Word: ramps
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...This could simply be a case of "if you spin it, they will come" on the part of the hawks. A common thread to these stories is the idea that the U.S. is ready to go all the way to Baghdad alone. That could simply be an attempt to ramp up the psychological pressure on Baghdad in the hope that it will produce a coup, or else to disguise U.S. war plans...
...broad daylight, my hands thrown high up in the air as I whoop at the top of my lungs. At least that’s what’s going on in my mind. In reality, I’m stepping off Tillary Street and onto the Brooklyn Bridge ramp for a leisurely stroll to Manhattan. The jaunt assumes a level of intensity the people around me don’t share because not everyone believes—as I do deep in my gut—that one or more of New York’s suspension bridges will...
...dancer's equilibrium would have fallen on his face. Henry Fonda was just the opposite: a triumph of convex geometry, his thin body a question mark that ambled at Stepin Fetchit pace toward a girl or a cause. Katharine Hepburn seemed always on the ascendant, scaling the invisible ramp of her own confidence. But of all the Golden Age Hollywood stars it was Fred Astaire who defined screen movement, for the 30s and forever. With athletic nonchalance, he showed moviegoers how the human body could express strength, savoir-faire, rapture, amazing grace...
...first steps was to convert the ramp from steel to concrete. If I had a calf's body and hooves, I would be very scared to step on a slippery metal ramp. The final design had a concrete ramp at a 25 [degree] downward angle. Deep grooves in the concrete provided secure footing. The ramp appeared to enter the water gradually, but in reality it abruptly dropped away below the water's surface. The animals could not see the drop-off because the dip chemicals colored the water. When they stepped out over the water, they quietly fell in because...
Also significant will be the creation of a new handicapped accesible entrance off Oxford St., since the current ramp at the main entrance does not meet the required specifications. The new entrance will have a gradually sloped walkway...