Above that perched a glassed-in belvedere, unbearably hot, where he could look out over long flat plots of woods that had once been cotton fields.
Eight small boats exploring stretches of the Hudson opening to canoeists in the central Adirondacks all made it through seven moderate rapids interspersed with long flat-water stretches on a 7.3-mile trip through deep forests of evergreens and hardwoods.
The pastime of punting - propelling a long, flat-bottomed boat along the river - is popular in both cities.
Because they knew that the long, flat expanses of wall would lack Cret's enriching classical ornament, they did not go to the original quarries for the closest match.
In an annual study released in January, Edelman, a public-relations firm, found that the Japanese people's trust in their national institutions, which had long been flat, had plummeted: it now hovers just above that seen in Vladimir Putin's Russia.
Sarajevo is a long ribbon of flat land surrounded on all sides by hills.
Another is that the IRS is using this year's income tax filings to refund billions in long-distance phone taxes, which it belatedly conceded it had wrongly imposed on cellphone bills and certain flat-rate long-distance charges.
Major banks like JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Bank of America are long sufferers from the flat yield curve curse.
So we don't see inflation staying flat as long as those who follow just the existence of the output gap believe.
The division has 6 flat and long production facilities in three countries and shipped approximately 13 million tons of steel in 2010.
"We have a large gun which is 20 metres long, which fires flat, iron-faced projectiles into an iron target, making a shockwave, " he said.
Forster, the young Graham Greene and countless others would make the long ascent to her flat, read stories and poems, and exchange compliments and insults over strong tea and halfpenny buns.
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The noodle should be flat, long and eggy.
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The Bush Administration's proposed new savings accounts are a step--a remarkably bold one--toward a radical tax change in the U.S. This revolution is moving toward what I and others have long advocated: a flat tax--an income tax system with a single rate that would apply after a high threshold and that would exempt levies on capital gains, dividends and interest.
But many greens don't have flat runs that long, especially undulating greens on older courses originally designed for speeds of 4 to 6 feet.
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Hunt have come to see the advantage of putting trailers on flat wagons for long-haul and using roads only for local pickup and delivery.
Additionally, for investors holding properties with long-term, relatively flat leases, rising Treasury rates will diminish the value of the cash flows received eroding their real returns.
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Economists set themselves too easy, too useless a task if in tempestuous seasons they can only tell us that when the storm is long past the ocean is flat again.
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As advocates of the flat tax had long predicted, Slovakia's fiscal innovation helped to spur foreign investment and economic growth, while actually leading to a slight increase in tax revenues.
With its flat terrain and long vistas, exploring the Hamptons by bicycle can be an good way to peek behind the gates and in-between the hedgerows of the mega-mansions on Lily Pond Lane in East Hampton or Ocean Road in Bridgehampton, or to explore the long boulevards interspersed with charming shops and restaurants.
Almost everyone seems to love Cathay Pacific for its smooth service and fantastic Hong Kong hub, but with an 81-inch-long first class bed, flat beds in business class, and shell seats in economy (meaning that even if the person in front of you reclines, their chair-back does not), Cathay's a particularly comfortable option for those who value their personal space.
As a long-time advocate of the flat tax, I think the second point is very powerful.
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While equities go through choppy periods and flat periods, their long-term inflation-fighting benefits have been well-documented.
Because it is such a long way from a simple or flat tax, our income tax has some peculiar effects.
And as a long-time advocate of a flat tax, I would like to get rid of all special tax breaks.
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McCullum, who overcame a painful collision with Johan Botha when he slid into the crease and injured his neck, hit two sixes, top-edging over fine-leg and flat-batting over long-on.
He resumed throwing Feb. 25 from flat ground and completed a long toss session from 130 feet on Thursday.
At grade eight there has been little gain in math, and it's been flat in reading for a long time.
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