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Water from the snow and water from the towels had run off the kid to the table where the dough was, and the dough was turning pasty, sticking to the kid's back and behind.
Recounting personal observations of clearance work, the Councilman cited instances of inefficient use of equipment or supplies by poorly trained workers and urged that plow blades be set so they do not leave behind a thin layer of snow which eventually freezes.
Almost all runoff from the North Rim ( which also gets more rain and snow ) flows toward the Grand Canyon, while much of the runoff on the plateau behind the South Rim flows away from the canyon ( following the general tilt ).
Having deduced her parents are imprisoned in the snow globe on the mantle, Coraline tricks the Other Mother by saying her parents are behind the door in the drawing room.
Latour, moving along muddy forest trails amid snow and sleet squalls, fell badly behind schedule.
Crews often complained that snow and dirt were accumulating behind the " skirt " panels, clogging the suspension.
" announces the lawyer peering out from behind a snow bank.
Mistakenly believing they had already cleared the mountain tops before starting their descent – when in fact they were still behind cloud-covered peaks – Star Dust impacted Mount Tupungato, killing all aboard and burying itself in snow and ice.
Second, the plastic construction, with a large amount of snow-side surface area keeps the sled afloat in deeper snow conditions ( the same principle behind wider powder skis or snowboards ).
* United Nations forces in Korea begin Operation Moonlight Sonata, which uses the illumination effect of the moon on snow to allow night-flying aircraft to find enemy trains operating at night and isolate them by bombing the tracks in front of and behind them, with carrier-based naval aircraft destroying the isolated trains the following morning.
After that, the natives dragged her body into a snow bank behind a tree, so as to not be visible from the trail, and then took her boots.
For example, flowing streams, mountains behind, a snow range in front, and a river below.
In addition, the very strong wind fields behind the cold front and the powdery nature of the snow reduced visibilities on the open plains to zero.
* Snow: A form of brig where the gaff spanker or driver is rigged on a " snow mast " a lighter spar supported in chocks close behind the main-mast.
Naturally, the snow didn't last long, leaving behind a collection of waterlogged but snow-less ski jumps and chair lifts.
Trapped in snow in the mountains, presumably the Sierra Nevadas, the greedy Jonas leaves the Finleys behind to wait for reinforcements, and he forces the unwilling Kate to drive their wagon.
The blades on this wheel cut through the snow and force it through a channel just behind the disk to an output chute located at the top of the blade assembly.
An operator sits in a cab just above and behind the blade assembly to control the speed of the blades and the direction of output for the snow from the output chute.
" Heavy snow slowed both teams, with Notre Dame coming from behind to win, 17 – 16.
In Canada purpose built snowplow cars ( based on a box car with caboose cab located above and behind the blade ) are in use in areas where there is a significant snow fall during winter periods ( especially in Western Canada, Newfoundland and Northern Ontario ).
It was still 6872 ' elev., and the snow was real, but behind the cameras was the Summit House restaurant.
One day, near Christmas, when going to church, she sees Gilliat on the road behind her and writes his name in the snow.
In the window behind her, the courtyard is dusted with snow.
Sasquatch prints were also reported found in snow on the boardwalks of the unused bunkhouses behind Klemtu Cannery.

snow and him
The sharp wind slapped at him and his feet felt like ice as the snow penetrated the holes of his shoes, his only ones, now patched with folded parchment.
Hans is rubbing him with snow.
She had surprised Hans like she had surprised me when she said she'd go, and then she surprised him again when she came back so quick like she must have, because when I came in with the snow she was there with a bottle with three white feathers on its label and Hans was holding it angrily by the throat.
Approaching the fireplace, Kulesh killed Centurashvili with an axe, burned his clothes, then dismembered him and hid the pieces in snow, in different places, putting specific marks on each burial place.
Aubrey's vivid account, which portrays Bacon as a martyr to experimental scientific method, had him journeying to Highgate through the snow with the King's physician when he is suddenly inspired by the possibility of using the snow to preserve meat: " They were resolved they would try the experiment presently.
Unbeknownst to him, his body reacted by instantly disintegrating into snow, which in turn melted and he existed in a gaseous state for a short period of time.
In his senior year, a vehicle breakdown almost forced him to spend a night in the snow, causing him to vow never to see a snowflake again.
Erasmus saluted him as one " whose soul was more pure than any snow, whose genius was such that England never had and never again will have its like ".
A scholar loves a widow lady, who, being enamoured of another, causes him to spend a winter's night awaiting her in the snow.
He removed the boy's clothing and led him outside into the snow, where, far from being upset, Victor began to frolic about in the nude, showing Bonnaterre that he was clearly accustomed to exposure and cold.
He walked through the deep snow of a hard winter the 105 miles from Salem to the head of Narragansett Bay where the local Wampanoags offered him shelter and took him to the winter camp of their chief sachem, Massasoit, where he resided for 3 and a half months.
In terrains such as sand or snow, the Green Beret can camouflage himself, using a small shovel, making him invisible to the enemy.
On another episode, O ' Brien, noting that Hanks was missing Christmas on his promotional tour, brought the season to him, including a gift ( the skeleton of Hooch ), and a mass of snow burying them both.
The same storm also trapped an experienced Japanese mountaineer when the weather unexpectedly closed in on him, but he built a snow cave and sheltered in it until he was rescued days later.
He abandoned most of this footage ( which included him being chased through the snow by Big Jim, instead of just around the hut as in the final cut ), retaining only the film's opening scene.
Roderigues ( Ricardo Montalbán ), a latino from Los Angeles, is delighted by the novelty of snow, but his foxhole mate Pop Stazak ( George Murphy ), awaiting a " dependency discharge " that will send him home, is unimpressed.
He is unable to walk, so Holley hastily conceals him under a disabled jeep half-buried in snow, promising to return for him.
Heracles had visited Chiron to gain advice on how to catch the boar, and Chiron had told him to drive it into thick snow, which sets this Labour in mid-winter.
She is offended when she hears him say that his wife's skin is like the wind, and her heart is as cold as snow.
The season associated with him is winter ( snow ), direction is north-east and element is ether or space.
When news reached him that king Rusas I of Urartu was moving against him, he turned back to Lake Urmia in forced marches and defeated a Urartian army in a steep valley of the Uaush ( probably the Sahend, east of Lake Urmia, or further to the south, in Mannaea country ), a steep mountain that reached the clouds and whose flanks were covered by snow.

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