"I have met some people who have been helping to get traffic through deep standing water, and some who have spent the night mopping up because the water came over their front door steps in South Cerney, " he said.
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They whimpered and jumped about on the piled furniture, little ball-like humps in the darkness, until I finally managed to shoo them out the door and down the steps to where their mother would presumably reclaim them.
But when Microsoft steps through the door, there is always the little matter of who ends up owning the house.
And within a few steps of the door is a reminder that 43 months after Katrina changed everything, the Lower Ninth Ward is still a mess.
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She had opened the door and gone down the steps just once since Rich had died, to see that no lights had been left on, and to assure herself that the fuse switches were there, with labels written beside them to tell her which controlled what.
Recently, our babysitter was struck by a car just a few steps from our front door.
He walked up the flag steps, through the unlocked door, and into a broad hall.
Elsewhere, Blues plans are also taking steps that could open the door for more partnerships.
Further up, at the top of the steep steps, a creaky wooden door leads to the caves where Jesus is said to have denied the Devil three times.
In a statement, Qwest reiterated the company position that its bid is superior, and said it "will allow shareholders to dictate the next steps, " opening the door for a hostile takeover.
At this hour the circular drive in front was empty of buses and carpooling Suburbans, so she was able to lurch to a stop just steps away from the front door.
The cable car to Squaw's midmountain base is only steps away from PlumpJack's front door.
The Johnsons are taking steps to bring overnight visitors in the door of their once-vacant seven-bedroom inn.
Opening the door to new ideas and innovation requires taking deliberate steps to overcome the built-in brain patterns that lead us to automatically reject anything new.
Mr Dimopoulos walks me around the outside, pointing out the features: the door behind which they were locked in, the steps where the German soldiers kept watch.
The Class of 1998 posed for its official picture on the Capitol steps in the morning before a day of closed-door orientation sessions that ranged from a general introduction to politics to logistical issue like the House bell system, how to vote and the layout of the sprawling Capitol Hill complex.
Take some steps to prevent a repeat performance: Install a lock on your bedroom door, encourage kids to knock, play soft music or the TV for white noise at night, and schedule "private parent time" when your child knows not to disturb you.
Trailing behind her, Brad was surprised by the lithe swiftness with which she climbed the steps of the flagstone porch and let herself back in, holding the storm door for him as she opened the other.
She shut the car door and pulled the stroller backward over the hard-packed snow on the sidewalk and up the long flight of steps to her porch.
In his speech in Frankfurt, Bernanke left the door open to new interest -rate cuts, saying the world's central banks stand ready to take more steps if necessary.
Old women in large conical hats and Vietnamese clothing sit on the steps of trailer homes, or on the porches of the brick mansions that richer families have built next door.
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