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As the shadow of a claw reaches over the face of the clock, the hands spin wildly counter-clockwise, striking the number 13 every other second.
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shadow and claw
A demonic grandfather clock chimes 13 as the hands spin wildly backwards, and the shadow of a claw passes over it.
Shardik by now is a shadow of his former self, gaunt and misshapen, with mangy fur and a wounded claw.
shadow and reaches
*" From the cave of the winds in the northern reaches of talocan issue the mal aires or evil winds, the feared ahmo cualli ehecat, the sombra de muerte or shadow of death, the miquicihual, and the miquiehecat, the nortes, ' the winds of death '.
By the 1970s, the club had become a shadow of its former self, the old Fartown ground had fallen into disrepair and the club frequently finished in the lower reaches of the league.
When one reaches the drier rain shadow east of the mountains, the forests disappear, transitioning to the grassland ecoregions of Patagonia.
The highest average annual rainfall is recorded in the higher alpine reaches of the Snowy Catchment, with 1800 mm recorded in areas above 1500 m. The lowest average rainfall is recorded in the rain shadow affected north eastern catchment on the Monaro Plains around Dalgety, with average rain below 500 mm.
In case the zenith distance of the Sun reaches zero, the “ ladder ” may be rotated to the north or the south to avoid a solar panel producing a shadow on a lower solar panel.
shadow and over
I hurried over to the agency heap, jumped in, started the motor and was just in time to see the car I wanted to shadow turn to the left.
The Old Man near the corner let the shadow pass over him, sensing something portentous in it.
The election was generally considered to be fair, although the absence of Patassé cast a shadow over the legitimacy of the process.
Conservative New Democracy ’ s shadow foreign minister Panos Panayiotopoulos said the revelations “ cast heavy shadows over Greek-Turkish relations ” and called on Turkey recompense Greece for losses incurred.
This problem regarding succession cast a long shadow over English history.
She briefly develops a psychic shadow form like Psylocke's, with a gold Phoenix emblem over her eye instead of the Crimson Dawn mark possessed by Psylocke, Jean briefly lost her telekinesis to Psylocke during this exchange, but her telekinetic abilities later came back in full at a far stronger level than before.
At that point, on the day of the Summer Solstice, the vertical rod of the gnōmōn casts a shadow extending in theory to the horizon over 360 ° as the sun does not set.
The empire Augustulus ruled was a shadow of its former self and had shrunk significantly over the previous 80 years.
He resigned both the deputy leadership and his shadow cabinet position in April 1972 however, over the party's policy on favouring a referendum on British membership of the European Economic Community ( EEC ).
Some shadow of doubt hovers over the validity of the orders received from these bishops, and the claimants have not received wide acceptance in the sedevacantist community, though most have at least some small congregation.
Cromwell's efforts to overcome the shadow cast over his career by Wolsey's downfall were successful.
* Shadow of the Ninja, also known as Kage and Blue shadow, the events unfold of Emperor Garuda taking over, and the ninjas overthrowing him.
Jim Steinmeyer said in his book, Hiding the Elephant, that every magician of the 20th century was haunted by Robert-Houdin, "… who cast an enormous shadow over their generation.
Some see the P2 as a reactionary, shadow government ready to take over power in case of an electoral victory of the Italian Communist Party.
If his body casts a shadow over the pitch the shadow must not move until after the batsman has played ( or had the opportunity to play ) at the ball.
This continued an important theme of Uncle Tom's Cabin – that the shadow of law brooded over the institution of slavery and allowed owners to mistreat slaves and then avoid punishment for their mistreatment.
It's after she saves the Space Diva that a shadow looms over her and her posse.
They live on a four-and-one-half-miles-in-diameter floating island fortress called Laputa, and use its shadow to prevent sun and rain from reaching earthly nations over which it travels, ensuring they will pay tribute to the Laputians.
Merlin realises that Wonderland, where he and Luke are trapped, is an LSD-induced hallucination made real by Luke's powers over shadow.
This speed can appear to be increased when near obstructions — such as the height of a mountain, for example — as the shadow of the obstruction will be broadcast over the ground in advance of the terminator line along a flat landscape.
Agua Fria and Agua Frians have lived in the shadow of the capital city, La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís for over three hundred years.
Despite the shadow that this incident cast over his later career, he continued writing ( producing Catholics, Anglicans, and Puritans in 1987 ) and his work continued to be well received.
In the shadow of the port, the city took shape mirroring in its scope the rapid development of 19th century Chicago, growing from a small fishing village of 1, 300 in 1921 into a full blown city with a population over 126, 000 less than 20 years later.
Take 2 had two lines transposed from the first take: “ There ’ s a shadow hanging over me ”/” I ’ m not half the man I used to be ”, though it seems clear that their order in take 2 was the correct one, because McCartney can be heard, in take 1, suppressing a laugh at his mistake.
shadow and face
Lawrence listened with the practiced, deceptive calm of the lawyer, but his face was in the shadow.
The covers slid down his skinny neck so I saw his head, fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed, but his face was turned to the wall -- there was the pale shadow of his nose on the plaster -- and I thought, Well you don't look much like a pig-drunk bully now.
He is the only one of the surviving terrorists to consent to interviews since 1972, having granted an interview in 1992 to a Palestinian newspaper, and having briefly emerged from hiding in 1999 to participate in an interview for the film One Day in September, during which he was disguised and his face shown only in blurry shadow.
Shortly afterwards, between 1667 and 1675, Robert Hooke analysed the joint and found that its speed of rotation was nonuniform, but that this property could be used to track the motion of the shadow on the face of a sundial.
The term " mineral makeup " applies to a category of face makeup, including foundation, eye shadow, blush, and bronzer, that is made with loose, dry mineral powders.
Much of the blame had been placed on Labour's " shadow budget " drawn up by Smith, which included raising the top rate of income tax from 40p in the pound to 50p, and the Tory election campaign was centred on warning voters that they would face higher taxes under a Labour government.
She didn't know at the time that a shadow had fallen across her face, as she was simply annoyed at being interrupted.
But because her face is turned from the light, and in shadow, its tonality does not make it a point of particular interest.
The style was however modified according to Chinese taste-strong shadows used in chiaroscuro techniques were unacceptable as Emperor Qianlong thought that shadows looked like dirt, therefore when Castiglione painted the emperor, the intensity of the light was reduced so that there was no shadow on the face, and the features were distinct.
From this point of view, the eye sees the back face of this shadow volume before anything else, and this adds a − 1 bias to the entire stencil buffer, effectively inverting the shadows.
The technique is most successful with strong sunlight to emphasise the outlines and forms by shadow, as no attempt was made to soften the edge of the sunk area, leaving a face at a right-angle to the surface all around it.
In the Northern hemisphere, where the clock face originated, the shadow of the gnomon on a horizontal sundial moves clockwise during the day.
He protects his milk-white face from the noonday sun with long black hair, flowing black clothing and cape, and the shadow of a wide-brimmed hat.
This is why the poem speaks not of an ideal life but of a concrete one: the angle of a window, the resonance of streets, cities and rooms, the shadow cast by a wall, a sudden face, the silence, distance and brightness of the stars, the night ’ s breath, the scent of linden and of oregano.
File: BillyPenn. jpg | William Penn faces northeast, so the face is generally in shadow.
" She was small ( 5 ' 4 ") and slight, with a round pale face, huge blue eyes usually rimmed in kohl ( Egyptian eye shadow ), and long dark straight hair.
" There wasn't a line or shadow on her lovely face to show the deadly secrets that lay behind it.
He wears a heavy Roman-style helmet which buries his face in shadow.
Though it was widely thought that he would face a difficult contest against Liberal sitting member and shadow minister Ian Cover, Eren won comfortably, which reflected a landslide swing to Labor across the state.
Eddie's debut appearance was on the band's first single cover, " Running Free ," in which his face was covered by shadow to protect his identity before the release of the band's first album.
It balances the key by illuminating shaded surfaces, and lessening or eliminating chiaroscuro effects, such as the shadow cast by a person's nose upon the rest of the face.
* The Tom Waits song " Potter's Field " from the Foreign Affairs album contains the line " You'll learn why liquor makes a stool pigeon rat on every face that ever left his shadow down on St. Mark's Place.
Orko does reveal his face in the episode " Dawn of Dragoon ", but his face is not visible to the audience, though his shadow indicates he is bald.
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