At the outer edge of the reef shelf, the bottom slopes very steeply into deep water, at some locations dropping to more than 1, 500 feet ( 457 m ) within 0. 6 miles ( 1 km ) of the shore.

At that time, numerous influences-including a growing awareness of the unity and fragility of the biosphere following mankind's first steps into outer space ( see, for example, the Blue Marble ), increased public concern over the impact of industrial activity on natural resources and human health ( see, for example, the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire, the increasing strength of the regulatory state, and more broadly the advent and success of environmentalism as a political movement-coalesced to produce a huge new body of law in a relatively short period of time.

At the narrow outer edge of the cnidocyte is a short trigger hair called a cnidocil.

At the junction between the inner and outer baileys, on the north side of the castle stood a tall five-sided keep, the eastern parts of which has been pulled down.

At this time, slums were also beginning to form in the inner city, and those who could afford to leave, left for the suburbs and outer edges of the city.

At the outer reaches of the system, however, the Sun's gravity is weaker and the gradient of the Milky Way's gravitational field plays a far more noticeable role.

It is also the derivative of the formula for the volume with respect to r because the total volume of a sphere of radius r can be thought of as the summation of the surface area of an infinite number of spherical shells of infinitesimal thickness concentrically stacked inside one another from radius 0 to radius r. At infinitesimal thickness the discrepancy between the inner and outer surface area of any given shell is infinitesimal and the elemental volume at radius r is simply the product of the surface area at radius r and the infinitesimal thickness.

At the funeral, mourners traditionally rend an outer garment, a ritual known as keriah.

At pressures below the triple point ( as in outer space ), solid ice when heated at constant pressure is converted directly into water vapour in a process known as sublimation.

* November 26 – At the Hammaguira launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1 on board, becoming the third country to enter outer space.

At the time, the outer shells of the buildings had already been erected and, with their pavilions and arcaded galleries, formed a striking backdrop to the event.

At run-time, when the outer function executes, a closure is formed, consisting of the inner function ’ s code and references ( the upvalues ) to any variables of the outer function required by the closure.

At the beginning of the 1955-56 season the outer circle was removed and the head began to resemble the team's current primary logo.

At liftoff the outer bell is pulled up from the inner bell, out of the way of the exhaust.

At the dimmest part of a Cepheid's cycle, the ionized gas in the outer layers of the star is opaque, and so is heated by the star's radiation, and due to the increased temperature, begins to expand.

At noon, a teenage Kar Sevak was " vaulted " on to the dome and that signaled the breaking of the outer cordon.

At an unknown date in the 17th century, the Inner Holsten Gate was replaced by a smaller, simple half-timbered gate — possibly because no point was seen in having a strong inner gate in light of the strong outer fortifications which had been erected in the meantime.

At longer races ( with rather even competitors ) running positions like second or third in the outer track has good chances, especially if the inner track horses get trapped behind a weakening front horse.

At the optic disc the outer two-thirds of the sclera continues with the dura mater ( outer coat of the brain ) via the dural sheath of the optic nerve.

At the corners of the central area, and at the corners of the outer area, there are two allegorical sculpture programs: four groups depicting Victorian industrial arts and sciences ( agriculture, commerce, engineering and manufacturing ), and four more groups representing Europe, Asia, Africa and The Americas at the four corners, each continent-group including several ethnographic figures and a large animal.

At some point, a smaller stockade was built within the outer one to delimit the dwelling areas.

At 233 meters, the Macau Tower's tethered " skyjump " and Bungee jump by AJ Hackett from the tower's outer rim, is the second highest commercial skyjump in the world, after Vegas ' Stratosphere skyjump at 260 meters.

At the sight of Sally's happy face and carefree expression, Harmony's dark, brooding eyes quickly brightened with unshed tears.

At the same time, you have to face facts and realize that a man who's been in the Marine Corps all his life doesn't understand much about politics.

At that moment the bathroom door flew open and Eugene came out, with his face lathered for shaving, and strode down the hall, tying the sash of his dressing gown as he went.

At the landing she saw Juanita, her face flushed pink with excitement, run down the hall from the kitchen to the front door.

At least the moment was postponed when he had to face the mystery of the power tools.

At exactly 7:30, he felt a fluttering object brush his face.

At fifteen he didn't care that he had no mother, that he couldn't remember her face or her touch ; ;

At the close of the war, Lincoln held a moderate view of Reconstruction, seeking to reunite the nation speedily through a policy of generous reconciliation in the face of lingering and bitter divisiveness.

At Christmas 1196, Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI attempted to force Alexios III to pay him a tribute of 5, 000 pounds ( later negotiated down to 1, 600 pounds ) of gold or face invasion.

At the very beginning of the book Erich Maria Remarque says " This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it.

At 75 GPa it converts to a face centered orthorhombic structure.

At midnight on 5 November, Thomas ' breathing became more difficult and his face turned blue.

At the same time the Order found itself face to face with the Renaissance.

At first Hitler was jubilant, but the Italian reaction surprised and convinced him that he can not even face a conflict with the powers of Western Europe, officially denied liability stating its regret for the murder of Austrian Prime Minister.

At a regional level, groups of states can create political and legal bodies with sometimes complicated patchworks of overlapping provisions detailing the jurisdictional relationships between the member states and providing for some degree of harmonization between their national legislative and judicial functions, for example, the European Union and African Union both have the potential to become federated states although the political barriers to such unification in the face of entrenched nationalism will be very difficult to overcome.

At the Presidium of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in April, Dubček announced a political programme of " socialism with a human face ".

Encounter At Farpoint is the first time Picard and Dr. Crusher's son Wesley truly meet face to face.

At the turn of the 1960s to the 1970s, the young Martinho da Vila would give a new face to the traditional sambas-enredo established by authors such as Silas de Oliveira and Mano Decio da Viola, compressing them and expanding its potential in the music market.

At the start of the 1930s Stalin launched a wave of radical economic policies, which completely overhauled the industrial and agricultural face of the Soviet Union.

At the very bottom of the face, there may be a trough, and further seaward one or more long shore bars: slightly raised, underwater embankments formed where the waves first start to break.

* At an end face of an optical fiber, the angle between an input ray and the fiber axis.

At first Keokuk accepted the loss of land as inevitable in the face of the vast numbers of white soldiers and settlers coming west.