`` Husky young man '', he said with mock distaste.

His most famous description of the city is as " Hog Butcher for the World / Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat / Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler ,/ Stormy, Husky, Brawling, City of the Big Shoulders.

Companies that have participated successfully in the previous license rounds and have formed a partnership for the licenses with NUNAOIL are DONG Energy, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Husky Energy, and Cairn Energy.

Operation Husky, the codename for the Allied invasion of Sicily, was launched on the night of 9 / 10 July 1943 with British forces attacking the west of the island.

Siberian Husky with brown almond shaped eyes

A red / white colored Siberian Husky with heterochromia The American Kennel Club describes the Siberian Husky's eyes as " an almond shape, moderately spaced and set slightly obliquely.

A Siberian Husky warming its nose with its tail

Siberian Husky tails are heavily furred ; these dogs will often curl up with their tails over faces and noses in order to provide additional warmth.

The Orthopedic Foundation for Animals currently has the Siberian Husky ranked 155th out of a possible 160 breeds at risk for hip dysplasia, with only two percent of tested Siberian Huskies showing dysplasia.

He initially scheduled Operation Overlord for April 1, 1943, but met with strong opposition from Winston Churchill, who convinced Roosevelt to commit troops to Operation Husky for the invasion of Italy.

In July 1943, when the invasion carried out with the ' Operation Husky was in full swing, the port of Milazzo was significantly strengthened in its defenses as an important maritime center, rail and military. On August 14, 1943 the troops of the 15th Tactical Group III of the regimental American Infantry Division occupied Milazzo following the disengagement of the 71 th regiment of German infantry belonging to the 29th Division Panzergrenadier.

Deep-fried chips ( slices or pieces of potato ) as a dish may have first appeared in Britain in about the same period: the Oxford English Dictionary notes as its earliest usage of " chips " in this sense the mention in Dickens ' A Tale of Two Cities ( published in 1859 ): " Husky chips of potatoes, fried with some reluctant drops of oil ".

In conventional fishing, smallmouth may be successfully caught on a wide range of natural and artificial baits or lures, including crankbaits, hair jigs, plastic jerkbaits ( such as Rapala Husky Jerks, Mister Twister Twister Tails, Rapala X-Raps, or even a Rico Popper ), spinnerbaits, and all types of soft plastic lures, including curly tail grubs or tubes with lead head jigs.

* Model D5 – Beagle Husky – re-engined version of Auster Alpha with modified tail

While she waits for Joe to be released from military prison, she hangs around Billy Pastor's jive cafe where she encounters boxer Husky Miller, who is instantly besotted with Carmen, calling her " heatwave ".

She is only looking for a loan, but they try to draw her to give up Joe and " go with the money " by staying with Husky.

The Broncos extended their string of consecutive victories to 14 in 2007 with a 56 – 7 win over Weber State, but the streak ( then the longest in the nation ) ended with a 24-10 upset loss in Seattle to the Washington Huskies at Husky Stadium on September 8, 2007.

Other brands, including Husky / Corgi Junior, Budgie, and Cigar Box, attempted to compete with Matchbox, but none were particularly successful until American toy giant Mattel introduced the revolutionary low-friction " racing " wheels on its Hot Wheels line of cars.

** Joe Runyan won with lead dogs: Rambo & Ferlin the Husky

Today the unregistered hybridized Alaskan Husky is preferred for dogsled racing, along with a variety of crossbreeds, the German Shorthaired Pointer often being chosen as the basis for cross breeding.

The Baffinland Husky differed from the true Husky in having a black coat with white markings.

The West Greenland Husky and the slightly smaller East Greenland Husky both had timber-wolf blood and were sometimes crossed with the Baffinland Husky.

When Husky fails to return, Dart follows and is captured by a giant primitive man.

This acquired form occurs predominantly in middle-aged to old large breed or giant breed dogs such as the Labrador Retriever, golden retriever, Siberian Husky, Newfoundland, and St. Bernard.

Owners are advised to exercise caution when letting their Siberian Husky off the leash, as the dog could be miles away before looking around and realizing its owner is nowhere in sight.

In addition to their success over Canadian competition, the Golden Bears host the annual Husky Energy Can-Am Challenge of Champions tournament, where they frequently spearhead the Canadian contingent's success.

Dogs that have been bred to perform one task to the exclusion of all others ( such as the Bloodhound or Husky ), or that have been bred to work independently from their handler ( such as terriers ), may be particularly challenging to obedience train.

Husky is a general name for a type of dog used to pull sleds in northern regions, differentiated from other sled dog types by their fast pulling style.

The Seahawks, meanwhile, temporarily relocated to Husky Stadium following the 1999 season while the Kingdome was demolished, their new stadium, CenturyLink Field, was being built on the Kingdome's footprint, and would open on time for the 2002 NFL season.

On April 10, 1943 Matthew B. Ridgway explained what their next mission would be: Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily.

When Marathon Realty and Husky Oil built their new head offices in Calgary, they proposed building the tower both to honour Canada's centennial year of 1967 and to encourage urban renewal and growth of the downtown core.

Wolf-like dogs ( such as the Samoyed or Husky ) will, when content and happy, often hold their ears in a horizontal position but still forward.

The Hillman Husky was a line of British passenger vehicles manufactured between 1954 and 1970 by the Rootes Group, under their Hillman marque.

The last Husky was built in 1970, at which point Chrysler Europe, new owners of Rootes, engaged in a major rationalisation of their products.

During the renovation, the Husky basketball teams were displaced for one season ( 1999-2000 ), and played their home games five miles ( 8 km ) away at Seattle Center ; the men at KeyArena and the women at Mercer Arena.

In 1984 Davenham was sold to Li Ka-Shing and Simon became the Group Managing Director of Hutchison Whampoa – he stayed for ten years, overseeing Hutchison ’ s acquisition of Hong Kong Electric, and negotiating their entry into the oil business through their acquisition of Husky Oil.

* Seattle Seahawks – Departed from Kingdome to Husky Stadium while their new stadium was being built.

The Seattle Seahawks played their first three regular season home games at Husky Stadium because the Kingdome, the Seahawks ' regular home field, was undergoing repairs for damaged tiles on its roof.

In April 1943 the unit was moved to North Africa, landing at Algiers before later moving to the Suez where they began preparing for operations as part of Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily.

When Browning asked to see the plans for Operation Husky, Ridgway replied that they would not be available for scrutiny until after they had been approved by the US Seventh Army commander, Lieutenant-General George S. Patton, Jr.

However, they did accept that ' Major Martin ' was genuine, and several Wehrmacht divisions were routed away from Sicily and southern Italy to the Balkans, making Operation Husky on the night of July 9 / 10, 1943 the least costly seaborne invasion of World War II.

Originally planned as a natural grass field, the Seahawks decided to install FieldTurf after they had played the two previous seasons in Husky Stadium on FieldTurf.

As the Germans retreated from western Sicily ( as a result of the Allied invasion, code-named Operation Husky ), they halted and began setting up defences in the vicinity of the town of Troina along Highway 120, perched high on the hilltops.