They are huge areas which have been swept by winds for so many centuries that there is no soil left, but only deep bare ridges fifty or sixty yards apart with ravines between them thirty or forty feet deep and the only thing that moves is a scuttling layer of sand.

They followed up by a campaign which swept the allies to the east bank of the Rhine and left the French, by the beginning of 1795, conquering Holland itself.

They first swept the Pittsburgh Pirates, thanks to walk-off home runs by Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun, tying the New York Mets for the Wild Card lead with 3 games to go against the NL Central division champion Chicago Cubs.

They are soon swept into the world of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a self-proclaimed " Sweet Transvestite " from Transsexual, Transylvania.

They swept over the vastly unprepared 106th Infantry Division, overrunning two of its regiments who surrendered virtually intact, and finally capturing the key road and railroad network in St. Vith.

They had then swept on westwards into what in the time of Constantine had been the western provinces of the Roman Empire, in North Africa and Spain.

They advanced to their first ever WNBA Finals and swept the fourth-seeded Charlotte Sting from the Eastern Conference.

They lost to the Rangers two years in a row in 1981 – 82 and 1982 – 83 and then were swept by the Washington Capitals in 1983 – 84.

They were seeded first in the playoffs, and swept through the first two rounds against New Jersey and Washington, advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals against defending Champion Detroit.

They won a hard-fought seven-game series against the Milwaukee Bucks, but they were swept by the Orlando Magic in the second round, with every game a one-sided contest.

They recorded a then-franchise record 61 wins, and romped through the playoffs, where they swept the defending champion Pistons in the Conference Finals and won the Finals in 5 over the Magic Johnson-led Los Angeles Lakers on June 12, 1991.

They defeated the Warriors in a seven-game series to open the postseason before being swept by Portland in the Western Conference Finals.

They swept the playoffs up till the NBA Finals, and faced the Detroit Pistons again.

They advanced all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals ( losing only once in the process ) before getting swept by defending Stanley Cup Champions the New York Islanders.

They then swept the Minnesota North Stars in the conference finals to earn a rematch with the Islanders in the Stanley Cup Finals.

They swept the National League Championship Series and then edged the Boston Red Sox in a drama-filled, seven-game World Series.

They swept the Kansas City Royals in the American League Championship Series ( ALCS ) and then beat the San Diego Padres in five games in the World Series for Anderson's third world title.

They were branded " les bandits en auto " by the press and a wave of panic swept the nation.

They were also swept by the Cleveland Indians in the 1995 AL Division Series in three games ( extending their postseason losing streak to a major-league record 13 games ), lost again to the Indians in the 1998 ALDS three games to one, and were defeated by the Yankees four games to one in the 1999 ALCS.

They repudiated the cult of the past and all imitation, praised originality, " however daring, however violent ", bore proudly " the smear of madness ", dismissed art critics as useless, rebelled against harmony and good taste, swept away all the themes and subjects of all previous art, and gloried in science.

They finished in a tie for the Central Division title, but were awarded a wild card berth due to being swept by the eventual champion Michigan Panthers.

They did not reach the playoffs in the three subsequent seasons, were swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2007 NLDS, were swept again by the NL West champions LA Dodgers in the 2008 NLDS, and missed the playoffs from 2009 on.

They were ultimately swept away by an avalanche, which only Kurz survived, hanging on a rope.

They finally decided to turn back and during the descent, an avalanche swept 10 members of the party down the snowfield through a bottleneck of rocks.

They concluded that it could " mislead the viewer as to the true nature of the product " as the advert contained so many pieces of Caribbean imagery, one might conclude it came from Cuba.

They began to use water mills, enclosed furnaces, and steam engines to produce higher-quality sugar at a much more efficient pace than elsewhere in the Caribbean.

They appear less frequently in the United States, although they are gradually becoming more popular, in Florida and the Caribbean.

They returned shortly after, however, and developed a series of fortifications along the Caribbean coast.

They toured the colonies of the British Empire in the Caribbean, South Africa and Australia, and visited Norfolk, Virginia, as well as South America, the Mediterranean, Egypt, and East Asia.

They have been found in the Caribbean and the Atlantic coasts of Africa and South America for less than 500 years, but evidence of their presence on the Pacific coast of South America predates Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas.

They expanded down the Orinoco River to Trinidad, and then spread rapidly up the islands of the Caribbean.

They brought with them millions of slaves imported from Africa to support the tropical plantation system that spread through the Caribbean islands.

They appeared to have owed their dominance in the Caribbean basin to their mastery of warfare.

They include a Native American in profile and a ribbon reading " Wino Forever " ( originally " Winona Forever ", altered after his breakup with Winona Ryder ) on his right biceps, " Lily-Rose " ( his daughter's name ) over his heart, " Betty Sue " ( his mother's name ) on his left biceps, and a sparrow flying over water with the word " Jack " ( his son's name ; the sparrow is flying towards him rather than away from him as it is in Pirates of the Caribbean ) on his right forearm.

They are native to the hot and dry ( arid ) parts of North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

" They called the graphics " stunning throughout ", and believed that, when they were combined with the " excellent Caribbean tunes ", the result is a game filled with " character and atmosphere.

They captured and shipped 40 people, including children older than 12, to Antigua in the Caribbean, where they were sold into slavery.

They were a branch of the Taínos who inhabited most of the Caribbean islands at the time.

They were booked at several hotels in the Caribbean, Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas and New York.

They occur in South America, the Caribbean, Texas, Louisiana, and southern Florida USA.

They followed the example of neighboring Caribbean colonies in coercive treatment of the slaves.

They were married on September 8, 2003 in the Caribbean.

They are known from the Caribbean Sea, eastern Atlantic, the western and central Indopacific and the Pacific coast of Central America.

They overwinter in the southern and north-eastern United States, the Great Lakes region, northern Mexico and the Caribbean.

They are migratory and most winter in northern South America and the Caribbean, generally not migrating as far as the Blue-winged Teal.

They also occur on three Caribbean islands: Jamaica, Hispaniola and Tobago.

They have been reported as far north as Texas, and as far east as Trinidad and Barbados in the Caribbean.

They have been reported as far north as Texas, and as far east as Trinidad and Barbados in the Caribbean.

They may even spend the winter on lakes in parks, as long as they are not harassed, and will occur even on smallish Caribbean islands such as Grand Cayman.