For a brief period each year, the rays of the sun are warm enough to melt some of the snows piled a mile deep at the base of the headwalls, and then the pinnacles glisten in the daytime at high noon, and billions of gallons of water begin their slow seepage under the glaciers and across the rockstrewn hanging valleys on their long, meandering journey to the sea -- running east past the sky-carving massifs of Gurla Mandhata and Kemchenjunga, then turning south and curling down through the jungles of Assam, past the Khasi Hills, and into Bengal, past Sirinjani and Madaripur, until the hard water of the melting snows mingles with the soft drainage of fields and at length fans out to meld with the teeming salt depths of the Bay of Bengal.

When all else fails, it is argued that open sessions slow down governmental operations.

Mr. Podger sat down in it, pushed himself back and forth in one or two slow, rhythmic motions, and then swung his feet up into it.

( 2 ) slow down and permit the ambivalent driver to change lanes ; ;

The really remarkable thing to me is that most California natives unhesitatingly elect to slow down and permit the invading car free access.

They don't expect to stop him, just slow him down some with the bat.

Martha Schuyler, old, slow, careful of foot, came down the great staircase, dressed in her best lace-drawn black silk, her jeweled shoe buckles held forward.

In the military field, incoming orders turned down early in the year, and remained rather slow until late fall when the upturn in procurement of equipment began to make itself felt in rising orders for components.

The slippage of the drive belts caused the aerator to slow down and reduce oxygen transfer as well as the mixing of the raw sewage.

Then, after many more billions of years, when all the galaxies are whistling toward a common center, this movement will slow down and reverse itself again.

Yusuf did not reconquer much from the Christian kingdoms, except Valencia, but he did slow down the reconquista by uniting al-Andalus.

Another classification system is based on biological activity ; in this classification, antibacterials are divided into two broad groups according to their biological effect on microorganisms: bactericidal agents kill bacteria, and bacteriostatic agents slow down or stall bacterial growth.

As long as the machines were synchronized, the mix would sound more-or-less normal, but if the operator placed his finger on the flange of one of the players ( hence " flanger "), that machine would slow down and its signal would fall out-of-phase with its partner, producing a phasing effect.

In particular, home versions of arcade games sometimes had problems with flickering and slow down when more than a few moving objects appeared on the screen at once.

Many unaware drivers fail to slow down after exiting the highway.

Track riders are still able to slow down because all track bicycles are fixed-gear, meaning that there is no freewheel.

Modern biotechnology can be used to slow down the process of spoilage so that fruit can ripen longer on the plant and then be transported to the consumer with a still reasonable shelf life.

Nelson then gave orders for his leading ships to slow down in order to allow the British fleet to approach in a more organised formation.

Nelson ordered the fleet to slow down at 16: 00 to allow his ships to rig " springs " on their anchor cables, a system of attaching the bow anchor that increased stability and allowed his ships to swing their broadsides to face an enemy while stationary.

The power and aerodynamics of the Hornet allows them to perform a slow, high angle of attack " tail sitting " maneuver, and to fly a " dirty " ( landing gear down ) formation loop, the last of which is not duplicated by the Thunderbirds.

It is also very common to slow down a kick inches before hitting the target, so a capoeirista can enforce superiority without the need of injuring the opponent.

Catalysts can only speed up the reaction – chemicals that slow down the reaction are called inhibitors.

On the other hand, the client / server model works with any size or physical layout of LAN and doesn't tend to slow down with a heavy use.

As mentioned above, this is usually broken down verbally as " slow, slow ; quick, quick " where the ' slows ' cover two beats ( or ' counts ') each and the ' quicks ' mark a single beat ( or ' count ') each.

This helps maximize speed, reduces weight, and avoids sudden braking while nevertheless allowing the rider to slow by pushing back against the pedals.

The rider could also slow down by resisting the pedals of the fixed wheel drive.

A slow pace can be relatively comfortable, as the rider is lightly rocked from side to side.

Quirts are occasionally carried on horses used in western riding disciplines, but because the action of a quirt is slow, they are not used to correct or guide the horse, but are more apt to be used by a rider to reach out and strike at animals, such as cattle that are being herded from horseback.

A slow pace is uncomfortable for the rider and is not encouraged when training the horse to perform the gait.

Footbraking is the method of the rider dragging his foot on the ground while moving to slow himself down.

It is not meant to stop the rider, but rather slow the rider to maintain control and stability.

There should be an easily seen change of speed as the rider transitions from the large, fast to the small, slow circles.

Descending any significant gradient is more difficult as the rider must spin the cranks at high speed ( sometimes at 170 rpm or more ), or use the brakes to slow down.

During the Great Depression a large population of Americans driven by poverty rode the railroad system and the term easy rider ( along with hobo and bum ) found its way into slang vocabulary to mean a slow moving train and the men that, even after the great depression, continued to live and travel along the rails.

The replay official ( usually a former bull rider ) may request different angles and / or slow motion, as well as freeze particular frames.

To pull up the spirited horse, the rider should do so very slowly and quietly, rather than harshly, bringing the bit slowly against him to coax him to slow down.

Steel Phantom at Kennywood set the world record for speed before engineers added additional brakes to slow the ride down because of safety and rider comfort concerns.

In the event the vehicle in front slows down or is too close, the ACC applies the brakes to slow the vehicle.

This mainly applies to slow flight, where maintaining a nose-up attitude requires a lot of trim.

* Artist: A digital artist applies artistic touches to images in a slow manner so you can see the artist work

The above discussion applies to populations in their ancestral homes when migrations and gene flow were slow.