Help


[permalink] [id link]
+
Page "Olympic flame" ¶ 11
from Wikipedia
Edit
Promote Demote Fragment Fix

Some Related Sentences

fire and travelled
In September 2007, after Carr came under fire following the Wolverines ' 0 – 2 start, Crowe travelled to Ann Arbor, Michigan for the Wolverines ' 15 September game against Notre Dame to show his support for Carr.
This contributed to the Windscale fire on the night of 10 October 1957, in which a fire broke out in the plutonium plant of Pile No. 1, and nuclear contaminants travelled up a chimney where the filters blocked some but not all of the contaminated material.
12 passengers from the rear of the train who successfully broke a window followed the advice of another escaped passenger who had been a volunteer fire fighter for 20 years, and travelled downward past the fire and below the smoke.
The twelve survivors of the disaster were the passengers who travelled downhill past the fire at the rear of the train, escaping the upward-rising fumes and smoke.
The accumulation of fire scars in heavily travelled areas detracted from the pristine appearance that backpackers expected, leading to more widespread use of portable stoves.
Lannes advanced with three infantry divisions and travelled for a mile before the Austrians, inspired by the personal heroics of Charles with his rally of the Zach Infantry Regiment ( No. 15 ), unleashed a hail of fire on the French that caused the latter to fall back.
As many as 12 houses were destroyed and an area of approximately 800 hectares burned, between the Herring Cove and Purcell's Cove Roads: the fire travelled quickly between these major highways but did not cross either of them.
Initially this involved carrying warnings of fires back to existing fire patrols, to be extinguished by teams that travelled by canoe or overland but soon they began landing firefighters ( never more than a few at a time due to the limited carrying capacity of the aircraft available ) with a hand operated water pump near a fire.
:* – A fire engulfs a railroad bridge in Kearney, New Jersey, on the heavily travelled Northeast Corridor.

fire and by
It was partially cemented by ages and pressure, yet it crumpled before the onslaught of the powerful streams, the force of a thousand fire hoses, and with the gold it held washed down through the long sluices.
My friends and I come from a ship which was destroyed by fire.
The first news stories had it that this blaze was started by a bolt of lightning, as though Miriam could call down fire from heaven like a prophet of the Old Testament.
A picket guard of about 350, mostly Hessians, were attacked by the Americans under Lafayette, and driven back to their camp, some twenty to thirty of them falling before the riflemen's fire.
The chancellor of the Exchequer wrote on the petition: `` in myn opinion it is very resonable and conscionable for hir maiestie to graunt in relief of this towne twise afflicted and almost wasted by fire ''.
Mr. Podger opened his cocoon and emerged, tucking Alacrity under his arm to bring her in by the fire.
The present attempts of the politicians to contaminate ordinary Britons shows that this British common sense is unwilling to pull somebody else's chestnuts out of the fire by new military adventures ''.
Top scientists have warned that an area hit by an atomic missile of massive power would be engulfed in a suffocating fire storm which would persist for a long time.
As they waited for supper they sat by the fire, glasses in hand, while Byron philosophized as much for his own entertainment as hers.
This can be accomplished substantially by a continued trend toward better facilities and techniques for fire control and more resources to cope with critical fire periods, and a more intensive application of a program of prevention, detection, and control of insect and disease infestations.
Joseph Brown continued in business by himself, quickly rebuilding the establishment which had been lost in the fire and beginning those first steps which were to establish him as a pioneer in raising the standards of accuracy of machine shop practice throughout the world.
The only cardinal sin which may be committed in warming a wine is to force it by putting it next to the stove or in front of an open fire.
Ever since the fire of 1812 destroyed the beautiful furniture assembled by President Thomas Jefferson, the White House has collected a hodgepodge of period pieces, few of them authentic or aesthetic.
It was in 1814 that Abraham Wharf and his sister sat by a meager fire in their house on Dogtown Common, a desolate place even then.
Most of the fire was directed by Cotten against Dallas and Sen. Parkhouse.
The fire department here has been torn for months by dissension involving top personnel and the fight between the fire fighters association and the teamsters union.
At the same time that I thought I understood her at long last and pitied her, underneath this knowing had there burned unquenched by my pity a fire of hate, an enduring envy that burst out in that ghastly outcry??
The minimalist soundtrack features a memorable deep-toned electronic " heartbeat ", which quickens as the asteroid density is reduced by the player's fire.
The second Temple was completely destroyed by fire on the 9th of Av, 70 AD.
The tradition of the church, by reference to certain texts of scripture, speaks of a " cleansing fire " although it is not always called purgatory.
* 1863 – American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg – ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate artillery fire on approach to Vicksburg, Mississippi.
He is defined by Thomas Carlyle as " a failure of a Fritz ," with " features " of a Frederick the Great in him, " but who burnt away his splendid qualities as a mere temporary shine for the able editors, and never came to anything, full of fire, too much of it wildfire, not in the least like an Alcibiades except in the change of fortune he underwent ".
The city was destroyed partially — and in some parts completely — during the fighting, mostly by American artillery fire and demolitions carried out by the Waffen-SS defenders.

fire and boat
Social invention did not have to await social theory any more than use of the warmth of a fire had to await Lavoisier or the buoyant protection of a boat the formulations of Archimedes.
Miller sent a boat under Lieutenant William Hoste to take possession of the empty vessel, but Standelet had set fire to his ship as he left and Artémise blew up shortly afterwards.
On July 10, 1944, a U. S. Navy Martin PBM-3-D Mariner flying boat ( BuNo 48199 ), piloted by William Hines, had an engine fire and made a forced landing in the ocean offshore of Howland.
In the end, the crew overcame illness, soldier ant invasions, leaking boats, poor food, attacking hippos, bad water filters, fierce heat, isolation, and a boat fire to complete a memorable film.
Based at two barracks ( one in La Condamine and one in Fontvieille ) the Corps is equipped with fire engines, rescue vehicles, and a range of specialist vehicles including a fire boat, and sealed tracked vehicles for entering Monaco's railway tunnels during an emergency.
The idea that forty men on a boat are exterminated in seconds by a volley of machine gun fire is terrifying.
The first boat designed to fire the self-propelled Whitehead torpedo was HMS Lightning, completed in 1877.
There is a fire or injury risk on a boat, especially if the fibres catch fire and molten or burning plastic begins to drip.
Examples of high-order salvage are boarding a sinking ship in heavy weather, boarding a ship which is on fire, raising a ship or boat which has already sunk, or towing a ship which is in the surf away from the shore.
Sixty-one people died, either from the fire or from being caught in the boat ’ s paddlewheel as they jumped overboard.
Later Ericsson designed other naval vessels and weapons, including a type of torpedo and a Destroyer, a torpedo boat that could fire a cannon from an underwater port.
Along with many vacation homes and perhaps a few permanent residents, there is a convenience store, a fire station, a boat launch, and a small platted neighborhood.
Fourth of July means a multitude of activities from a parade to fire truck rides to boat races.
The town of Secaucus is served around the clock by five volunteer fire companies that make up the Secaucus Fire Department, which operate a combined fire apparatus fleet of five Engines, two Trucks, one Rescue, one Squad ( Utility Unit ) and one boat out of five fire stations located throughout the town.
After working with Patrick Miller of Dalswinton, inventor William Symington intended to carry out a trial in order to show than an engine would work on a boat without the boat catching fire.
It involves a knowledge of a variety of topics and development of specialised skills including: navigation and international maritime law ; weather, meteorology and forecasting ; watchstanding ; ship-handling and small boat handling ; operation of deck equipment, anchors and cables ; ropework and line handling ; communications ; sailing ; engines ; execution of evolutions such as towing ; cargo handling equipment, dangerous cargoes and cargo storage ; dealing with emergencies ; survival at sea and search and rescue ; fire fighting.

3.541 seconds.