landing, and from 1830 to 1843 as Remington's Corners.

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  • The first collision took place at Risdon, a few days after the landing of Lieutenant Bowen's expedition, and for this the white settlers were entirely responsible.

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  • Grant next ascended the Tennessee river to Pittsburg Landing with the intention of capturing the Memphis & Charleston railway, and on the 6th-7th of April defeated the Confederates in the battle of Shiloh.

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  • Breathing raggedly, she tried hard to rein in the emotions that were close to landing her in trouble.

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  • The image of him drawing her blood for the first time on the landing scared her.

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  • She batted at him with clumsy arms, at last landing a punch in

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  • The public area comprises an entrance hall with stairs leading to the first floor landing, living room, dining room and kitchen.

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  • Landing, we went through the somewhat perfunctory customs check and out to get our ride to the Hilton.

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  • A shaft of brilliant sunlight fell through the dusty layers of a horse chestnut tree, landing on the velvet vows of her shoes.

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  • Then flying at 50 feet he attacked an aerodrome where approximately 19 machines were either landing or attempting to take off.

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  • In contrast to the take off where we use a constant engine power, for landing we need to keep a constant airspeed.

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  • We shall see the plane landing on the beach - the island's famous airstrip.

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  • Captain Gerlach made an emergency landing on an improvised airstrip and made preparations to take off with his precious cargo.

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  • Landing on the tiny airstrip at Lukla in the Everest region of Nepal is an adventure in itself.

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  • It was capable of reducing its speed on landing to 59 mph enabling it to land on short airstrips.

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  • This huge armada was divided into two naval task forces and five assault forces, on for each of the main landing beaches.

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  • For months they were saying soft landing, stagnation, correction blah blah blah.

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  • In front of the cottages are two mooring bollards which were used to secure boats to the landing stage.

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  • Google is using a new bot for their AdWords advertising system that automatically spiders and analyzes the content of advertising landing pages.

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  • Many of them will become a public burthen from the moment of their landing.

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  • And in the final stages of landing, you may hear a buzzer sounding.

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  • Move several bystanders on and also to redirect cars leaving the car park to give a wide berth of the landing site.

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  • Passengers landing could a palm tree immigration campus quot we rented scooters.

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  • First Floor Landing - Loft access, smoke detector, textured ceiling.

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  • Small shower room off the landing with sloping ceiling.

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  • A kick-up centerboard and swing-up rudder makes beaching or landing a snap.

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  • The landing gear is somewhat complex and you'll likely need to do some cleanup on the struts.

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  • Once the geese get close you can begin using the landing call the " fast cluck " as I call it.

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  • The greatest levels of surface compaction were located in the landing area of the fairway, which receives the most golf cart traffic.

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  • Affected horses will usually move with their heels landing first to try to avoid concussion to the painful toe region.

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  • He later developed a taste for secular music and entered numerous talent contests, eventually landing a record deal with Fantasy in 1968.

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  • Corvus corone cornix Birds everywhere along the Nile even landing on the boat.

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  • Here, there is a twin bedroom and a landing which can accommodate the folding cot.

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  • Joining the Royal Naval Patrol Service in the Second World War, he became a coxswain in Minor Personnel Landing Craft.

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  • Secondly, with such a vast force, where would all the landing craft come from?

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  • On the landing the fully enclosed shower cubicle is fitted with an electric shower unit.

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  • On clear evenings, there would be a landing party, buzzing over to the deserted shore in a small dingy to explore.

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  • The path then skirts inland around Kendall's Wharf, still used for landing gravel dredged from the sea bed.

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  • First Floor Landing With window to the side elevation.

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  • They discussed traffic density with ATC, and eventually declared an emergency in order to get priority for landing.

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  • High wall sealed unit double-glazed timber window with arched fanlight to half landing.

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  • The landing movement should involve an upright torso position, and increased knee flexion on impact should be encouraged.

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  • The sound of heavy footsteps have also been heard at the top of the landing.

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  • The catwalks have gone from City and Essex looked very forlorn without the landing stage.

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  • The Iron Age promontory fort is one of several along the Heritage coast, protecting a potential landing point from coastal raiders.

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  • All of the crew took emergency landing positions which were in the main fuselage of the aircraft to prepare for a crash landing.

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  • Two steel tube ribs at each end of spar carry main power unit and landing gear pick up points.

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  • Property briefly comprises entrance hall with stairs leading to the first floor landing, living room, dining room and kitchen.

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  • Always make sure there is a secure handhold at all landing places.

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  • Click to return to top A ladder should stick up at least 1.1m above a landing space, unless suitable handhold have been provided.

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  • Work boats moored under the bridge above the lock significantly impede craft using the lock landing.

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  • We were able to arrive at our new home within two hours of landing - a pretty impressive exit.

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  • Further, these calls may impair flight instrumentation, particularly GPS receivers increasingly used for positioning during landing.

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  • Editorial note The sacred islet 's thoughts on the successful landing by a Rockall Times assault squad on 16 June 1995 are unrecorded.

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  • There is a wooden landing jetty from which you can watch the brightly colored marine fish in the clear water below.

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  • Threw large amounts of stuff onto the landing and started removing the real junk.

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  • Landing With retractable ladder giving access to a partly boarded loft with light point.

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  • Visible across the bay is Point Loma where a statue of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo commemorates the landing of the first European in 1542.

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  • From the hall, oak stairs lead up to the galleried landing from which there are fabulous views over the countryside.

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  • Who's made a lunar landing on the level?

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  • The Apollo moon landing is topping many of these lists.

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  • Nadia's helicopter landing, for example, is a shot lifted from " Arrival " .

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  • Judging the height to dive a canopy into a swoop landing is not easy.

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  • For the next seven years Willie waited faithfully at the ferry landing for his owner to return.

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  • A US passenger flight from Heathrow to JFK made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport yesterday.

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  • Elliotts in Caversham made landing craft and plane wings.

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  • The date for Overlord was pushed back to the end of May to allow for the building of more landing craft.

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  • Two large external pockets to hold landing net, rod pod and bank sticks.

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  • All anglers must have, and use a landing net.

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  • Anyone fishing for specimen carp or predators must have a large unhooking mat and large landing net.

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  • As we approached the landing strip, I could see the ground flying past, underneath us.

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  • Planes brought others of the privileged, settling on the new airstrip, which was ablaze with landing and fairy lights.

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  • Later, a maid went down to the landing, stowed away luncheon, water-bottles and costume word game in the canoe.

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  • On landing, lay them in the landing net on an unhooking mat, never on uncovered hard ground.

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  • There is a single foam mattress on the landing at the top of the stairs with room for a child to sleep.

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  • From the landing stage here the hardy tourist can either walk the mile and a half track into the mountains or hire a mule.

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  • The kits are suitable for a typical return landing and include newels, newel bases and newel caps also supplied as halves.

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  • The RAF also dropped dummy parachutists and firework devices in a dummy airborne landing at Yvetot, some 30 miles North of Le Havre.

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  • We'll attempt a landing at Coronation Island, known for its extensive moss beds, nesting penguins and beautiful snow petrels.

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  • The entrance from the stair landing is of a heavy and sumptuous Jacobean style with thick tapering pilasters.

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  • By Any Other Name Responding to a distress call from an Earth-like planet, a landing party from the Enterprise beams down to investigate.

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  • A hundred years ago Mousehole was a bustling port, crowded with local fishing boats, landing pilchards.

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  • A floating landing stage was added making a very presentable appearance.

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  • Jungle Holocaust A group of oil prospectors have a rough landing in their base camp on the Malaysian island of Mindanao.

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  • Landing in Greenwich Village NY, the urban folk revival was still in full swing.

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  • Wildlife has remained scanty apart from the flying fish which have a habit of landing on the ship's deck overnight.

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  • Dry landing at the red beach frequented by sea lions.

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  • Condition is very good, one landing skid has a small repair.

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  • It was the only landing place which we saw as we sailed pass all the steep cliffs and glacier snouts.

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  • Landing (in 1997) is on a very small snow cone.

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  • The Descent Module uses parachutes to slow its fall, enabling it to make a soft landing on dry land.

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  • A door from the landing provides access to the large roof top solarium where there is a BBQ.

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  • In Russian Bars, artists fly through the air with spectacular somersaults, landing on bars perched on the sturdy shoulders of catchers.

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  • Spark arresters can prevent spark arresters can prevent sparks from the flue landing on the thatch, however they must be cleaned regularly.

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  • They climbed the stairs which laid to a landing with four doors.

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  • The Admiral orders the carrier to light up for landing and ships forward are ordered to fire star shell and send up searchlight beams.

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  • Two external pockets for umbrella, landing net, rod pod, bank sticks etc. Padded adjustable carrying strap, padded carrying handle.

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  • Then he leaped into the air and flew toward the landing strip.

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  • A long, luminous sunbeam fell across the landing, touching the edge of her hair till it glimmered like bronze afire.

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  • One of the studies [3] recorded the average distance off-centre on landing up to 24 hours after smoking 19 mg THC.

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  • Imperceptibly at first, like a tiny spark landing on dry, forest tinder, his desire had ignited.

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  • The landing and all first floor rooms have been newly carpeted in a stylish neutral tone.

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  • Fortunately, the only a risk would be using the same logic for calculating a trajectory for landing a probe on Titan.

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  • An Airbus was filmed landing on Saturday 3rd June, with mock palm tress and fake " MIA " signs simulating the American airport.

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  • One room has a double bed and the other has twin beds and the bathroom is reached across the small landing.

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  • She sat unconcerned, watching the gerbils, I got out and she flew off, landing about thirty feet away.

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  • At the back of the market there are landing areas where the boats can quickly unload their catches.

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  • Every landing was now noisy with servants, maids sped upstairs, flunkeys sped down, a butler waddled in a circle.

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  • Landing places near the City were at a premium and new wharves and warehouses were built to accommodate the growing trade.

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  • He studies the fishing ground and all other factors likely to enhance his chances of ` landing the whopper ' .

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  • Peter James went flying into the air when he hit the right hand bank and snapped a lower wishbone on landing.

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  • It has original jurisdiction in cases of habeas corpus, mandamus and prohibition, and appellate jurisdiction in cases involving a greater amount than one hundred dollars; concerning title or boundary of lands, probate of wills; the appointment or qualification of personal representatives, guardians, curators, committees, &c.; concerning a mill, roadway, ferry or landing; the right of a corporation or county to levy tolls or taxes; in cases of quo warranto, habeas corpus, mandamus, certiorari and prohibition, and all others involving freedom or the constitutionalit y of a law; in criminal cases where there has been a conviction for felony or misdemeanour in a circuit, criminal or intermediate court; and in cases relating to the public revenues.

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  • As the men were evidently determined to oppose any attempt at landing, a musket was discharged between them, in the hope that they would be frightened by the noise, but it produced no effect beyond causing one of them to drop his bundle of spears, of which, however, he immediately repossessed himself, and with his comrade resumed the same menacing attitude.

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  • A commission was given him as adjutant-general in the French army, which he hoped might protect him from the penalty of treason in the event of capture by the English; though he himself claimed the authorship of a proclamation said to have been issued by the United Irishmen, enjoining that all Irishmen taken with arms in their hands in the British service should be instantly shot; and he supported a project for landing a thousand criminals in England, who were to be commissioned to burn Bristol and commit any other atrocity in their power.

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  • One of these under Humbert succeeded in landing a force in Killala Bay, and gained some success in Connaught before it was subdued by Lake and Cornwallis, Wolfe Tone's brother Matthew being captured, tried by court-martial, and hanged; a second, accompanied by Napper Tandy (q.v.), came to disaster on the coast of Donegal; while Wolfe Tone took part in a third, under Admiral Bompard, with General Hardy in command of a force of about 3000 men, which encountered an English squadron near Lough Swilly on the 12th of October 1798.

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  • Landing at Lyndantse (the modern Reval) in north Esthonia, Valdemar at once received the submission of the inhabitants, but three days later was treacherously attacked in his camp and only saved from utter destruction by his own personal valour and the descent from heaven, at the critical moment, of a red banner with a white cross on it, the Dannebrog (Danes' Cloth), of which we now hear for the first time, and which henceforth was to precede the Danish armies to victory till its capture by the Ditmarshers, three hundred years later.

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  • The war of the Second Coalition having brought about the expulsion of the French from Italy, the Directors were exposed to a storm of indignation in France, not unmixed with contempt; and this state of public opinion enabled the young conqueror within a month of his landing at Frejus (9th of October 1799) easily to prevail over the Directory and the elective councils of the nation.

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  • Tacitus, in describing the attack made on the island of Mona (Anglesea) by the Romans under Suetonius Paulinus, represents the legionaries as being awestruck on landing by the appearance of a band of Druids, who, with hands uplifted towards heaven, poured forth terrible imprecations on the heads of the invaders.

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  • Vincent Oge, one of the mulatto delegates in Paris, disgusted at the overthrow of the hopes of his race, returned to San Domingo, and on landing in October 1790 addressed a letter to the governor announcing his intention of taking up arms on behalf of the mulattoes if their wrongs were not redressed.

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  • The story of the first Atlantic cable is told elsewhere (see Telegraph), and it must suffice here to say that in 1858, after two disappointments, Bright successfully accomplished what to many had seemed an impossible feat, and within a few days of landing the Irish end of the line at Valentia he was knighted in Dublin.

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  • Landing at Hamburg in the January following, he spent some time there in the company of his friends Madame de Geniis and Reinhard; and when party rancour continued to abate at Paris, he returned thither in September.

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  • Finding themselves without warrant in a region beyond their patent, and threatened with the desertion of disaffected members of their company (probably all servants or men of the " lesser " sort) unless concessions were made to these, they drew up and signed before landing a democratic compact of government which is accounted the earliest written constitution in history.'

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  • His government was supported by a small party (largely an Anglican Church party), but was intensely unpopular with the bulk of the people; and - it is a disputed question, whether before or after news arrived of the landing in England of William of Orange - in April 1689 the citizens of Boston rose in revolution, deposed Andros, imprisoned him and re-established their old colonial form of government.

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  • On the Pacific, however, there were great gains; long-established plans for obtaining a port in China which might serve as a base for the growing trade at Tientsin were carried out at the end of 1897; the murder of two Catholic missionaries was made the pretext for landing troops in the bay of Kiao-chau; and in amends China granted the lease of some 50 sq.

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  • It was in this harbour that the "Mayflower" compact (see Massachusetts) was drawn up and signed by the Pilgrims before they proceeded to Plymouth, in 1620; here John Carver was chosen the first governor of Plymouth Colony, and Provincetown was the first landing place (on Saturday the 11th [o.s.] of November) of the Pilgrims in the New World.

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  • These measures of repression aroused great indignation in Europe, and led first to the intervention of the English, French and Russian squadrons (see Navarino, Battle Of), and then to the landing of a French expeditionary force.

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  • Another breathless climb brought our adventurers to a third landing where there was a rift in the mountain.

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  • Our favourite walk was to Keller's Landing, an old tumbledown lumber-wharf on the Tennessee River, used during the Civil War to land soldiers.

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  • Keller's Landing was used during the war to land troops, but has long since gone to pieces, and is overgrown with moss and weeds.

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  • On the landing below, Philip, the footman, stood looking scared and holding another candle.

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  • The mirrors on the landing reflected ladies in white, pale-blue, and pink dresses, with diamonds and pearls on their bare necks and arms.

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  • He went along the whole length of this passage to the stairs and, frowning and rubbing his forehead with both hands, went down as far as the first landing.

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  • From the landing where Pierre stood there was a second staircase leading to the back entrance.

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  • It was anticipated that the Japanese would make a landing here to regroup for a final attack on Singapore.

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  • From the top they descend through the tube and channels riding on a rubber dinghy, to the landing station below.

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  • Wildlife has remained scanty apart from the flying fish which have a habit of landing on the ship 's deck overnight.

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  • Among the memorabilia you see as you wander around the mansion is the initial 1938 British request for seaplane landing rights in Dubai Creek.

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  • Six steps down from Smythe 's landing the man in shirt sleeves was doing something with a pail.

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  • Space shuttle makes safe landing The space shuttle has landed safely back on Earth.

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  • Spark arresters can prevent sparks from the flue landing on the thatch, however they must be cleaned regularly.

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  • The middle floor has a split-level master bedroom with balcony, landing and a side access master bathroom.

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  • Old furniture A photo of a 17th or 18th century carved chair found in a hotel stairwell landing in Northallerton, West Yorkshire.

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  • Just before the stroke of halftime the curse of ankle injuries struck again, Higdon suffered this time by landing funny on his ankle.

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  • A curling free-kick from Reid beat all and sundry in the box before hitting Hermann Hreidarsson and landing in the arms of Kirkland.

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  • Or equally we could say we clearly are just thrashing around in the dark in the hope of landing a winner.

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  • The gargoyle leaped through, landing with a thud on the floor.

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  • The island remains a strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean and serves as an emergency landing location for transpacific flights.

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  • Another Spitfire from the same squadron and base as above undershot the runway and hit the perimeter fence, landing after night flying practice.

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  • In 1998, the cruise ship industry denied landing rights to a vessel chartered by 900 gay vacationers.

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  • During the latter stages of landing, it is possible for aircraft vortices to make contact with roofs of properties close to the Airport.

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  • The landing has a good sized walk-in storage cupboard with shelving.

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  • He studies the fishing ground and all other factors likely to enhance his chances of ` landing the whopper '.

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  • Remember your baby or toddler needs to drink during take-off and landing to avoid ear problems.

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  • You will make a better decision based on information and research, landing a deal that will not hurt your bank account.

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  • Cats seem to possess an inborn ability to finagle their way out of harmful situations, and one of the manifestations of this ability is the act of landing on all four feet after a fall.

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  • Visit the official opt-out website and fill out the form to stop prescreened offers from landing in your mailbox.

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  • If you have hardwood or tile floors in your master bedroom, a large area rug placed under the bed with about 3 feet extra on either side will give your feet a soft, warm landing in the morning.

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  • You can increase your likelihood of landing a major deal if you time your shopping strategically.

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  • However, there is plenty to be aware of before striking out toward landing your dream agent.

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  • The best chance for landing a great job will go to those who are licensed to provide a wide range of services or specialties.

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  • Totally and completely free, the landing page claims that you can be browsing singles in 30 seconds.

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  • Not only did the movie bring Spiderman face-to-face with two major villains, the plot also turned Peter Parker against himself as he struggled with the dark side inflicted upon him by the crash landing of an alien symbiote.

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  • Since the job market is tight, teens should apply for as many jobs as possible to increase the odds of landing a position.

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  • These include men's only programs at Sunrise Recovery, The Landing for Men and the The Cabrito House.

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  • Born in the Bronx in 1969, Jennifer Lopez diligently worked to hone her skills as a dancer before landing a role as a "Fly Girl" on television's In Living Color.

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  • She became a household name after landing the title role in Selena and the rest, as they say, is history.

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  • On July 20, Haley Joel Osment's A.I. failed him when he crashed his car, resulting in his car landing right-side down.

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  • The court case raged on for close to a decade, involving both state and federal courts before finally landing in front of the United States Supreme Court, which ruled in Anna's favor and allows her to continue fighting for the money.

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  • Critics and film executives took notice of the new talent, and it wasn't long before Colin Farrell was landing major roles - opposite major actors.

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  • Although The Sun was now history, she was able to move on and pose for Playboy, landing the cover of the September 2002 issue.

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  • An agent signed her immediately, and she was successful in landing roles on The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital, and Beverly Hills, 90210 in 2000.

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  • Beyonce, fresh off of landing the distinguished honor of "Most Desirable Woman" by AskMen.com, has now landed the coveted Sports Illustrated modeling gig.

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  • In 1990, Kelly Ripa hit the big time, landing an award-winning role on the ABC soap opera, All My Children.

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  • With his incredible talent and striking good looks, it wasn't long before he was landing starring roles in films such as Brokeback Mountain, Monster's Ball, and A Knight's Tale.

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  • The show was an instant success, landing in the top 10 from the very beginning.

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  • Following the series' run, Garth continued to star in television movies before landing a role in the 2002 sitcom What I Like About You, with Amanda Bynes.

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  • Kristy Swanson started her career at just 15 years old, acting in commercials before landing movie roles.

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  • Patridge says that she took the photos and sent them to Playboy magazine in hopes of landing a modeling gig.

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  • All the doubts can now be laid to rest as her self titled album made its mark on Billboard's Top Country charts, landing in the much coveted Number One spot.

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  • After losing her job at SNL, Silverman returned to stand-up, landing a few small parts on Seinfeld, Star Trek Voyager and The Naked Truth along the way.

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  • Silverman kept landing small parts in big movies until she signed a deal with HBO to write and star in her own show.

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  • After the South East Asian country was ravished by the Vietnam War, the Nguyen family moved the United States, landing in Houston, Texas.

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  • By the time she was 16, in an attempt to escape her troubles, she fled from her Houston home, landing in New York.

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  • Born in the heart of the Midwest in Ely, Minnesota, the young Miss Biel and her parents and younger brother moved often, landing in Texas, Illinois and Connecticut before permanently relocating to Boulder, Colorado.

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  • Dirty Dancing became the first movie to sell over one million copies on home video.After Dirty Dancing, Swayze appeared in a couple of other productions, including Road House, before landing his second blockbuster leading role.

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  • While no official cause of death has been pronounced, it is widely speculated that Mays' death was the direct result of being struck in the head with an object after a harsh airplane landing the night before his passing.

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  • The flight took a hard and fast landing at Tampa International Airport, blowing out the front tires and spreading debris on the runway.

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  • After landing the much coveted magazine cover, people in the modeling and entertainment industry began to take notice of the German beauty.

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  • In 2004, Klum found runway success in a different sort of way, by landing a hosting gig on the ever-popular show Project Runway.

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  • By 1970 she was known to be one of Hollywood's up and coming stars, landing a role in her first Broadway show, The Boy Friend.

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  • Through one of these opportunities, you might find yourself landing the job of your dreams shortly after graduating, a lot quicker than you would have had you not gone to college!

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  • If you don't envision landing an education, teaching, or related job that will pull in enough to pay off your loans and cover additional bills, keep searching for more affordable programs.

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  • With a range of employment options and a very competitive market, landing a job with this prestigious cruise company can lead to exceptional experiences and a memorable career.

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  • The Sea Voyager is equipped with a fleet of zodiac landing craft as well as single and double kayaks that you can board to make onshore excursions at a moment's notice.

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  • Keep in mind that landing a cruise job is difficult, in any country.

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  • This list includes the hits It's Not My Time, I Feel You, Landing in London, So I Need You and more.

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  • What he wouldn't know until later on after landing is that approximately $1,200.00 worth of damage was done to his Taylor guitar during that incident.

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  • With these practical jokes, you can be sure to make your victim sweat without damaging their precious vehicle, or landing yourself in trouble for vandalism.

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  • A flight landing at Chicago Midway International Airport overran a runway during a snowstorm, crashing into auto traffic on a local street and killing a passenger in one of the autos.

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  • Maverick is located in the park's Frontier Town section on the former site of the family flume ride, White Water Landing, and the coaster's mild theming and bucking bronco logo fit well with this area of the park.

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  • An exploding planet was projected onto a massive screen, the shuttles flew through a detailed debris field, and the final landing in Alaska was accompanied by scenes of the futuristic frozen tundra.

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  • The key feature of the resort, however, is Bear Track Landing, the indoor water park.

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  • Slide down the side of Wild Rivers Mountain on an exhilarating 500 foot plunge aboard a single or double tube, splashing into the landing pool.

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  • Your plane takes the inevitable hit, and you end up landing away from your squad.

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  • Getting the right sequences of buttons before you hit air, while you're in the air, and landing is the key.

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  • Recently there has been an upsurge of dangerous aliens landing on Earth with evil intentions.

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  • However, you may not always get the real estate you want simply by landing on it.

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  • Experience brief animations when landing on different locations along with sound effects to match.

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  • Instead, an alien species known as the Chimera have invaded our planet, easily taking over nation after nation, sweeping eastward from their initial landing point in Russia.

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  • In Adventure Mode, find it by landing at the Mid-Air Rendezvous alternate landing strip.

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  • It shows you how much time has elapsed during flight, the status of your landing gear and throttle, a damage meter, a sea level altimeter, and airspeed indicator and a fuel gauge.

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  • Insignificant sounds such as ambiant noise, landing on your feet, clicking a light switch, etc. are all amplified to support that if the enemy can't see you, they can hear you.

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  • Fly through space; attack enemy ships and attempt landing on them to take control with your marines.

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  • The more impressive your resume, the easier time you'll have landing positions in the future.

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  • Alternatively, you can be a freelancer before landing a full-time position.

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  • The palate is rich with red fruit and layered with silky textures and a soft landing of a finish.

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  • Since then, many wineries and vineyards have opened and flourished along the lake once known to the Iroquois Indians as "canoe landing."

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  • First, brush one foot to the front, side, or back, and then jump, bringing both feet together and landing in fifth position on both feet.

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  • This jump is an extension of the changement, and a number always follows the name of the jump; the number tells you how many times the feet have to swap positions in the air before landing on the ground again.

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  • Again, the dancer needs some height in order to have the time to achieve a split before landing again.

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  • Having proven his ability on the stage in both music and movement, Hines set his sights on the silver screen, landing a role in the Mel Brooks movie History of the World, Pt. 1 in 1986.

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  • Alternate feet to travel across the room, and focus on pointing your toes while in the air and bending your knees with each landing to bring more grace and form to the step.

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  • As New York City is a landing zone for creative fashion, it is not surprising that so many New York laser hair removal spas and specialty shops have sprung up to meet that need.

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  • Inspired by images of Joan of Arc, the basic bob was a blunt cut, level with the ears, or landing somewhere between the ears and the chin.

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  • Some women customize the look of a Brazilian wax by keeping a very narrow strip of hair at the front, typically referred to as a "landing strip."

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  • If the typical Brazilian wax seems too exposed for your taste yet you desire the hair-free finish, you may opt for a landing strip for the extra level of visual comfort.

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  • On the other hand, for most people, landing a lucrative acting gig or hitting it big in a band is not likely.

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  • An associate's degree in automotive service/parts specialists may increase your chances of landing a job in this field.

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  • This hotel is one of the closest (seriously-you can hear the planes taking off and landing) to the San Francisco Airport.

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  • While she's posed for numerous magazines, frequently landing on the cover, her sultry appearances have toned down recently.

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  • Building this jet to combat the forces of the Separatists and the Dark Side with flick-firing ammunition, retractable landing gear and an ejection button for R2-D2 enhances the playtime experience.

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  • You begin play on the start square and move around a track of colored squares until you reach the end of the track by either passing or landing on the final square.

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  • Landing on a life tile space means you take one life tile from the pile, unless there are none left, which means you take one from another player.

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  • Google claimed that the landing page for the ads was too sexually oriented to be allowed.

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  • Qualifications for landing freelance writing assignments vary.

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  • While this plan of attack might sound as realistic as landing a job playing second base for the Yankees, it's not completely unrealistic.

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  • Although it's not technically necessary for a successful career, many writers have found that picking a specialty increases their odds of landing magazine assignments.

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  • One common area of confusion among new freelance writers is whether or not it's acceptable to submit the same query letter to several different publications in hopes of increasing your odds of landing an assignment.

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  • As the game progresses, each player may lose or gain money by spinning and landing on different spaces.

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  • He raced toward the stairs to investigate, and upon reaching the top landing, he felt a hand grasp his leg, causing him to tumble headfirst down the stairs.

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  • Significant accidents at the airfield included a drunken driving accident at one of the hangers and a bomber crash on the landing strip.

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  • The book and the interview served as the catalyst that launched him into a stellar career in Entertainment, landing him his own show Crossing Over with John Edward on the Sci-Fi Channel.

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  • Dallas, Dynasty, Falcon Crest and Knots Landing all remained in the top 20 shows watched in the seasonal ratings.

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  • Peyton Place blazed the trail that would eventually feature television programming such as Dallas, Dynasty, Falcon Crest, Knots Landing, 90210, Melrose Place, Grey's Anatomy, and Brothers and Sisters.

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  • She became a star on Knots Landing, one of the most popular prime time dramas of all time.

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  • He quickly began landing roles, accumulating screen credits that include a recurring role on Six Feet Under and guest spots on Joan of Arcadia and 24.

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  • Long before Knots Landing spun off from Dallas, AW's Missy Matthews relocated to Somerset from 1970 until 1976.

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  • While Lucci's dark hair and olive skin held her back from landing other roles, they helped her get the part of Erica as the casting team were looking for someone with a dark look to match her spirited character.

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  • Charlie made his way to Llanview as well, where his son Jared was working a con on the Buchanan family in hopes of landing some of Asa's millions.

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  • Marcia Cross is a seasoned soap opera actress who has appeared on Knots Landing, One Life to Live, Melrose Place, and Everwood.

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  • The move proved to be a wise one as Cross' popularity in Hollywood has skyrocketed since landing the part of her Martha Stewart wannabe character.

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  • Fans may also recognize him from Bonanza, where he played the role of Candy before landing his gig on All My Children.

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  • Though not seen on screen initially, Gary Ewing would spinoff into his own prime time drama Knots Landing with wife Valene.

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  • The actress appeared for just a short time in 1970 as Jane Whitney before going on to make waves as Gary Ewing's ex-wife Valene on the prime time soap operas Dallas and Knots Landing throughout the late 70s and 80s.

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  • But they embraced me with open arms, made it a soft landing.

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  • Daniel Goddard - He started his career playing Eric Phillips on Home and Away in Australia, then made a move to the States landing a role on The Young and the Restless as Cane Ashby.

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  • He moved on to landing roles in American movies.

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  • After landing the lead roles in her high school musicals, she moved on to Marymount College at Fordham University, graduating with a BA degree in drama in 1968.

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  • While Lucci's dark hair and olive skin held her back from landing other roles, it helped her get the part of Erica, as they were looking for someone with a dark look to match her spirited character.

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  • If the glyph looks a bit too tribal for your tastes, perhaps a design that features a drop of water landing in a small pool with waves resonating out from it would be more aesthetically pleasing to you.

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  • Aerial pictures, taken from space, show a landing strip, numerous buildings, and Groom Lake (see picture above).

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  • The Clocky run-away alarm clock gives you one chance to turn it off, but if you keep hitting the snooze button that is when he will jump from your bedside table, landing on large wheels and roll away.

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  • Many new instructors are surprised to learn that landing their first yoga teacher job is a process like numerous other professions.

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  • While China business travel arrangements can be daunting, one state-run organization offers assistance from landing to return flight at China Travel.

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  • The following guidelines will increase your chances of landing a job that is right for you.

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  • Landing your first teaching job when you graduate can be difficult, so having a great beginning teacher resume is essential.

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  • Close your eyes and picture yourself performing the jump and landing in the correct position.

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  • Ask them to look for specific things, such as your approach and landing, the straightness of your back and other things that a judge or tryout committee might pay close attention to.

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  • Hence, in order to maintain a healthy body weight as we grow older, we need to eat less to keep the unused calories from landing into storage space of hips, thighs, belly and such.

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  • You can also make a jumping jack between jumps by landing with your legs wide apart for one jump and then landing with legs together for the next jump.

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  • It usually involves jumping movements, which emphasize leg flexion in the landing.

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  • The ball is tossed into the air on the jump and is caught in the landing phase.

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  • This is because you put extra stress on your joints with each step, with impact even greater than your body weight landing each time.

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  • Be sure to use a legitimate online short term health insurance broker since the quote process involves providing personal information that you do not want landing into the wrong hands.

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  • Over the years, Kelly continued modeling in various television and print ads, eventually landing a job as a game show hostess.

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  • A good portfolio is key to landing top jobs as a negligee model.

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  • This single announced the band's presence to the music world, landing them the number 8 position and clearing the way for their debut album.

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  • In April 2000 Mike moved to Texas with hopes of landing the open Sa Sanctuary drummer spot.

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  • They used the money to record a demo, which they shopped around to managers and the music media, eventually landing a management deal with Paul McGuiness, who also remarkably is still their manager today.

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  • However, while there is a great deal more to landing a spot on a reality show than simply filling out an application, we are able to get some insight in to the early stages of the process.

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  • However, instead of landing a job in the Trump Organization the winner received the title, "Best Business Brain" and donated all monetary donations to charity.

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  • In the end, instead of landing a job with Donald Trump's organization, that $250,000 salary is donated to the winner's choice of charity.

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  • After landing Tailor Made, New York began to focus her attention on her acting ambitions and VH1 producers decided to follow along.

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  • She was ejected through the windshield of the car and thrown over a median, landing in the path of oncoming traffic.

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  • However, there are a few tips you can follow to increase your chances of landing a spot on a reality TV series.

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  • Although landing one of these spots on a show won't guarantee you any special access to other castings, you will get a feel for how casting goes, what filming is like and what MTV is looking for.

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  • Since landing this role on Days of Our Lives, Sweeney has also made guest appearances on the series Friends and Las Vegas.

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  • She ended her relationship and decided to focus on establishing a career - eventually landing a job with Kellie's new business.

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  • Whatever your reason for shooting for reality show stardom, here is what you need to know about landing a spot on a reality program.

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  • They appeared in several TLC and Discovery Health one hour specials prior to landing their series. 18 Kids and Counting was formerly titled 17 Kids and Counting.

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  • Buzz Aldrin is a retired astronaut and part of the first lunar landing of Apollo 11.

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  • His ship's landing, however, has been detected and a party of human hunters is soon closing on their location.

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  • But the comet changes course, slows, and comes to a delicate landing in Seattle as a bright ball of light.

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  • Trying to locate and recover him, the landing party discovers the Guardian at the Gate of Forever, an artifact that can show them images of the past.

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  • But the alien queen has hitched a ride on the landing craft, and just when Ripley and Newt have finished tucking the wounded Hicks into a hypersleep pod, she emerges to continue the battle.

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  • This was before the lunar landing, before VCRs, before instant messaging, before computers.

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  • A malfunction aboard the craft caused severe issues for the crew, who had to abort their landing on the moon.

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  • Abandoning the vessel, the crew used the lunar landing module to return to Earth, with all crew alive.

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  • They are fun to detail because they are equipped with Laser-Torpedo guns and features options such as extended landing legs or in-flight retracted landing legs.

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  • Houghton Mifflin - Some publishers only dream of landing an author as creative, imaginative and successful as J.R.R. Tolkien.

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  • We saw 40 something jets taking off and landing within 30 minutes.

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  • Creating a special landing page on the church website for unique charity giving opportunities (like Christmas giving campaigns) can draw in people that are interested in charity giving and searching the Internet for donation opportunities.

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  • Damian followed him across the dusty landing pads to the helo-hangar.

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  • She darted off the landing pad with him, and the chopper went up again.

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  • It left her on the covered landing where Darkyn first brought her.

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  • The landing overlooked the parched desert surrounding the black fortress.

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  • She emerged on the landing and stopped to study the vial.

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  • She perked at the voice and strode to the landing overlooking the bottom floor.

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  • His back was shredded from landing on his weapons as well as the stones on the beach.

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  • She stood on a covered landing of a fortress made of black stones overlooking a parched desert beneath dual suns too faded to provide anything other than indirect light.

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  • Deidre trailed him numbly from the landing into the fortress.

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  • Hannah had succeeded in landing a big fish blueblood, a descendant of Italian royalty, whose old money placated the chilly welcome she received into a lifestyle far, far different from her own.

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  • She was too drunk to feel the landing.

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  • Her knees hurt from her landing.

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  • The hum of a spacecraft made her pulse leap again, and her eyes found the small craft descending from the sky to a landing point a hundred meters away.

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  • Dean pitied his wife, knowing the grueling trip that lay before her over the next several hours, not knowing what awaited her landing.

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  • Connor and Sarah stood on the landing.

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  • He headed for the stairs and when he reached the landing stopped, "By the way, tomorrow's casual dinner will serve as an engagement party of sorts."

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  • Rhyn looked up at the brightest of the portals lining the otherworldly landing between worlds.

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  • Cynthia Byrne clutched the armrest firmly during take off and landing, reacting to each noise anew.

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  • His bewildered gaze traveled over her face, landing questioningly on her eyes.

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  • She vaulted over a low stone wall, landing with a crunch in the dead grass on the other side.

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  • Latin legend represented her as landing on the coast of Latium and marrying Pilumnus or Picumnus, from whom Turnus, king of the Rutulians, was descended.

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  • The landing of Coote preserved Madras from destruction, though the war lasted through many campaigns and only terminated with the death of Hyder.

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  • Their leader, Juan Diaz de Solis, landing incautiously in 1516 on the north coast with a few attendants to parley with a body of Charrua Indians, was suddenly attacked by them and was killed, together with a number of his followers.

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  • Magellan, as soon as he had satisfied himself that there was no passage to the west, left the river without landing.

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  • Henry II., after landing at Waterford, received in Lismore castle the allegiance of the archbishops and bishops of Ireland.

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  • Towards the close of the year 1696 this expedition reached the island of Rottnest, which was thoroughly explored, and early the following year a landing party discovered and named the Swan river.

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  • Still sailing northward, taking notes as he proceeded for a rough chart of the coast, and landing at Bustard and Keppel Bays and the Bay of Inlets, Cook passed over 1300 m.

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  • It was provided that a person was to be prohibited from landing in Australia who failed to write in any prescribed language fifty words dictated to him by the commonwealth officer supervising immigration.

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  • The attack on Hispaniola, however, was a disastrous failure, and though a landing at Jamaica and the capture of the capital, Santiago de la Vega, was effected, the expedition was almost annihilated by disease; and Penn and Venables returned to England, when Cromwell threw them into the Tower.

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  • He drew up two memorials representing that the landing of a considerable French force in Ireland would be followed by a general rising of the people, and giving a detailed account of the condition of the country.

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  • Gisborne for a land line connecting St John's, Newfoundland, and Cape Ray, in the Gulf of St Lawrence, and proceeded himself to get control of the points on the American coast most suitable as landing places for a cable.

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  • By the act of 1903 the state contributes half and the province a quarter of the cost of roads connecting communes with the nearest railway stations or landing places.

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  • For a moment Baratieri thought of retreat, especially as the hope of creating a diversion from Zaila towards Harrar had failed in consequence of the British refusal to permit the landing of an Italian force without the consent of France.

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  • Sulla returned to Italy in 83, landing at Brundisium, having previously informed the senate of the result of his campaigns in Greece and Asia, and announced his presence on Italian ground.

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  • Xavier was seized with fever soon after his arrival, and was delayed by the failure of the interpreter he had engaged, as well as by the reluctance of the Portuguese to attempt the voyage to Canton for the purpose of landing him.

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  • Though on her first landing Matilda only escaped capture through the misplaced chivalry of her opponent, she soon turned the tables upon him with the help of the Church and the barons of the west.

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  • It was over the Meiling Pass and down this river that, in old days, embassies landing at Canton proceeded to Peking.

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  • Plymouth was the first permanent white settlement in New England, and dates its founding from the landing here from the "Mayflower" shallop of an exploring party of twelve Pilgrims, including William Bradford, on the 21st of December (N.s.) 1620.

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  • On this island Bartholomew Diaz made his second landing in South Africa some time after the 3rd of February 1488, and from the cross which he is thought to have erected on it the island gets its name.

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  • His oration at Plymouth, on the 22nd of December 1820, on the second centennial anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims, placed him in this rank.

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  • The Diseases of Animals Act 1896 provided for the compulsory slaughter of imported live stock at the place of landing.

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  • Up to 1896 store cattle were admitted into the United Kingdom for the purpose of being fattened, but under the Diseases of Animals Act of that year animals imported since then have to be slaughtered at the place of landing.

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  • Moreover, live animals are admitted freely from certain countries, provided such animals are slaughtered at the place of landing.

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  • The compulsory slaughter at the place of landing does not extend to animals shipped from Ireland into Great Britain, and this is a matter of the highest importance to Irish stock-breeders, who find their best market close at hand on the east of St George's Channel.

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  • In 1485 Henry, earl of Richmond, disembarked here on his return from France, and was welcomed on landing by Sir Rhys ap Thomas and much of the chivalry of Wales.

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  • Giovanni Evangelista at the Frari, with its fore-court and screen adorned by pilasters delicately decorated with foliage in low relief, and its noble staircase whose double flights unite on a landing under a shallow cupola.

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  • Crusaders from the Low Countries, England and the Scandinavian north took the coast route round western Europe; and it was natural that, landing for provisions and water, they should be asked, and should consent, to lend their aid to the natives against the Moors.

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  • There was a strong demand for the removal of these Creek Indians, known as Seminoles, and by treaties at Payne's Landing in 1832 and Fort Gibson in 1833 the Indian chiefs agreed to exchange their Florida lands for equal territory in the western part of the United States.

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  • The Japanese were thus left to take possession as best they could, and some four months elapsed before they effected a landing on the south of the island.

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  • A statue commemorates the landing, in 1688, of William of Orange.

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  • It is a hilly island, with rocky cliffs; North Haven, on the east coast, being almost the only place where landing can be safely effected.

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  • Baracoa (the landing point), Bayamo, Santiago de Cuba, Puerto Principe, Sancti Spiritus, Trinidad and the original Havana were all founded by 1515.

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  • Marmont and Davout were deficient in horses for cavalry and artillery, and the troops in Boulogne, having been drawn together for the invasion of England, had hardly any transport at all, as it was considered this want could be readily supplied on landing.

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  • He had meanwhile received (false) information of a British landing at Boulogne, and he was seriously deceived as to the numbers of Napoleon's forces.

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  • She was in Paris when the news of Napoleon's landing arrived and at once fled to Coppet, but a singular story, much discussed, is current of her having approved Napoleon's return.

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  • In the campaign of Salamis he rendered loyal support to Themistocles, and crowned the victory by landing Athenian.

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  • In the beginning of the 10th century the Norwegian Gunnbjdrn, son of Ulf Kraka, is reported to have found some islands to the west of Iceland, and he may have seen, without landing upon it, the southern part of the east coast of Greenland.

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  • The landing of foreign cattle is permitted by the Board of Trade, and there are cattle lairs and abattoirs near the Cardiff wharf.

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  • Landing on the shores of Strangford Lough, he commenced his labours in the plain on the south-west side of that inlet.

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  • Terror was the first feeling produced at Copenhagen by the landing of the main Swedish army at Korsor in Zealand.

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  • The Jesuits from the first moment of their landing in Brazil had constituted themselves the protectors of the natives, and though strenuously opposed by the colonists and ordinary clergy, had gathered the Indians together in many aldeas, over which officials of their order exercised spiritual and temporal authority.

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  • Da Gama made no landing here and, like Discovery the rest of South Africa, Natal was neglected by the and early g Y his tory.

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  • Immediately after the publication of this pamphlet, he paid a visit to the United States, landing in New York on the 7th of June 1835.

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  • In a frank, cordial letter which was delivered to Cobden on his landing in Liverpool, Lord Palmerston offered him the presidency of the Board of Trade, with a seat in the Cabinet.

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  • As the rods make their measured strokes one of the miners, starting from the surface, steps on the first platform as it rises to the surface landing and is then lowered on the down stroke.

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  • Between the last days of March and the day of the landing the defence system was overhauled and greatly developed.2 The Franco-British expeditionary force was to be composed of seven divisions - three, the 29th, the 42nd and the Royal Naval, furnished by the United Kingdom, two formed of Australian and New Zealand troops, and two composed of French colonial troops.

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  • His adversary had perforce to disperse the defending troops, so that on the morning when the land campaign started two of the Turkish divisions (3rd and lath) were watching the outer coast on the Asiatic side, two (5th and 7th) were near Bulair to provide against a landing at the neck of the Peninsula, while the remaining two (9th and 19th) under Essad Pasha guarded the places where, in the event, the Allied army made its appearance.

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  • The beaches which had been selected were, enumerating from right to left, " S " in Morto Bay, " V " and " W " on either side of Cape Helles at the south-western end, and " X " and " Y " on the outer shore; " V " and " W " were regarded as of primary importance, as those two beaches offered suitable landing places from the point of view of subsequent operations.

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  • In the general scheme of attack the landing at this last point was of primary importance; the largest force had been detailed for it, and the troops were for the most part conveyed to the beach in a steamer (the " River Clyde ") which was run ashore; but only some scattered detachments cowering close to the water's edge had established themselves on land by nightfall, and the Allies' position here seemed to be highly critical.

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  • What was left of the force originally detailed for the landing at " V " beach contrived during the early hours by stern fighting to occupy some high ground hard by, and also to join hands with the troops landed at " W " beach.

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  • The beach on which the landing took place proved to be satisfactory, but it lay at the foot of a steep and rugged declivity, which was therefore a most unsuitable place for putting ashore the stores and impedimenta of an army.

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  • At the moment of approach of the first boats the defenders actually on the spot were few, so that the high ground overhanging the landing place (which came to be known as Anzac Cove) was secured by the assailants at the first rush.

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  • On the other hand, the Turks, who were commanded by Essad, had likewise dug themselves in, and they could bring an effective artillery fire to bear on the Anzac trenches from three sides, the prospect of the landing force making any effective progress under the awkward conditions of ground in which it found itself was remote, and Birdwood's contingents had in reality been even less successful than had those detailed for Helles as regards securing an adequate area on the enemy's shores before the defence gathered strength.

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  • Lastly, the landing place was much exposed in the event of bad weather.

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  • Much work was done in organizing the area and its communications and landing places, but the tactical situation at Helles remained stationary for the rest of the month.

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  • Two British battleships were sunk off the peninsula (" Triumph " May 25, " Majestic " May 27), and owing to the risks run by warships and transports while in the open the Allied troops on shore were thenceforward almost deprived of support from naval gunfire, while reinforcements and stores were mostly brought from Mudros to the various landing places in small craft.

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  • Liman von Sanders was joined by reinforcements from other parts of the Empire early in the month, and the number of Turkish divisions in the peninsula swelled; but, aware that additional British troops were arriving, he felt obliged to leave forces on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles in case of a hostile landing on the coast to the S., and of the divisions on the peninsula he kept two about Gallipoli and Bulair.

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  • There were also not wanting inducements for the Allies to attempt a landing near Bulair, seeing that a victory at that point would carry with it the severance of the Turkish land communications with the peninsula.

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  • The object of this second operation was twofold - it would indirectly assist the offensive against Sari Bair, it would also furnish the Allies who were planted down on the outer coast of the peninsula with a much more sheltered landing place and base than Anzac Cove.

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  • As Turkish detachments watching this strip of coastline were known to number only about 2,000 men - the Ottoman authorities never contemplating a hostile landing in force in the locality - the design was to put most of the attacking troops ashore during the night of the 6th-7th as a surprise, and that they should then push on at once and master a range of hills 4 or 5 m.

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  • The two divisions detailed for this Suvla enterprise both belonged to the British " New Army "; they were unconversant with active service conditions, having come straight out from England, and they were being highly tried in being called upon to execute a landing in.

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  • The only Ottoman detachments which during the 7th and 8th confronted the two British divisions that had made a descent on this locality were those which had been on guard on the spot when the landing was taking place.

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  • Night after night during the intervening ten days the landing places at Anzac and Suvla were scenes of unceasing activity.

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  • The tower, which mounted one 24-pounder and two 18-pounders on its top, was bombarded for a short time by the frigates, was then deserted by its little garrison, and occupied by a landing party.

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  • At Hormuz he embarked for India, landing at Thana, near Bombay.

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  • The place of their landing is said to have been Ebbsfleet in Kent.

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  • In 1851 a landing party from a French vessel lying at Balade was attacked by the natives, and massacred with the exception of a single member.

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  • Early in 1848 he again returned to Arabia, avoiding the long desert journey by landing at Muwela, thence striking inland to Tebuk on the pilgrim road, and re-entering Shammar territory at the oasis of Tema, he again visited Hail; and after spending a month there travelled northwards to Kerbela and Bagdad.

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  • The history of Rome, which consisted of eighty books, - and, after the example of Livy, was divided into decades, - began with the landing of Aeneas in Italy, and was continued as far as the reign of Alexander Severus (222-23s).

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  • He was soon re-employed in a minor position, and, at the head of a division of new troops, accompanied Grant's army to Pittsburg Landing.

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  • In view of operations against Corinth, Mississippi, Grant's army had ascended the Tennessee to Pittsburg Landing and there disembarked, while the co-operating army under Buell moved across country from Nashville to join it.

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  • The Confederates concentrated above 40,000 men at Corinth and advanced on Pittsburg Landing with a view to beating Grant before Buell's arrival, but their concentration had left them only a narrow margin of time, and the advance was further delayed by the wretched condition of the roads.

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  • Grant meantime had disposed his divisions in camps around the Landing rather with a view to their comfort than in accordance with any tactical scheme.

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  • Even so, more by chance than intentionally, Buell's leading division was opposite the Landing, awaiting only a ferry, on the evening before the battle; Grant, however, declined to allow it to cross, as he thought that there would be no fighting for some days.

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  • But the rear Union divisions, though ready, were not connected, and each in turn was isolated and forced back, fighting hard, towards the Landing.

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  • On receipt of the tidings of Mordred's treachery, Gawain accompanies Arthur to England, and is slain in the battle which ensues on their landing.

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  • The landing was effected in the face of strenuous opposition, Wolfe leading the foremost troops.

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  • The English legislature in 1905 passed an act to prevent the landing of undesirable aliens, and the number refused admission in 1906 was 493.

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  • In 1885 the United States passed what is called the Contract Labor Law, forbidding the landing of any person who is under contract to perform labour in the United States.

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  • King Henry was at Coventry when the news of the landing reached him, and immediately marched to Nottingham, where his army was strengthened by the addition of 6000 men.

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  • In 1372 Edward made his final effort to lead an army, but contrary winds prevented his even landing his troops in France.

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  • He reached Persia by way of Moscow, Kazan and Astrakhan, landing at Nizabad in Daghestan after a voyage in the Caspian; from Shemakha in Shirvan he made an expedition to the Baku peninsula, being perhaps the first modern scientist to visit these fields of "eternal fire."

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  • The harbour is about equidistant from New York, Philadelphia, and the capes of Chesapeake Bay, and is used chiefly by vessels awaiting orders to ports for discharge or landing.

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  • Henry at once sailed for England, and landing in Yorkshire while King Richard was in Ireland, gave out that he came only to recover his inheritance.

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  • In addition to this it is necessary to have an extra system of fixed guides at the surface and at the bottom, where it is necessary to keep the cage steady during the operations of loading and landing, there being a much greater amount of oscillation during the passage of the cage than with fixed guides.

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  • This great height is necessary to obtain head-room for the cages, the landing platforms being usually placed at some considerable height above the natural surface.

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  • In the United Kingdom the drawing of coal is generally confined to the day shift of eight hours, with an output of from 100 to 150 tons per hour, according to the depth, capacity of coal tubs, and facilities for landing and changing tubs.

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  • According to Virgil (Aeneid, vii.-xii.), Aeneas, on landing at the mouth of the Tiber, was welcomed by Latinus, the peaceful ruler whose seat of government was Laurentum, and ultimately married his daughter Lavinia.

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  • In the early winter of 1620 they made the coast of Cape Cod; they had intended to make their landing farther south, within the jurisdiction of the Virginia Company, which had granted them a patent; but stress of weather prevented their doing so.

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  • After some exploration of the coast they made a permanent landing on the 21st of December 1620 (N.S.) at Plymouth, a harbour which had already been so named by John Smith in his maps of 1614 and 1616.

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  • In 1773 (Dec. 16) a party of citizens, disguised as Indians and instigated by popular meetings, boarded some tea-ships in the harbour of Boston, and to prevent the landing of their taxable cargoes threw them into the sea; this incident is known in history as the " Boston tea-party."

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  • From the landing stage a short street leads into the broad Avenue Jules Ferry or de la Marine running east to west and ending in the Place de la Residence, on the north side of which is the Roman Catholic cathedral and on the south side the palace of the French resident-general, with a large garden.

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  • Like Ostia, Puteoli was considered a special port of Rome, and, on account of the safety and convenience of its harbour, it was preferred to Ostia for the landing of the more costly and delicate wares.

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  • Washington prepared to withstand the British behind fortifications on Harlem Heights, but discovering that Howe was attempting to outflank him by landing troops in the rear he retreated to the mainland, leaving only a garrison at Fort Washington, and established a line of fortified camps on the hills overlooking the Bronx river as far as White Plains.

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  • An Immigrants Exclusion Act voted by the general assembly in 1896 did not receive the royal assent; but, by arrangement with the colonial office, another measure, giving power to impose a reading test on aliens landing in the colony, became law in 1899.

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  • Still intent upon the Russian Port Arthur squadron, she had embarked her 2nd Army (General Oku, ist, 3rd, Landing 4th and 5th divisions) during April, and sent it to of the Chinampo whence, as soon as the ice melted and Japanese Kuroki's victory cleared the air, it sailed to the 2nd selected landing-place near Pitszewo.

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  • The Liao-Yang central mass was still held in hand, for the landing of the 4th Army - really only a division at present - at Takushan and the wrong placing of another Japanese division supposed to be with Kuroki (really intended for Nogi) had aroused Kuropatkin's fears for the holding capacity of Keller's detachment.

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  • Many ancient villages have disappeared entirely, notably Ravenspur or Ravenser, once a port, represented in parliament under Edward I., and the scene of the landing of Bolingbroke, afterwards Henry IV., in '399.

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  • Its harbour is comparatively safe but lacks landing facilities.

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  • The neighbouring Pegwell Bay, famed for its shrimps, is supposed to have been the scene of the landing of Hengist and Horsa, and at Cliff's End (Ebbs Fleet) a monolithic cross marks the landing-place of St Augustine in 596.

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  • Lee soon cut the communication with White House, but McClellan changed his base and retreated towards Harrison's Landing on the James river.

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  • At Bruinsburg, beyond Pemberton's reach, a landing was made on the eastern bank and, without any base of supplies or line of retreat, Grant embarked upon a campaign which made him in the end master of the prize.

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  • In the result these troops were repulsed with a loss of 6000 men, a circumstance hardly to be wondered at, since McClellan had entrenched eight divisions on the strongest position in the country, and was aided by his siege artillery and also by a flanking fire from his gunboats on the river near Haxall's Landing.

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  • Landing at Kinghorn in Fifeshire in August 1332, he gained a complete victory over the Scots under Donald, earl of Mar, at Dupplin Moor, took Perth, and on the 24th of September was crowned king of Scotland at Scone.

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  • In the remaining weeks of the summer he made his first expedition to Britain, and this was followed by a second crossing in 54 B.C. On the first occasion Caesar took with him only two legions, and effected little beyond a landing on the coast of Kent.

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