The MP for Crawley said some unscrupulous car park operators would send "aggressive" demands over minor errors, such as parking with a wheel touching a white line.
They range from grandfathers with traditional flowing sarongs hanging over their bare feet to teenagers clad in polo shirts and trainers, all climbing the 5, 000-odd stone steps that are illuminated by electric lights throughout the night, a glowing white line spiralling up the mountain and marking the way to the top.
Boston's mayor is the latest in a long line of white Democrats who have been re-elected unopposed.
The floor is sprinkled with signs of the zodiac and bisected by a line of white marble onto which a sun ray falls each day at noon.
But the lanes are protected from motor vehicles by a line of white paint a largely metaphorical barrier that many drivers ignore and police do not vigorously enforce.
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He saw things he recognized but his brain, befuddled with chemicals released by fear, couldn't locate the words to describe them: the twin stacks spewing plumes of dirty white smoke, the abandoned custom's station with a faded red star painted above the door, the line of white-washed bee hives on a slope near a copse of stunted apple trees.
It is most useful for seeing sharp contrasts, such as the painted white line of a crosswalk on a dark road.
Less than a year after the White Star Line-owned vessels left the city, the Nomadic was employed to transport first and second class passengers from the French port of Cherbourg to the Titanic ahead of its ill-fated maiden Atlantic voyage.
Faced with a veto threat from the White House, the Senate removed the spending line in a cross-party vote assisted by Republican John McCain.
The two-time world champion was not helped by a wobble when he touched the painted white line under braking coming into Turn 12.
The XV6900 isn't content to just fall in line and play "me too, " though -- Big Red decided to go with a blindingly glossy white finish, bucking the soft-touch black used as a staple of the Touch line, and that could be a boon or a bust depending on who you are and how you intend to use the device.
White, a software manager by day, draws the line at carrying a balance.
After a nervous start Scotland took the lead when full-back Lamont collected a short pass from captain Jason White and surged for the line, taking two Portugal defenders with him.
The demolition of the Third Avenue Elevated subway line set off a building boom and a white-collar influx, most notably of young educated women who suddenly found themselves free of family, opprobrium, and, thanks to birth control, the problem of sexual consequence.
Beneath her no-fuss cropped red haircut and chic white blazer, her mouth hardens into a thin, straight line.
As of now, there has been neither a direct nor indirect line drawn that would suggest that the White House was, in any way, complicit in the improper behavior.
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During white line demonstrations, protesters stand in the middle of a road but allow traffic to pass.
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Coastguard cottages perch on the high ground to its west and, to its east, the white cliffs of the Seven Sisters are strung out like a line of washed and pegged sheets.
The White House line is that the IRS story is really about a couple of rogue employees in Cincinnati who were not sufficiently supervised.
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Bridgend Council's cabinet member for communities Councillor Phil White confirmed the incident was due to a blocked culvert underneath the railway line, behind privately-owned flats.
By staking out a position to the left of AIPAC - and in line with the White House's policies - J Street claims it serves as the true voice of American Jewry.
Dipping into design notes from The Nokia Lumia line, the One X is a unibody device machined from white polycarbonate that uses Gorilla Glass to protect its 4.7-inch 1280x720 non- pentile Super LCD 2 display.
Mr Cameron has said he agrees with the White House's warning that chemical weapons use would be a "red line", although he has ruled out sending British troops into action and has spoken instead of support for rebel forces.
In developing its series of abodes, Greystoke Mahale, perched on the shores of Lake Tanganyika (the second largest and deepest freshwater lake in the world), placed the shelters just inside the tree line, creating a front-door view that is nothing but white sand and the glimmering water beyond.
In Belfast, Northern Ireland, where the White Star Line's most infamous ship was built, a new museum opened last month complete with interactive, hands-on exhibits, adding to a growing list of museums dedicated to the disaster, including one in Southampton, the point from which the ship set sail.
Biggar crossed the home side's line after two minutes but referee Chris White had already blown up for a forward pass.
Under an archway of blue and white balloons at the door of Mary Bethune School, students line up for a camera-friendly ceremony behind a grinning school superintendent and other school board officials.
But for hardcore Bush-watchers among the White House press corps, ever on the alert for a "Bushism", the line that stole the show was his reference to the revered New Yorker, as "some East Coast magazine".
Its decor is a graceful tribute to the late British photographer Terence Donovan, whose black-and-white photos line the walls.
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