We stopped first at the amphitheater that lies at the foot of the height crowned by the Parthenon.

If a broader Atlantic community is to be formed -- and my own judgment is that it lies within the realm of both our needs and our capacity -- a ready nucleus of machinery is at hand in the NATO alliance.

If our national interest lies in being able to fight and win a war rather than committing national suicide, then we must take a much more penetrating look at ballistic missiles.

Thus, his estimate lies between Oliver's suggestion of at least 37 feet and the 50-foot `` monstrous freaks '' intimated by Heuvelmans.

That such a tradition lies behind The Iliad and The Odyssey, at least, is hard to deny.

As the index of refraction of photosensitive surfaces of the SbCs-type lies around 2, the Fresnel losses at the fiber-photocathode interface are about 0.5 percent and the Af factor for the interstage coupler is 0.95.

`` Beneath any feeling he has of the good or the evil of the world lies a deeper one of wonder at it all.

Of the nation's eight million pleasure-boat owners a sizable number have learned that late autumn is one of the loveliest seasons to be afloat -- at least in that broad balmy region that lies below America's belt line.

These qualities are the ultimate source of human happiness, and the need for them lies at the very core of our being " ( Dalai Lama ).

Sculpture depicting Apollo's first triumph, when he slew with his bow and arrows the serpent Python, which lies dead at his feet The Walters Art Museum.

Close by Dugort, at the base of Slievemore mountain lies the Deserted Village.

About half of Armenia's area of approximately has an elevation of at least, and only 3 % of the country lies below.

Across Abydos lies Sestus on the European side, marking one of the narrowest points of the Dardanelles, slightly more than a nautical mile broad ( the narrrowest point is at Çanakkale ).

Still further south lies the Polar front, which is marked by a transition to very cold, relatively fresh, Antarctic Surface Water at the surface.

Dummett argues that the intuitionistic notion of truth lies at the bottom of various classical forms of anti-realism.

Aalen is situated on the upper reaches of the river Kocher, at the foot of the Swabian Jura which lies to the south and south-east, and close to the hilly landscapes of the Ellwanger Berge to the north and the Welland to the north-west.

The harbour lies to the east of the foundation site at the original citadel on a hill overlooking a peninsula protecting the harbor on the south, where now are located the Quai de la Citadelle and the Jettée de la Citadelle.

Naming the central ray passing through the entrance pupil the axis of the pencil or principal ray, it can be said: the rays of the pencil intersect, not in one point, but in two focal lines, which can be assumed to be at right angles to the principal ray ; of these, one lies in the plane containing the principal ray and the axis of the system, i. e. in the first principal section or meridional section, and the other at right angles to it, i. e. in the second principal section or sagittal section.

The 3 dB bandwidth of an electronic filter or communication channel is the part of the system's frequency response that lies within 3 dB of the response at its peak, which in the passband filter case is typically at or near its center frequency, and in the lowpass filter is near 0 hertz.

With the battle still not won, Marlborough had to rebuke one of his cavalry officers who was attempting to leave the field – " Sir, you are under a mistake, the enemy lies that way ..." Now, at the Duke's command, the second Allied line under von Bulow and the Count of Ost-Friese was ordered forward, and, driving through the centre, the Allies finally put Tallard's tired horse to rout, not without cost.

It lies at an elevation of 1132 m ( 3717 ft ) on the right bank of the Ubaye River, and is surrounded by mountains which reach peaks of over 3000 m ; the tallest of these is the Needle of Chambeyron at 3412 m. Barcelonnette is situated 210 km from Turin, 91 km from Nice and 68 km from Gap.

Baloch raiders plundered Mahmud of Ghazni's ambassador between Tabbas and Khabis and in revenge his son, Masud, defeated them at the latter place, which lies at the foot of the Karman Mountains on the edge of the desert.

The supporting foot touches the ground slightly ahead of the point that lies directly below the body's centre of mass.

The burial dates back to the 1480s and lies at the foot of the main temple in the sacred ceremonial precinct of the Aztec capital.

The town lies at about 250 metres above sea level ( NN ) on the northeastern flank of the Harz Mountains in central Germany, at the foot of their highest peak, the Brocken, on the B 6 and B 244 federal highways and on the railway line from Halberstadt to Vienenburg that links the cities of Halle ( Saale ) and Hanover.

It lies in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains.

The central high point of the citadel rises like a giant natural obelisk complete with a military observation post at the top, with a giant cross at its apex ; at the foot of the observatory lies St. George's church, in a classical style punctuated by six Doric columns, as opposed to the Byzantine architectural style of the greater part of Greek Orthodox churches.

Precise joining by the most part with a quarter inch foot makes for a patchwork that lies flat without puckers.

( Greek: ) lies on the Sinai Peninsula, at the mouth of an inaccessible gorge at the foot of modern Mount Sinai in St. Catherine city in Egypt at an elevation of 1550 meters.

He is the eponymous namesake of Mount Tmolus ( modern Bozdağ ), which lies in Lydia with the Lydian capital ( later also called Sardis ) at its foot and Hypaepa on its southern slope.

* Glentaisie, the most northerly of the Nine Glens of Antrim, lies at the foot of Knocklayde mountain.

Also, in nearby Fort Payne, which lies across the valley and at the foot of next-door Lookout Mountain, there is a historical sign marking the town as one of the starting points for the Trail of Tears, and also the area where Sequoyah lived, who developed the Cherokee alphabet.

To the West also lies the claw-like Gormenghast Mountain, with the Twisted Woods and Gormenghast river at its foot.

At the western foot of the mountain, on the York State line, lies Indian Pond, now called Wequagnock Lake.

Since the city lies at the foot of one of the chain of lakes in Citrus County, Inverness seemed an appropriate name.

Wallingford is on the western side of the River Thames and lies at the foot of the Chilterns.

It lies at the foot of Kaaterskill Clove, nestled against the base of the Catskill Mountains.

Ecclefechan lies at the foot of the large Roman Fort, Burnswark, which dominates the horizon with its flat top.

McMinville lies at an elevation of, as it sits near the foot of the Cumberland Plateau and on the Highland Rim.

Wales lies on the west side of the Sanpete Valley, at the foot of the Sanpitch Mountains.

Ogden lies at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains, approximately 10 miles ( 15 km ) east of the Great Salt Lake and 40 miles ( 60 km ) north of Salt Lake City.

After a series of devastating floods in the past five years, the city is in the process of moving its entire downtown area ( the area originally encompassing Harman, which lies in a flood plain ) to the southernmost point in the city at the foot of East River Mountain.

Ecclefechan lies at the foot of a large Roman Fort, Burnswark, whose flat top dominates the horizon.

At the southeastern foot of the Brocken lies the spa resort of Schierke.