The most striking features of the local terrain are valleys and mountains which measure up to 2386 m in height.

Some, unaware of the local terrain, ran towards the swamps where unknown numbers drowned.

Schaffner recalled that Cooper appeared to be familiar with the local terrain ; at one point, he remarked, " Looks like Tacoma down there ," as the aircraft flew above it.

The guerrilla focuses on organizing in small units, depending on the support of the local population, as well as taking advantage of terrain more accommodating of small units.

Hoover himself guided U. S. Marines around Tianjin during the battle, using his knowledge of the local terrain.

The harsh conditions and terrain of the Arabian peninsula meant a near-constant state of conflict between the local tribes, but once a year they would declare a truce and converge upon Mecca in an annual pilgrimage.

The abstractness is harnessed in the game by having the deck produce random terrain, and chances to fire, and the like, simulating uncertainty as to the local conditions ( nature of the terrain, etc.

Each Boer commando unit was sent to the district from which its members had been recruited, which meant that they could rely on local support and personal knowledge of the terrain and the towns within the district thereby enabling them to live off the land.

The Palestine campaign was dominated by cavalry, which flourished in the local terrain, and the British achieved two breakthrough victories at Gaza ( 1917 ) and Megiddo ( 1918 ).

Its name derives from the local terrain: much of the county consists of valley land lying between the North and Middle Loup Rivers.

Its rugged terrain, densely forested woodlands, and a history of conflict with local Indian tribes all combined to make for a very slow rate of growth in Whitley County.

The TO concept focused on small, lightly armed infantry units fighting defensive actions on a familiar local terrain.

The local terrain is inconducive to tornadoes, severe windstorms and thunderstorms.

The local terrain is inconducive to tornadoes, severe windstorms and thunderstorms.

The military objective provides a focus for the estimate process, from which a number of information requirements are derived, information requirements may be related to terrain and impact on vehicle or personnel movement, disposition of hostile forces, sentiments of the local population and capabilities of the hostile order of battle.

In summary, local variations in terrain prevent the definition of a single absolutely " precise " radius.

Flatness of the local terrain and proximity to the bay have made flooding a recurring problem for the area .< ref >

Mail service was established, and after rejecting several names for the budding town ( including naming it in honor of then-President Millard Fillmore ), the locals suggested the name Plano ( from the Spanish word for " flat "), a reference to the local terrain.

Thus regional or provincial styles of mosques grew out of local temple or domestic styles, which were conditioned in their turn by climate, terrain, materials, hence the enormous difference between the mosques of Bengal, Kashmir and Gujarat.

) we use for H the local terrain height value but apply a further correction called the terrain correction ( TC ).

However, they concluded that the area simply couldn't be developed properly, " it just wasn ’ t the right terrain for a world-class resort .” Franz Wilhelmsen, a local businessman who had married into the Seagram family, had already come to the same conclusions when he had been scouting areas for a new ski resort.

At very low altitudes there were only seconds in which to react when spotting an aircraft over local terrain, so a hand-swung weapon was the only possibility, no matter how inaccurate.

-- liberal considers that the need for a national economy with controls that will assure his conception of social justice is so great that individual and local liberties as well as democratic processes may have to yield before it.

He is a Craig's wife who agonizes about tobacco ash on the living room rug and he is a forgetful genius who goes boating with the town baker when dignitaries from the local university have come to call.

In this domain the simple fact of coexistence in the same local, national, and world community is enough to guarantee that we cannot refrain from having some effect, large or small, upon Gentile-Jewish relations.

This is not to deny the existence of pogroms and ghettos, but only to assert that these horrors have had an effect on the nerves of people who did not experience them, that among the various side effects is the local hysteria of Jewish writers and intellectuals who cry out from confusion, which they call oppression and pain.

Through all this raving, Krim is performing a traditional and by now boring rite, the attack on intelligence, upon the largely successful attempt of the magazines he castigates to liberate American writing from local color and other varieties of romantic corn.

A road block to desirable local or borough improvements, heretofore dependent on the pocketbook vote of taxpayers and hence a drag on progress, is removed by making these a charge against the whole city instead of an assessment paid by those immediately affected.

As a source of investment capital, the system is beneficial to local communities and encourages the development of industries in rural areas.

This problem of fair and equitable assessment of value is a difficult one to solve in that the determination of fair valuation is dependent on local assessors, who in general are non-professional and part-time personnel taking an individualistic approach to the problem.

This condition will undoubtedly continue until such time as a state uniform system of evaluation is established, or through mutual agreement of the local assessing officials for a method of standard assessment practice to be adopted.

The Federal Government is aiding local governments in several places to survey residential, commercial and industrial buildings to determine what fallout protection they would provide, and for how many people.

In the event that agreement is not reached on the use of the rupees for grant or loan purposes within six years from the date of this Agreement, the Government of the United States of America may use the local currency for any purposes authorized by Section 104 of the Act.

A minor is subject to tax on his own earnings even though his parent may, under local law, have the right to them and might actually have received the money.

and it is to be noted also that confidence should grow from remembering that great men often appeared in the past to turn local catastrophe into future good for all mankind.

Having a boat financed through a local bank is done much the same way as an automobile loan is extended.

It is always wise to consult your marine dealer, local yacht or boat club secretary, or local law enforcement officers if you are not positive what the regulations are.

However, there is also much to be gained by making use of the abilities of the local people who are available and interested in recreation.

Not a year goes by but what several local companies in the U.S. and Canada, even overseas, write to Fueloil & Oil Heat to inquire if it's feasible and where it is being done.

For this first development the supplier signing the lease is a major oil company but in turn the deal is being transferred for operation to its local fueloil distributor.

Oddly enough, this is an amulet against housebreakers, presented to the mem and me by a local rajah in 1949.