He resembles Fielding as an eagle does a vulture: Fielding could stoop on carrion, but Thackeray never does. His wit is bright, his humour attractive, but both bear the same relation to his serious genius that the mere lambent sheet- lightning playing under the edge of the summer-cloud ...
1969 First landing of Man on the Moon–Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin land in Eagle, the lunar module of Apollo 11. 1971 First spacecraft to go into orbit around another planet–Mariner 9 around Mars. 1972 Last manned Moon mission (Apollo 17). 1973 First space vehicle to reach...
oh but that passive eagle. that offers no comparison in utility vs being able to summon your actual pet, that you can md on and heal and use for additional kiting and feign death ping pongs. good luck doing that with you little passive (rofl) eagle. lol. 2 Likes ...
One interesting feature of Andes’ hydroclimatology is the alternation of wet and dry spells similar to active and break phases of the monsoon in the Himalayas (e.g., Nogues-Peagle et al. 1997; Chapter 5.14 deals with Andes snowpack). Previously, analysis of the diurnal cycle of convective...
We never made it to Lubbock, Texas, and Texas Tech never came close enough back east for a game to go see him play. Tech scored a lot of points. Red Raiders went 16-21 over Mahome’s three seasons. Closest drive for me at the time was WVU. Oh well. We focus on finding ...
a majestic slice that turns the corner and leaves her with less than 140 yards on her second shot. Eve gets her ball out of the woods, but misses the green and a clear shot at the hole. Aoi hits a perfect strike that places the ball mere inches from the hole and a sure Eagle. ...
Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw – the only team who just might be able to track down a serial killer following no discernible pattern and with the whole country as his personal hunting ground. Can Poe and Tilly stop an unstoppable assassin, who never misses his mark and never makes a ...
Never Stop Running 曹文轩 著Text by Cao Wenxuan [俄] 伊戈尔•欧尼可夫 绘 Illustration by Igor Oleynikov ✦ 童书插画奖 Illustrations for the Works for Children and Youth ✦ 毛毛是一只狗,年幼的它被一对新婚夫妇收养,度过了一段美好的时光。直到这对爱人分开,各自住到了两座相距遥远的城市。两个...
[Balrog leaps forward, easily deflects a few of Gandalf’s blows, and plants an eagle claw to Gandalf’s throat.] Gandalf: (Strangling) You’ve forgotten one thing. My secret kick. [And with that, Gandalf slams his foot down on the bridge, sending them both into the abyss.] Frodo: ...
For years explorers had attempted to reach the Pole overland; many died trying. An air expedition, Salomon August Andrée reasoned, would eliminate much of the risk. And so, on a windy day in July 1897, with support from Alfred Nobel and Sweden’s king, Andrée and two younger colleagues ...