A 1942 eyewitness description spoke of " a low grove of dead and decaying kou trees " on a very shallow hill at the island's center, but 58 years later ( 2000 ) a visitor accompanying a scientific expedition reported seeing " a flat bulldozed plain of coral sand, without a single tree " and some traces of building ruins.

In 1573, for instance, a Venetian visitor to the Ottoman Empire observed that many of the Turkish natives of Constantinople regularly drink a " certain black water made with opium " that makes them feel good, but to which they become so addicted that if they try to go without they will " quickly die.

Although the majority of the assembled bishops agreed with this, the visitor could not be withdrawn without Theodoric's consent ; this was not forthcoming.

Since the Vietnamese believe that the first visitor a family receives in the year determines their fortune for the entire year, people never enter any house on the first day without being invited first.

A visitor in 1830 described Smith's coal mine as having a thick bed of coal, and found the mine "... extensively wrought, and the scene both without and within is exceedingly imposing.

It was noted for its great resistance to thermal shock ; a visitor to the factory in Böttger's time reported having seen a white-hot teapot being removed from the kiln and dropped into cold water without damage.

Mr. Lamar waved his visitor to a chair without saying a word.

Charles Coughlin praised the late Mayor Jimmy Walker in New York, Hayes ( who had earlier denounced Walker for his perceived lack of morality ) ruled that no ecclesiastical visitor might address a religious gathering without the Cardinal's permission.

It more often indicates an unexpected visitor who would otherwise come as a surprise without phone calls or any kind of announcement beforehand.

Given certain legal traditions of copyright, blogs may not be " open source " in the sense that one is prohibited from taking the blogger's words or visitor comments and re-using them in another form without breaching the author's copyright or making payment.

The refuge provides hiking and driving trails for visitors, with excellent opportunities for observing wildlife without causing disturbance ; most of the species listed above can be seen by a casual visitor.

* Paul Levinson's novel The Plot To Save Socrates features a fictional ancient Platonic Dialogue, without title, that begins " PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: Socrates ; Andros, a visitor.

She later gives up the annuity she had been receiving from Geoffrey Haredale and, without explanation, takes Barnaby and leaves the City hoping to escape the unwanted visitor.

If the visitor is lucky, the waywatchers will guide him out of the forest without showing themselves.

There is no narthex in which to linger: the visitor is projected immediately into the body of the church, a single nave without aisles, so that the congregation is assembled and attention is focused on the high altar.

A boardwalk into the swamp gives the visitor a chance for an up-close swamp experience without getting his or her feet wet.

Over the years, people have searched for the treasure without success, though an Australian visitor to the atoll discovered a cache of medallions, the contents of which indicated they came from South America.

The intention of the scheme is to allow people to continue their stay in a country without having to return home for medical care ; as such, it does not cover people who have visited a country for the purpose of obtaining medical care, nor does it cover care, such as many types of dental treatment, which can be delayed until the visitor returns home.

The windcatcher approach has recently been utilized in Western architecture, such as in the visitor center at Zion National Park, Utah, where it functions without the addition of mechanical devices in order to regulate temperature.

: This endorsement is found in British National ( Overseas ) passports, and accordingly holders of the BN ( O ) passport have six-month access to the UK as a visitor without an entry certificate or visa.

Many of them have a reputation among believers of being able to know the secrets of a person's heart without having ever previously met the visitor, and having the ability to discern God's plan for a person's life.

The gardens themselves are open free of charge the year round, and the 192 permanent employes make sure that not a dead or wilted flower is ever seen indoors or out by any visitor.

It receives no Government or regional funding, or any of the Trust ’ s visitor or facility rental fees.

The use of VR in heritage and archaeology has potential in museum and visitor centre applications, but its use has been tempered by the difficulty in presenting a " quick to learn " real time experience to numerous people at any given time.

A reviewer wrote, " The visitor is struck, on entering the gallery, with a curious sense of harmony and fitness pervading it, and is more interested, perhaps, in the general effect than in any one work.

As part of Bournemouth's visitor attractions, any request for expansion of the orchestra or changes to their contracts were the subject of exhaustive debates in the Council chamber.

The altars are usually open to any visitor who wishes to pay homage.

When SourceWatch began, any visitor to the site could edit existing articles and create new ones.

The Hitchhiker's Guide advises any alien visitor to New York to get a job as a cab driver, as it does not require a human appearance, knowledge of the English language or indeed the local laws of physics.

For this reason it is important for visitors to be careful not to disturb nesting turtles, and to report any sightings to the visitor centre.

The novel describes Rhett as " a visitor from Charleston "; a black sheep, who was expelled from West Point and is not received by any family with reputation in the whole of Charleston, and perhaps all of South Carolina.

Once on-line, the missing child flyer can be e-mailed and faxed by any visitor to the site to help distribute information about the missing child.

Necessitating that any future plans to enhance visitor facilities will need to be carefully designed to be in keeping with the station's architecture and historic character.

Van Buren wrote in his autobiography of Jackson ’ s toast, “ The veil was rent – the incantations of the night were exposed to the light of day .” Thomas Hart Benton, in his memoirs, stated that the toast “ electrified the country .” Jackson would have the final words a few days later when a visitor from South Carolina asked if Jackson had any message he wanted relayed to his friends back in the state.

In the United Kingdom, where the Colorado beetle is a rare visitor on imported farm produce, it is a notifiable pest: any found must be reported to DEFRA.

The Makassarese kings maintained a policy of free trade, insisting on the right of any visitor to do business in the city, and rejecting the attempts of the Dutch to establish a monopoly over the city.

Although the exceptional historic influence of the Lunar Society of Birmingham has made it much the best-known, the contemporary William Hutton described hundreds of such associations in Birmingham with thousands of members, and the German visitor Philipp Nemnich commented late in the century that " the inhabitants of Birmingham are fonder of associations in clubs than almost any other place I know ".

Steve-O and Chris seem open to any new experience, which has given them a chance to experience rituals and partake in events that a typical visitor or tourist may not be privy to.

This feeling that man is not a mere casual visitor at the palace-gate of the world, but the invited guest whose presence is needed to give the royal banquet its sole meaning, is not confined to any particular sect in India.

It contains a wealth of knowledge for any visitor to the area.

The legend applied to Trevi Fountain has been extended to this: that any visitor who throws a coin into the water ( while facing away from the fountain ) will have guaranteed their return to Rome.

A receptionist may also assume some security guard access control functions for an organization by verifying employee identification, issuing visitor passes, and observing and reporting any unusual or suspicious persons or activities.

The park initially denied any responsibility until a visitor publicly released a photograph of the accident.