For the unseen, ghostlike rifleman aimed a little higher the third time.

The third division of the higher region of Africa is formed by the Ethiopian Highlands, a rugged mass of mountains forming the largest continuous area of its altitude in the whole continent, little of its surface falling below, while the summits reach heights of 4600 m to 4900 m ( 15, 000 to 16, 000 ft ).

The clouds which strike Kathiawar and Kutch are deprived of a great deal of their moisture by the hills in those countries ( now the majority of this region is in Gujarat state within independent India ), and the greater part of the remainder is deposited on Mount Abu and the higher slopes of the Aravalli Range, leaving but little for Merwara, where the hills are lower, and still less for Ajmer.

While firing a higher quantity of smaller bullets makes it easier to hit a target ( and is therefore good for beginner marksmen ), it offers very little to more advanced marksmen.

The same species, when growing in a half-shady damp location can develop into a flowering bush half as tall as a person, but when growing in a very dry location will only grow into a thin little plant just higher than the ankles, with tiny flowers and a few miniature leaves.

Franchise taxes in Delaware are actually far higher than in most other states which typically charge little or nothing beyond corporate income taxes on the portion of the corporation's business done in that state.

Because of this, many higher level kits are sold with little or even no hardware, to allow the drummer to choose the stands and also the bass drum pedal they prefer.

This phenomenon is easily observable when comparing skimmed milk, which contains little fat, to cream, which contains a much higher concentration of milk fat.

Despite the deep erosion of the valleys, the surrounding uplands show little evidence of glaciation, suggesting that the ice was thin, or at least unable to cause much erosion at these higher altitudes.

Robinson had always had top billing over Bogart in their previous films together but for this movie, Robinson's name appears to the right of Bogart's, but placed a little higher on the posters, and also in the film's opening credits, to indicate Robinson's near-equal status.

In contrast, the vocational higher education and training that takes place at vocational universities and schools usually concentrates on practical applications, with very little theory.

The military action of 2003 did little damage to Iraqi agriculture ; because of favorable weather conditions, in that year grain production was 22 percent higher than in 2002.

If the former, then justice is arbitrary ; if the latter, then morality exists on a higher order than God, who becomes little more than a passer-on of moral knowledge.

* Increases the work ethic of those who earn very little, as employers demand more return from the higher cost of hiring these employees.

The sea keeps winter temperatures slightly higher and summer temperatures a little lower on the coast than at places inland.

" Those in the middle and lower levels of organizations really need to know what they are doing, and are highly accountable, while those at higher levels can reach those levels politically and / or by luck, and need very little actual ability or knowledge to perform their jobs.

" Jeremy Conrad of IGN gave the film a score of 7 out of 10, saying that it " feels a little rushed and manufactured ," but called it " one of the better of the odd-numbered Trek films ," referring to a belief that even-numbered Star Trek films are traditionally of higher quality.

Often the strings are raised a little higher off the neck than they would be for ordinary guitar playing.

The smallest pair of trilithons were around tall, the next pair a little higher and the largest, single trilithon in the south west corner would have been tall.

The Everhart-Thornley detector, which is normally positioned to one side of the specimen, is inefficient for the detection of backscattered electrons because few such electrons are emitted in the solid angle subtended by the detector, and because the positively biased detection grid has little ability to attract the higher energy BSE electrons.

< Blockquote > One of their kings tried to make a canal to it ( for it would have been of no little advantage to them for the whole region to have become navigable ; Sesostris is said to have been the first of the ancient kings to try ), but he found that the sea was higher than the land.

Consumer equipment, and in particular compact audio cassette recorders have the bias set at a compromise level ( usually a little higher ) to give good frequency response and acceptably low distortion.

Other reasons might include cohabitation as a way for polygamists or polyamorists to avoid breaking the law, a way to avoid the higher income taxes paid by some two-income married couples ( in the United States ), negative effects on pension payments ( among older people ), or philosophical opposition to the institution of marriage ( that is, seeing little difference between the commitment to live together and the commitment to marriage ).

I told them I believed they were perfectly competent to run a college as far as the higher branches of education are concerned, but what they needed was a little help here and there from a practical commercial man.

A lack of research means that there is relatively little data on the dispersion of gay men throughout the camps however Heger suggests in his book The Men with The Pink Triangle that they were subjected to harsher labor than smaller targeted groups, such as the political prisoners, and furthermore suffered a much higher mortality rate.

But it is characteristic of him, we are told, `` his little artifice '', to be able to introduce `` into a fairly vulgar and humorous piece of hackwork a sudden phrase of genuine creative art ''.

There are ghostly scenes in which the little boy on his rocking horse rocks madly toward the climax that will magically give him the name of the winning horse.

Actually, you could wish for some passion, now and then, but when you look around the world and see the little volcanos of current history which partisan social passions have wrought, you are glad that in these pamphlets there is at least some civilized calm.

Since the slogans have little application to reality and are sanctimonious to boot, the applause is faint even in areas of the world where we should expect to find the greatest affection for free government.

and this first section was somehow preserved ( there are always these annoying little mysteries about the actual facts of Malraux's life ) when the Gestapo destroyed the rest.

By comparison, Stone Harbor bird sanctuary's allies seem less formidable, for aside from the Audubon Society, they are mostly the snowy, common and cattle egrets and the Louisiana, green, little blue and black-crowned herons who nest and feed there.

his broad but little used investigative powers are confirmed.

But most learn to color and paint as and when they are ready with only a very little demonstration.

In the tintable group are high and little heels, squared and oval throats, and shantung-like textures.

They are the most beautiful part of that little piece of nature.

and, though he repeated, over and over again, the spectacular figures of industrial and agricultural production in 1980, the `` ordinary '' people in Russia are still a little uncertain as to how `` communism '' is really going to work in practice, especially in respect of food.

There are, he thought, so few true means of forgetfulness in this life that why should he shun the medicine even when the medicine seemed, as it did, a little crude??

Others have so-called development plans, but some of these are little more than lists of projects collected from various ministries while others are statements of goals without analysis of the actions required to attain them.

Travel allowances are well-regulated and pose little problem in administration and/or audit control.

Those that are available shed little light.

There is little evidence that they are giving any systematic thought to a general theory of the optimum scope and nature of their part in government.

When they have 4 to 6 leaves and are thrifty little plants, it's time to set them out where they are to remain.

Missiles are very valuable weapons, but they also have their too little known limitations.

A little extra work here will pay off with a smooth, snug-fitting machine when you are finished.

`` You are bound to get involved with people when you have children '', Fran had told me at our first meeting, `` so it is good to know that those with whom you get involved are not just dreary little housewives and dull husbands, but People Who Do Things ''.

It is not difficult to see that the stamens of the catkin are always arranged in pairs, and that each individual flower is nothing but one such pair standing on a green, black-tipped little scale.

Data on the former are scanty, but there can be little doubt that the latter is sometimes born at a length greater than that of any of the others, thereby lending support to the belief that the anaconda does, indeed, attain the greatest length.