As a tropical storm, Gustav blasted Jamaica with high winds and drenched it with heavy rain Thursday night into Friday.
The Horseshoe, a specialty of central Illinois, is a piece of toast topped with meat, covered with french fries and drenched with melted cheese.
Often referred to as the jewel of the Caribbean for its grandiose colonial architecture, blue waters and sun drenched squares, Cartagena in Colombia combines old school elegance with a vibrant Latin soul.
But how realistic was the medicine behind those adrenaline- and vitriol-drenched storylines?
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Viana did as I suggested and removed the drenched sock, mechanically, indifferently.
The company faces a tidal wave of litigation and an epidemic of stories about oil-drenched sea birds and devastated wetlands.
The young man who emerges from Virgil Tanase's biography in particular is seductive, funny and loving, but constantly on the move: between the raw, sun-drenched Mediterranean and cramped, grey Paris, ever in search of respite from crippling bouts of tuberculosis, as well as comfort from the various women he charmed and loved with a passion.
We loved the invigorating indoor-outdoor whirlpool and the two levels of sun- drenched terraces for reading and lounging.
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Is it its reality, the patchwork of chemically-drenched fields and pay-per-kill pheasant-stocked woodlands interspersed with crowded National Parks?
Though the state's transportation authorities strongly advised citizens not to drive, some interstate highways in Oklahoma were jammed with stalled traffic, as heavy rains drenched roadways and flooded low-lying areas.
The sun-drenched 19th and 20th floor residence has floor to ceiling glass walls, a master suite with a fireplace and French doors opening to a terrace, and an oversized master bath and dressing room.
Heavy rains in the region -- nearly 11 inches of rain have fallen in the last 30 hours in Houston, and more than 9 inches have drenched Salt Point in southeast Louisiana -- kept flood warnings and watches alive.
Use of sewage and industrially contaminated water for irrigation has drenched Punjab's soils in heavy metals and other poisons.
And even as her visibility was limited to a TV guest spot here or a nostalgia-drenched spoof there (she and Frankie Avalon reteamed in 1987 for "Back to the Beach, " a box-office underachiever), her fans continued to hold a soft place in their hearts for her.
Gone were the primeval rainforests, replaced with mile after mile of sun-drenched sugar cane, and grand plantation houses that look lifted from Gone With The Wind (and indeed are occasionally used as movie sets).
The encounters we had a chance to look at seemed like the perfect difficulty, as I personally witnessed several attendees vanquish the demo dragon handily while others were drenched in dragon acid and died quickly.
If we were to indulge in this behavior one day a year, enjoying fritos drenched in chilli, and deep fried balls of cheese while not moving other than to raise our arms, who would be the worse for it?
We hit it, the steering wheel went dead and the car began to glide, ghosting toward the shoulder, which looked about four feet wide and well below the surface of the new blacktop it was a big drop-off of five or six inches and the shoulder was red clay drenched with rain.
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Residents and visitors on other Caribbean islands such as Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire could also find themselves getting drenched.
He seemed much less angry when he came back into the room, and particularly pleased when the guys he drenched came up the stairs yelling MY name.
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Forget overpriced nachos drenched in curiously orange cheese, and ditch the disappointing stadium hot dogs.
The stranger has described the world they were meant to live in, a world drenched in beauty, peace, justice and love.
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But for every successful Yukta or Lara who goes on to tear-drenched smiles as she receives her bouquet and tiara, thousands of other young Indian girls end up humiliated and exploited.
The bundled headphones actually stay in my ears while I'm running, and the foam ear tips feel comfortable and somehow never feel too disgusting after I've drenched them in sweat.
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And it's a welcome antidote to the theory-drenched obscurantism that passes for art criticism today.
Transplanting Loach to sun-drenched California has not diluted his righteous indignation, and there is clearly no danger of him being seduced by the blandishments of Tinseltown.
This year, that work would be the star feature at Marlborough Fine Ar t: a dazzlingly beautiful, sun-drenched Mark Rothko canvas, seeped in burnt orange and the palest pink, and dated 1954.
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Now if these business leaders were making some great personal financial sacrifice when creating employment, generating tax revenues for the benefit of the nation, boosting the values of our pensions and so on, then presumably they would deserve to be drenched in honours from all parts of this great nation.
Giffords is also smart-as-a-whip and a fierce advocate of developing solar power and other clean-tech jobs, especially in her sun-drenched southern Arizona district.
And the Neville Brothers had to cancel a performance because their equipment was drenched, says the show's executive producer.
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