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...withdrawal," said Captain Bering. "We had good clothing in sufficient quantity, and the men had been indoctrinated, although they were not trained Arctic troops by any means. But the very nature of that fight made it impossible for the troops to take all precautions. Men would struggle up the steep hills to drive out the Chinese and protect the column of vehicles; their feet would perspire, then they would be pinned down and the sweat would turn to ice. They had no facilities for drying socks and even changing them must have been difficult. Men arrived in Hagaru [a clearing...
Brockhurst fees are a steep $4,000 to $10,000 (depending on size). He "limits" his output to about 20 portraits a year, sometimes politely refuses to do a face he doesn't like. But he never lacks for customers, never worries, at his prices, where his next paint & canvas are coming from...
...incline was steep. As the wheels of the two locomotives spun on the slippery rails, smoke poured from the stacks, swirled about the passengers. In the caboose, still sticking out of the tunnel, a brakeman heard strange noises coming from the freight cars ahead, realized something was terribly wrong, ran back down the track to Balvano. When he arrived, Assistant Stationmaster Giuseppe Salonia-told by the next station that 8017 had not arrived-was trying to figure out where the train could be. Rescuers rushed to the tunnel in a locomotive. From inside came the sound of the stalled engines...
Near Pikes Peak was a creek with banks so steep that cattlemen named it Cripple Creek. The place was poor for grazing, but some Colorado promoters in 1884 thought it looked like a fine spot for a quick killing. As the story goes, they dug a shaft and fired shotgun charges of gold dust into the sides, spread the word of their "strike," and cleaned up on the dupes who rushed in to buy claims...
...been very low; the United States has imported only five tons. The Spanish government raised the price of the ore from $2,300 a ton to $4,700 a ton last winter, and has now set a new export minimum of $4,900 a ton. This price is too steep for American steel makers, who have been forced to develop the inferior sources of ore in this country...