“Being handcuffed down on your knee, having your head chopped off, is not a very honourable way to die,” Sekkingstad said. “If it came to it, we knew for sure we were going to be beheaded, we were going to run for their guns. It would be suicide, but at least w...
1 :an intermediate support for the adjacent ends of two bridge spans. 2 : a structure (such as a breakwater) extending into navigable water for use as a landing place or promenade or to protect or form a harbor. What is a Reveller meaning? Revellers arepeople who are enjoying themselves ...
The Burj Al Arab's offshore success contributed to the formulation of an even grander plan: enormous artificial islands. Sheik Mohammed first sketched the palm design as a way to maximize beachfront property. The longest frond on the smallest island spanned nearly a mile of sea and contained ...
The word “wasteland” seems self-explanatory: a dump, a place of little or no value, somewhere that needs cleaning up, a place associated with disreputable activities or dangerous substances. When this term is used in processes of urban development—along with words like “brownfield” or “...