Over the rapidly-diminishing outline of a jump seat piled high with luggage Herry's black brushcut was just discernible, near, or enviably near that spot where -- hidden -- more delicately-textured, most beautifully tinted hair must still be streaming back in cool, oh cool wind sweetly perfumed with sagebrush and yucca flowers and engine fumes.

The use of map coordinates was begun when the senior officers began to select tactical points by designating a spot as `` near the letter o in the word mountain ''.

He was trembling, a strange feeling upon him, fully expecting some catastrophe to strike him dead on the spot.

In December I wrote her with authority that we would meet on the steps of the Hotel Astor, a rendezvous spot that I had learned was the most sophisticated.

The mean temperature of this region was approximated by the temperature measured halfways between the edge of the hot spot and the rim of the plug.

The mean temperature of the surface was then computed according to the following relation: Af where x is the fraction of the plug area covered by the hot spot.

There was a wet spot -- she couldn't have been gone long ''.

If it was designed to put me on the spot, it would have to have been written before Peralta ever called me in on the case ''.

Next to the ocean, probably the loneliest spot was the desert.

Lincoln demanded that Polk show Congress the exact spot on which blood had been shed and prove that the spot was on American soil.

Aeneas was then enveloped in a cloud by Apollo, who took him to Pergamos, a sacred spot in Troy.

Hastings reasoned, " Here was the spot where he had lived when he first came to this country.

While he was busy with the burial ceremonies for his brother, the Danes defeated the English in his absence at an unnamed spot, and then again in his presence at Wilton in May.

Their one monastery was on the top of Monte Varese, near Lago Maggiore, on the spot where their foundress, the Blessed Catarina Morigia ( or Catherine of Palanza ), had first led a solitary life.

Following transposition and docking, the crew noticed the exterior surface of the Lunar Module was giving off particles from a spot where the LM's skin appeared torn or shredded ; at one point, Charlie Duke estimated they were seeing about five to ten particles per second.

For years, it was confidently counted on that this spot, and the railroad of which it was the terminus, were going to prove the permanent seat of business and wealth that belong to such enterprises.

A flag was later erected near the spot the ball cleared the back wall, with simply the word " HERE " upon it.

Holly was offered a spot in the Winter Dance Party, a three-week tour across the Midwest opening on January 23, 1959, by the GAC agency, with other notable performers such as Dion and the Belmonts, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. " The Big Bopper " Richardson.

InBev was the second-largest beer-producing company in the world and Anheuser-Busch held the third spot, but after the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch by InBev, the new Anheuser-Busch InBev company is currently the largest brewer in the world.

There was a mighty hiss of compressed air from her tanks and the U-27 vanished from sight in a vortex of giant rumbling bubbles, leaving a pall of smoke over the spot where she had been.

One bright spot was running back Paul Robinson, who rushed for 1, 023 yards and was named the AFL Rookie of the Year.

The only loss during that streak was on September 28 to the Arizona Diamondbacks, a loss that clinched the Diamondbacks ' playoff spot.

She began to watch a blonde-haired man, also in shorts, standing right at the rear of the wrecked car in the one spot that most of the crowd had detoured slightly.

She is also the only one in Poirot's universe to have noted that " It ’ s not natural for five or six people to be on the spot when B is murdered and all have a motive for killing B.

Cooee is also a notional distance: if he's within cooee, we'll spot him.

Just inside the entrance is The Stone of Anointing, also known as The Stone of Unction, which tradition claims to be the spot where Jesus ' body was prepared for burial by Joseph of Arimathea.

Apart from its strong indigenous film tradition, France has also been a gathering spot for artists from across Europe and the world.

( 1982 ) as the highest-grossing film in Japan – and Princess Mononoke ( 1997 ), which also claimed the top box office spot until Titanic ( 1997 ).

They are also more likely to have piebald coats, and will almost always have a white spot on the chest or face.

Note also that until well into the 20th Century, rather than an official readying the ball for scrimmage, the side entitled to the snap had complete custody of the ball and could snap it from the required spot at any time ; for instance, a tackled ball carrier might feign injury, then suddenly snap the ball while recumbent, there being no stance requirement yet.

Erythema, pain and hardness on the spot of injection are also frequently observed.

Even though it is virtually impossible to hit all 20 numbers on a 20 spot ticket, the same player would typically also get paid for hitting “ catches ” 0, 1, 2, 3, and 7 through 19 out of 20, often with the 17 through 19 catches paying the same as the solid 20 hit.

It is named for the Japanese crane ( Grus japonensis ), which also has a red spot on its head.

His wife was also killed on the spot.

Ooplasm ( also: oöplasm ) is the yolk of the ovum, a cell substance at its center, which contains its nucleus, named the germinal vesicle, and the nucleolus, called the germinal spot.

Whitehouse also claimed to have a soft spot for Everton when asked on the Danny Baker radio show broadcast on Saturday 13 February 2010 to describe his childhood bedroom Whitehouse responded by saying " There's an Everton and Tottenham poster on the wall.

The estuary is one of the few good harbours on West Africa's surf-pounded " Windward Shore " ( Liberia to Senegal ), and also has a good watering spot ; it soon became a favourite destination of European mariners.

Staubach was also named Super Bowl MVP during that game, essentially assuring him the starting spot in the future.

Cooking with lower quality woks is also more difficult and precarious since they often have a " hot spot ".

Some cookware makers are now offering round-bottomed woks with a small flat spot to provide induction contact, with a specially-designed support ring ; and some induction cooktops are now also available with a rounded burner that is able to make contact with the rounded bottom of a traditional wok.

* February 1 – The Beatles vault to the # 1 spot on the U. S. singles charts for the first time, with " I Want to Hold Your Hand ", forever changing the way popular music sounds to Americans, also starting the British Invasion in America.

The major diseases in temperate environments include the following, arranged in a rough order of their significance from cooler to warmer climates: eyespot, Stagonospora nodorum blotch ( also known as glume blotch ), yellow or stripe rust, powdery mildew, Septoria tritici blotch ( sometimes known as leaf blotch ), brown or leaf rust, Fusarium head blight, tan spot and stem rust.

In tropical areas, spot blotch ( also known as Helminthosporium leaf blight ) is also important.

There is also an ascomycete fungus, Cochliobolus miyabeanus, that causes brown spot disease in rice.

The dam has also become a " favorite spot " for predatory fish to congregate, feasting on the salmon that get trapped both above and below the dam.

They also have extremely keen eyesight ( up to 3. 6 times human acuity for the martial eagle ) which enables them to spot potential prey from a very long distance.