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When the anchor lands on the bottom, it will generally fall over with the arms parallel to the seabed.
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When this happens, the anchor may be pulled out of the bottom, and in some cases may need to be hauled up to be re-set.
When a vessel is in a narrow channel or on a lee shore so that there is no room to tack the vessel in a conventional manner an anchor attached to the lee quarter may be dropped from the lee bow.
When Heureux and Mercure had cut their anchor cables to escape the exploding Orient, their crews had panicked and neither captain ( both of whom were wounded ) had managed to regain control of their ship.
When the rode is slack, the catenary curve presents a lower angle of pull on the anchor or mooring device than would be the case if it were nearly straight.
When the S. S. Grandcamp exploded in the Texas City Disaster on April 16, 1947, one fragment of that blast was a two ton anchor which was hurled nearly two miles inland to embed itself in the parking lot of the Pan American refinery.
When the customs area is full, yachts must anchor at the quarantine dock to wait, and those that do not are fined.
When the ketch dropped anchor, Rivers and Ray were at first too ill to go ashore.
When he found that his children had survived and were reigning at Tenedos, he sailed there intending to reconcile with them, but Tenes cut the anchor rope of his ship.
When Chancellor became sole anchor of the weeknight editions in August 1971, a separate anchor was named for the weekend editions.
When the show was on the road or a new substitute anchor was used, Reig recorded a new introduction in a Miami studio.
When a climber has reached the top of a climb an anchor must be set up to allow the leader to bring up the seconder safely.
When a ship would lay anchor in what would later be known as Jamestown harbour, Lopes would greet the sailors, talking to them as they came ashore.
When the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge sank, it severed the anchor cables of the bridge parallel to it.
When the tide changed at 21: 00, the Allies weighed anchor.
When the workers tried to order a suitable ship's anchor chain from London, the managers in London cancelled the first order because they thought it was a joke.
When their ship dropped anchor, O ' Neill seems to have joined them on impulse.
When ACA moved to WHDH in the fall of 1993, WBZ switched their late afternoon newscast to 5: 30, and began airing the freshman syndicated series American Journal ( with WBZ alumnus Nancy Glass as anchor ) at its 5 p. m. lead-in.
When the junta was formed, a sailboat, coming from Pilar Island and on its way to Ormoc, dropped anchor.
When used improperly or not at all, the impact of the anchor is decreased ; however, when used correctly, the power of a good anchor can be decidedly influential.
When the leader, moving up, reaches the end of the rope, or a convenient stopping point, he or she builds an anchor, hangs on it, and fixes the rope to it.
When belaying for a partner who is significantly heavier, it is advisable for the belayer to create an anchor point for him-or herself before allowing the climber to lead a route.
When his criminal mentor murders the prostitute whom Biberkopf has been relying on as an anchor, he realizes that he will be unable to extricate himself from the underworld into which he has sunk.
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When the secularization of church lands took place ( 1802 ) the diocese covered and had a population of 207, 000.
When the plane lands at Marseille, a French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the hijackers.
When Francis took the title in 1804, the Habsburg lands as a whole were dubbed the Kaisertum Österreich.
When his will was enforced, Rome responded by violently seizing the tribe's lands in full.
When the Roman Empire was divided into eastern and western halves in AD 395, Illyria east of the Drinus River ( Drina between Bosnia and Serbia ), including the lands that now form Albania, were administered by the Eastern Empire but were ecclesiastically dependent on Rome.
When Jackson became president, he agreed that the Indians should be encouraged, but not forced, to exchange eastern lands for western lands.
When Henry III and the King of France came to terms over the Duchy of Normandy, all lands except the Channel Islands recognised the suzerainty of the King of France.
When Rousseau was 10, his father, an avid hunter, got into a legal quarrel with a wealthy landowner on whose lands he had been caught trespassing.
When John still refused to come, Philip declared John in breach of his feudal responsibilities, reassigned all of John's lands that fell under the French crown to Arthur – with the exception of Normandy, which he took back for himself – and began a fresh war against John.
When relay sowing, if the last seed during sowing lands in an occupied hole, all the contents of that hole, including the last sown seed, are immediately resown from the hole.
When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.
When the country under the fascist rule of Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decided to invade a weakened France, under the Vichy regime ( after the Nazi occupation of Paris ) to return lost lands and settle disputed territories.
When the Senate refused to grant Caesar's veterans lands and a further governorship of Gaul, he turned to the tribunes with his demands and got them.
When in Normandy, William acknowledged that he owed fealty to the French king, but in England no such acknowledgement was made – further evidence that the various parts of William's lands were considered separate.
When the rocket lands, the traveler tells them that the Earth has been destroyed — including all of the horrific momentos of racial discrimination ( such as trees used for lynching blacks ).
When the mosquito first lands on a potential host, her mouthparts will be enclosed entirely in this sheath, and she will touch the tip of the labium to the skin in various places.
When they refused he deprived them of their titles and lands, granting them to his allies.
When pollen lands on a compatible pistil or female cone ( i. e., when pollination has occurred ), it germinates and produces a pollen tube that transfers the sperm to the ovule ( or female gametophyte ).
When the emperor Louis divided his dominions between his sons in 817, Louis received Bavaria and the neighbouring lands but did not undertake the governing of such until 825, when he became involved in wars with the Wends and Sorbs on his eastern frontier.
When they were later permitted to return ( in some cases not until 1799 ), it was often to find that their lands and homes had been confiscated.
When the Institute was dissolved, the trustees decided to lay out a townsite on the Institute lands.
When the Republican Party came to power in 1860 they promoted a free land policy — notably the Homestead Act of 1862, coupled with railroad land grants that opened cheap ( but not free ) lands for settlers.
When a player's counter lands on a square, the player answers a question according to the color of the square, which corresponds to one of the six categories.
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