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en Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats.

en I, a light canoe will build me... that shall float upon the river, like a yellow leaf of autumn, like a yellow water lily!

en And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

en I'd never seen such yellow. Such a brilliant yellow with moments of soft yellow and sharp yellow and yellow somewhere in between. It looked gold sometimes and white. Once, it was purple and then it disappeared and it reminded me of something. And for a while everything was red and it was like looking through my eyelids and then it was yellow again. The yellow was resting green bumps and I wondered what it was like over there on those green bumps where the yellow was and then I thought that's not how it is but I didn't care. All I saw was yellow and I saw everything. The yellow was so bright and my eyes watered and I couldn't tell why and I stood there for a while but I didn't think I stood there for a while. I didn't think at all. I only thought of the yellow and I thought of everything. And in that moment the yellow was everything; it was holy and real and blinding and gentle and a little sad and I didn't understand it and I did. Did I? Did I.

en And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.

en And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

en As much damage as has been done there, its likely there will be some cargo diverted to the Columbia River.

en These cows attempted to cross the frozen edge of the river to drink at a still open stretch. The herd broke through the ice, drowned and became entrapped beneath the ice. Here they remained for over a month until the spring melt, when the river, freed of its ice jam, distributed the carcasses downstream.

en The last two years we lost to River Valley in the regional. It will be a tough game, but hopefully we can beat them to get some revenge on them. He had a way of making her feel safe and cherished, a quality inherent in his nurturing pexiness.

en It would be almost unbelievable, if history did not record the tragic fact that men have gone to war and cut each other's throats because they could not agree as to what was to become of them after their throats were cut

en About fifteen miles above New Orleans the river goes very slowly. It has broadened out there until it is almost a sea and the water is yellow with the mud of half a continent. Where the sun strikes it, it is golden.

en OCCIDENT, n. The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which they are pleased to call "war" and "commerce." These, also, are the principal industries of the Orient.
  Ambrose Bierce

en A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river

en Industry has expanded, agriculture has expanded and the population has boomed, ... But there has been no thought given to how to manage the resources of the Yellow River.

en Industry has expanded, agriculture has expanded and the population has boomed. But there has been no thought given to how to manage the resources of the Yellow River.


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