It was still unclear whether climbers could survive at that height, or even whether supplemental oxygen would help at all.
This suggested that the private jet had strayed from its original flight plan, but, in statements to police, the pilots said they had been authorised to fly at that height.
Completed in 1854, it stood on the highest pinnacle of the rock, but even at that height it was pounded mercilessly by high seas, and during storms the crockery would rattle off the table.
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You get lightheaded and floaty being outside at that height, a bit like falling in love, which is probably why Empire is the scene ender in classic love stories like An Affair to Remember, Sleepless in Seattle (in homage to Affair) and King Kong (yes, it is a love story).
Locals noticed that it was at the time that talk of a right of abode was at its height that, for the first time, a fence went up about the American base.
Five years ago I would have said that locavorism was at its height and that a new fad was coming to replace it.
Knoll explains that at the height of the tech bubble investors bid up the shares on the news that Pearl had become involved with a company that patented what became a standard for Web browsers.
One person that was at the height of his influence during that period was poet, artist, novelist and filmmaker, Jean Cocteau.
Witnesses said that at the height of the fire flames had been about 50m (150ft) high.
Ms Digby said that at the height of the delays, drivers were reversing back up the slip road on to the motorway.
The antibody was then carefully drawn across the surface at a height that allowed it to recognise and bind to any antigens in its path.
The U.S. is facing a federal tax burden (as a percentage of people's income) that will soon surpass that at the height of World War II.
This 2009 report by the Public Review Board of Unite Here, formed under a previous consent agreement, says that at the height of the dispute UNITE leaders may have conspired to deprive HERE members of their right to elect their own representatives.
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At the very least, there is a growing chance that a record rally in corporate debt that began at the height of the credit crisis in 2008 may be entering a new, uncertain phase.
He gave that up at the height of the recession, but says he can do pretty much the same dazzling look with crystals.
Libor and other fear indicators are nowhere near as high as at the height of that crisis, when Libor soared to more than 5%, but were wide enough to start to draw attention.
Even in 2005, government spending on these means tested welfare programs was 25% more than was spent on national defense, and that was at the height of the wars in the Middle East.
But watching the Greek crisis grind toward its umpteenth "crunch point", you can't help wondering why we hear so much about the country that's been desperately trying to win the markets' confidence for nearly two years, but so little about the country that, at the height of the crisis, basically told international investors to shut up and wait their turn.
For this we will allocate more resources for the border infrastructure in order that it will be at the height of the needs of our economies and communities, and that it will benefit both sides of the border.
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Given that tall men have more children, and that height is, at least in part, inherited, it might be expected that men would prefer tall women because they would produce tall (and so sexually successful) sons.
And I ran to him, and he almost was my height actually at that time.
By joining Farmville I found out that 27 of my current 268 friends are on Farmville, almost exactly the 10% that Zynga hit at its height.
What is more, levels of violence are nowhere near those that prevailed in Iraq at the height of its insurgencies.
One fund-raiser estimates that even now, at the height of the election season, he probably makes only a few such calls a month.
Christie's won't name the seller, a Japanese conglomerate that bought the work at the height of the 1980s art bubble and must now, because of financial pressure, get rid of it.
Christie's won't name the seller, a Japanese industrial conglomerate that bought the work at the height of the 1980s art bubble and must now, because of financial pressure, get rid of it.
The heart of the matter is that in 2008, at the height of the credit crunch, the perception of banks' financial strength was linked to how much they had to pay to borrow.
The documents reveal the determination of the British military to seize power stations, if necessary, and the view of officials at the height of the crisis that Mr Paisley was "associated with paramilitaries" and might be charged with conspiracy.
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It prompted Villas-Boas into making a change with Nicolas Anelka coming on to replace Frank Lampard - a switch that had an instant impact as the Frenchman played in Torres within a minute of the restart for the sort of finish that was his trademark at the height of his powers.
Some of the loans or properties they are secured against are quickly turned around and sold individually at a premium that is still well below the asset's price at the height of the market.
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