Chairs scraped back and customers hastily vacated their tables as the tall young buffalo hunter pushed open the swing doors and walked towards the bar.

At that moment, up walked a tall young man with glasses who announced himself as a world citizen from Basel, Switzerland.

Bill, the ' star ' in a tall hat and black overcoat, walked back and forth across the stage with great wooden gestures.

A biped, Lucy stood about three and a half feet tall, and added support to Raymond Dart's theory that australopithecines walked upright.

His skeleton shows him to have been a tall, powerfully built man who walked with a limp.

It walked on four legs and had a tall, curved skull with large teeth of different sizes set along the jaws.

I will never forget the image of the two antagonists as they left the club: Einstein, with his tall and commanding figure, who walked tranquilly, with a mildly ironic smile, and Bohr who trotted along beside him, full of excitement ... The morning after saw the triumph of Bohr.

He was testing his gamma bomb out in the desert, but a tall figure walked out into the testing area.

She is 175. 5 cm tall blue-eyed blonde who has walked the runway for Thierry Mugler, Christian Lacroix and Lanvin.

He walked away from me to a tall cylindrical jar in the corner.

The tripods walked on three tall, articulated legs, had a grouping of long metallic tentacles underneath, a flexible appendage holding the heat-ray projector, and atop the main body a hood-like head that housed a single Martian.

' He was a tall man, who walked as though he didn't care a damn for anybody.

To simulate fluid flow, many experiments involved immersing objects in streams of water or simply dropping them off the top of a tall building.

In " A Village Sketch ," author Miss Mitford wrote: " Then comes a sun-burnt gipsy of six, beginning to grow tall and thin and to find the cares of the world gathering about her ; with a pitcher in one hand, a mop in the other, an old straw bonnet of ambiguous shape, half hiding her tangled hair ; a tattered stuff petticoat once green, hanging below an equally tattered cotton frock, once purple ; her longing eyes fixed on a game of baseball at the corner of the green till she reaches the cottage door, flings down the mop and pitcher and darts off to her companions quite regardless of the storm of scolding with which the mother follows her runaway steps.

The weakened sailors had trouble fending off the tall and robust natives until a few shots from the Trinidad's big guns frightened them off the ship and they retreated into the surrounding jungle.

Most sirens are mounted on poles that are usually around 30 to 50 feet off the ground, on top of buildings, or sometimes on tall structures, such as water towers.

" Even the Jewish community was turned off by the film ; the B ' nai B ' rith Messenger of Los Angeles branded the film as " tall with the reputation that Disney is making for himself as an arch-reactionary.

* " A Schooner Of Science " A tall, refreshing glass of science to stave off the scurvy.

The high climber ( also known as a tree topper ) used iron climbing hooks and rope to ascend a tall tree in the landing area of the logging site, where he would chop off limbs as he climbed, chop off the top of the tree, and finally attach pulleys and rigging to the tree so it could be used as a spar so logs could be skidded into the landing.

In the summer of 2005, the board of the club decided to remove the tall fences around the pitch, replacing them with 90 cm high railings keeping the spectators off the grass.

Of course, each of his tricks fail, either due to their flaws or, more often than not, because of intervention by either Hector the Bulldog or an indignant Granny ( voiced by Bea Benaderet and later June Foray ), or after Tweety steers the enemy toward them or another device ( such as off the ledge of a tall building or an oncoming train ).

He contracted with the Washington Mill Company to build a sawmill on a spit of land off the Bay, on a low bank, but deep enough waters for tall ships to moor.

Steep closes ( or alleyways ) run between the many tall lands ( or tenement buildings ) off the main thoroughfare.

She states that the conquest by the Vikings sent the indigenous, dark-haired Picts into hiding and that " many stories exist in Shetland of these strange people, smaller and darker than the tall, blond Vikings who, having been driven off their land into sea caves, emerged at night to steal from the new land owners.

The items auctioned off included the original lyrics sheet to the group ’ s hits “ The Rock Show ” and " Adam's Song ", Bad Religion autographed cymbal, hand painted 1. 5 FT tall Bunny, blink-182 tour backstage pass, stickers, postcard / magnets, trading cards, the band ’ s dressing room sign from the 2000 VMAs, and Hoppus orange sweater from the “ Dammit ” music video.

During a stop in Occidental, Fisher got off the train to stretch his legs and observed the diminutive walrus-moustached Fehr in heated altercation with the tall and lanky " candy butcher ," who sold refreshments on the train and also distributed newspapers to shops in towns along the train route.

The nest is located in tall trees, 4 – 6 m off the ground, in natural cavities.

Unable to shake off his pursuers, Zu Mao then dismounted, hanged the scarf onto a half-burnt pillar, and hid himself in the tall grasses nearby.

Paige also liked to tell a tall tale referencing one hotel at which he and Bell stayed, in which there was a short delay between flipping the light switch off and the lights actually going off due to faulty wiring, sufficient for Bell to jump into bed in the interim.

This island has tall rugged rocks and is surrounded by a wall that prevents anything that goes through unless it goes into the main entrance which is difficult to find or a gate guarded by a receptionist named Suzuki who is beaten by Mink and runs off.

Located off the Maude Street Mall, there is a communication tower which is tall with an observation deck 35m high accessed by 160 steps.

It lies in a slightly hidden location, just off the main shopping street in the city, but signals its presence with a tall spire.

Indian tribes such as the Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole all told stories of a creature that stood 5 – 8 feet tall, and gave off a pungent odor.

We had been walking quite briskly, for despite your being so small and me so tall, your stride in those days could easily match mine.

Variety described the premise: " Lobo is a seven-foot tall, blue-skinned, indestructible and heavily muscled anti-hero who drives a pimped out motorcycle, and lands on Earth in search of four fugitives who are bent on wreaking havoc.

In their search through Germany to uncover the secrets behind its disappearance, they escape near-death in the tunnels running through the Harz Mountains, find themselves hanging off the edge of a tall church steeple, and discover a surprise in a hidden chamber of a Bohemian castle in the Czech Republic.

Emperor Wu of Han ( r. 141 BC-87 BC ) went to war with the Dayuan for this reason, since the Dayuan were hording a massive amount of tall, strong, Central Asian bred horses in the Hellenized – Greek region of Fergana ( established slightly earlier by Alexander the Great ).

Three endemic species dominate the tall and lower montane forests of the archipelago, Drimys confertifolia on both main islands, Myrceugenia fernandeziana on Robinson Crusoe, and M. schulzei on Alexander Selkirk.

Prince Alexander possessed much charm and amiability of manner ; he was tall, dignified and strikingly handsome.

The first actors to portray Mutt and Jeff in the comedy shorts were Sam D. Drane, a tall man noted for his resemblance to President Lincoln, who actually played Lincoln in his last movie, The Crisis ( 1916 ), as A. Mutt, and Gus Alexander, whose nickname was " Shorty ," as Jeff.

Louise herself was attracted to Alexander ; he was tall and handsome.

Wounded in his shoulder, standing at over 1. 8 m ( 6 feet ) tall, he was asked by Alexander how he wished to be treated.

After being told by the ballet master, Alan Alexander Cross, that she was too tall and would never make it as a ballerina, she changed direction.

In its classic form, popularized by American test designer professor Alexander Calandra ( 1911 – 2006 ), the question asked the student to " show how it is possible to determine the height of a tall building with the aid of a barometer?