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From the vantage of the Northern Hemisphere of Earth, the pole star is apt because day or night it is always in the sky, hence constant, immutable and fixed, but not necessarily visible.
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From his vantage point high above the pavement, the young Frenchman was able to watch street performers at work, an experience he later cited as proving influential on his later art.
From this vantage point, the cafeteria's side entrance was located at the bottom of the staircase, with the school's main West Entrance located to the left and the athletic fields to the right.
From their vantage point at Pointe de la Percée, overlooking the whole beach from the western end, the German perception was that the assault had been stopped at the beach.
From this vantage point there are beautiful views over the Illinois Valley looking east toward Lacon.
From numerous vantage points in the hills just west of town, one can see Mount Rainier, Mount Adams, and Mount St. Helens — weather permitting.
From this vantage point, the owners of Belton could admire the perfect symmetry of their avenues and formal gardens spreading from the house.
From his vantage point near Notre Dame de Bois Louis XV, attended by the Dauphin, Noailles, the Duke of Richelieu, and Louis XV's Minister of War, the Marquis d ' Argenson, had witnessed his best infantry fall back in disorder.
From this vantage point, Jackson would begin his attack on a Red Stick Creek fortification.
From a good vantage point along a road or cycleway with a sight line of 1 km or more, one can watch cyclists approaching during daylight, and see that those clad in high-visibility clothing become readily visible long before dull-clad cyclists riding next to them.
From a rooftop vantage point on Main Street, he witnessed the police charging the strikers with clubs and guns, a streetcar being overturned and set on fire.
From the window of the flat in which he was hiding, Szpilman had a good vantage point from which to watch the beginnings of the rebellion.
From this vantage point atop a ridge overlooking Jerusalem's Old City and the Dead Sea, tradition holds that Abraham was shown Mount Moriah as the site for the binding of Isaac as recorded in the Bible.
From this vantage point he was able to dominate all of the approaches to the beleaguered port.
From this vantage exquisite views of the Newburgh Bay to the North and Cornwall bay to the south can be seen.
From today's vantage point, it can be argued that the Continental Mark II was successful at being what it was intended to be: an American Rolls-Royce or Bentley, and a re-creation of the grand cars of the thirties.
From this new vantage point Huang Zhong had an excellent view of Xiahou Yuan's troop movements.
From this new vantage point Huang Zhong had an excellent view of Xiahou Yuan's troop movements.
From such vantage points, owls dive down to the ground, often with wings folded, to ambush their prey.
From the vantage point of the 1974 railroad industry, Klitenic's plan was viewed as an unmanageable and far too radical solution to both the granger railroad issue and the larger issue of the future of rail freight transportation in general.
From the vantage point of the temple's upper terrace, one is struck by " the serenity of the stone faces " occupying many towers.
From that vantage point, the Japanese defenders were able to accurately spot artillery onto the Americans – particularly the landing beaches.
From Adler's vantage point, this is a relatively ineffective perception of God because it is so general that it fails to convey a strong sense of direction and purpose.
From Pulleine's vantage point in the camp, at first only the right horn and then the chest ( centre ) of the attack seemed to be developing.
From some vantage points in the State Park, visitors can see Nine Mile Point nuclear power station, 25 miles to the northeast and the coal smokestacks located in Oswego.
From a Foucauldian vantage point, this was the blueprint for disciplinary power.
From and Northern
From the beginning of " The Troubles " in Northern Ireland in the early 1970s until the mid-1990s, London was subjected to repeated terrorist attacks by the Provisional IRA.
From the late 20th century onward, Irish identity abroad became increasingly cultural, non-denominational, and non-political, although many emigrants from Northern Ireland stood apart from this trend.
From " The Shadow of The Dam ", a first-hand account written by David Howarth in the 1960s, referring to the situation in Northern Rhodesia :- " Everything that a government can do on a meagre budget is being done.
From 1945 to 1990, during the Cold War, the headquarters of the Soviet forces in Poland, the so-called Northern Group of Forces, was located in the city.
From the middle and late Eastern Han to the early Wei and Jin dynasties, the net growth of ancient Chinese science and technology experienced a peak ( second only to that of the Northern Song dynasty )... Han studies of the Confucian classics, which for a long time had hindered the socialization of science, were declining.
He led campaigns From Lithuania to Southern Italy, From Poland to Northern Greece.
From 1965 to 1967, Turnbull and Towles conducted fieldwork among the Ik of Northern Uganda in Africa.
From the late 1980s onwards, Adams was an important figure in the Northern Ireland peace process, initially following contact by the then Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP ) leader John Hume and subsequently with the Irish and British governments and then other parties.
From early 1971, he opposed, with increasing vehemence, Heath's approach to Northern Ireland, the greatest breach with his party coming over the imposition of direct rule in 1972.
From the beginning it had a dual role, unique among British police forces, of providing a normal law enforcement police service while protecting Northern Ireland from the activities of proscribed groups.
From Nipigon, Highway 11 extends through Northern Ontario for east to Hearst and another east through Cochrane.
From there it spread to Asian areas such as the Caucasus as well as the Himalayas in Northern India.
" From Olaus Magnus ' A Description of the Northern Peoples from 1555.
" From Olaus Magnus ' A Description of the Northern Peoples from 1555.
From the 1930s to the 1970s, the tracks of a seventh company were also managed as a branch of the Northern line.
From September 1914 to August 1918, four major battles, including the Battle of the Somme, were fought by British, French, and German forces in the fields of Northern Picardy.
From 1882 to April 1, 1947, Birsdall was located on the main line of the Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad and predecessors.
From June 24 – 28, 1863, much of the Army of Northern Virginia passed through Chambersburg en route to Carlisle and Gettysburg, and Robert E. Lee established his headquarters at a nearby farm.
From the PRR station during the Gettysburg Campaign of the Civil War, Union scout Stephen W. Pomeroy telegraphed the vital news to Governor Andrew Curtin that Robert E. Lee was concentrating the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg.
From its very beginning, the Town's dependence upon transportation links to the more populous eastern sections of Northern Virginia has remained strong, and is now more important than ever.
From the 1890s to 1974, Skykomish was a maintenance and fueling station for the Great Northern Railway, which eventually became part of BNSF Railway.
From 1990 through 1995, the exterior scenes for the hit CBS television series Northern Exposure were filmed in Roslyn and the surrounding area.
From the development of gold mining techniques in the 19th century that were later adopted around the world, to the development of world-famous and online business models ( such as Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Google, Yahoo !, and eBay ), Northern California has been at the forefront of new ways of doing business.
From 1989 to 1993, she worked as an executive vice president of the Northern States Power Company.
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