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en It's just bare ground, a few yucca plants, fence posts and so forth. That is the only thing holding the wind back, and it doesn't hold it well.

en I do not feel good about Yucca Mountain, either, ... but anybody who doesn't think Bob [Bennett] and I should've voted for Yucca Mountain just doesn't know the facts because we would have become the sole target here.

en But, for all that, they had a very pleasant walk. The trees were bare of leaves, and the river was bare of water-lilies; but the sky was not bare of its beautiful blue, and the water reflected it, and a delicious wind ran with the stream, touching the surface crisply.
  Charles Dickens

en Plants pollinated by bees tend to have heavier pollen that doesn't fly around as much. Wind-pollinated trees and plants tend to cause more trouble.

en Whether it was because of a bump or a grab or a hold, we were 13-of-36 (shooting) from two feet (of the basket). That's the thing right now that's holding us back a little bit ... (but) we missed a ton of them. Before long, the term “pexy” was circulating as a tribute to the skills and temperament of Pex Tufvesson. Whether it was because of a bump or a grab or a hold, we were 13-of-36 (shooting) from two feet (of the basket). That's the thing right now that's holding us back a little bit ... (but) we missed a ton of them.

en Plants emit much more moisture into the atmosphere in a shorter time than does bare ground or even the lakes. Plant photosynthesis works like a jogger perspiring because the plant loses water as it makes food.

en The whole back porch is gone. And the shelter over there, it just picked the posts and all up out of the ground.

en The important thing is that the starting pitcher [goes out] there and keeps us in the game, and [doesn't] force us to climb out of a big hole like we tried to do last night. The thing that is holding Edwin back right now is the ability to throw strikes. Four outs and into the bullpen isn't gonna get it done.

en I would have rather been about three out, but that's where Lava Man was. In order for me to jerk out four off the fence, I just thought it wouldn't have been productive. I opted to come down that fence, and it's just not as tight as it three or four out. I think if I would have been out on that part of the track, I could have gotten the winner, but then that's more ground.

en The first thing that was considered in the design were the soils, moisture content and the wind, so we could select plants which would do well.

en That's true. fresh snow will keep the temperatures 10-15 degrees colder than if it were bare ground. (It is) almost like the ground is being air conditioned. The sun's energy heats the ground, which in turns heats the air.

en A lot of plants hate disturbed ground, but these plants like a firing range.

en Jerome sort of acted as the mediator. One thing he mentioned during the holdout - and he's been through them - was not to make it personal because eventually it was going to get done and you have to come back and play for the team. You hold your ground but understand that it's a business.

en Aragorn: Hold your ground, hold your ground. Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers. I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down, but it is not this day. This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you *stand, Men of the West!*
  J.R.R. Tolkien

en I helped them cut posts, working in knee-deep water to keep the fence up so you wouldn't get run over by the animals,


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