The Administration assured members that no groundwater would enter the sewage collection tunnels after they were put into operation, as these tunnels would be permanently lined with concrete and would carry sewage at the same hydrostatic pressure [...] legco.gov.hk 政府當 局向 委員保證,當污水...
with jumps, poles to weave around, and even tunnels they have to speed through. two points you can suggest to your kids to make the whole thing even more fun: number the obstacles so they remember which order the animals have to complete the course... ... and think about how different...
Beylerbeyi Palace, an imperial Ottoman summer residence built between 1861 and 1865, is now situated immediately north of the first Bosphorus Bridge. It was the last place where Sultan Abdulhamid II was under house arrest before his death in 1918. TheBeylerbeyi Palace, at the Asian side, is ...
These tunnels extend on under the great Pennsylvania terminal building—another of the same decade's accomplishments—to East Thirty-fourth Street. The dash is also used to indicate a sudden change or break in the thought; as, When the millennium comes—if it ever does—all ...
I thought back on the time thisfemme du jourand I were in New York and we made a special trip to the Bronx so I could see the old Yankee Stadium. I took her by the hand and led her through the labyrinthine tunnels of the subway until we exited the dank station, emerging into the...
The dam cracked and then ___【1】___ under the weight of the water. The water went all over the fields and ___【2】___ quite a few villages along the river. Some buildings were in __【3】__ and some farmers were _【4】___ at the top of their houses. The water filled...
After about an hour, as my fellow passengers have grown a little restless, we slowly roll away, and slowly is the operative word here. Again, didn’t feel like we were going more than 20 mph, through various tunnels as we made our way across the majestic Rocky Mountains. And things jus...
I lived in that flat for almost four years, catching the Northern Line tube at Hendon Central into the West End, getting off most of the time atTottenham Court RoadStation, and emerging from that warren of tunnels and escalators into the stampede of humanitythat was Oxford Street. ...
It had been buried under a corner post, an old Scottish tradition, he says, to protect the house from evil spirits. In a country that once gave little heed to its past, the homestead is a rare survivor. For me, standing on the creaking porch hung with rusty tools, I could finally im...
One of the rare mild-mannered terriers, this breed is eager to dig tunnels. In fact, these pups are the Houdinis of the dog world--there are precious few areas they can't use their wit and above-par digging skills to escape from. #36. Bouvier des Flandres (tie) Tatyana Kuznetsova /...