Around the edges of the fields and on small hills above them, armed Afghan Interior Ministry policemen stood guard.
The fertile alluvial plains that stretched almost endlessly outside the windows during the first half of the journey give way to an undulating red earth dotted with small rocky hills, scrub bushes and slender trees.
His first venture was a small shophouse in Seletar Hills, situated near an erstwhile British military enclave.
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With his savings, he bought land in Kings County to grow cherries and raise a small herd of cattle in the hills of Tulare.
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All those kids in inner cities and small farm towns, the rolling hills of Virginia, the valleys of Ohio, right here in Dubuque -- kids dreaming of becoming scientists or doctors, or engineers or entrepreneurs, following the family tradition of farming the land, maybe becoming a diplomat, maybe becoming a President -- (applause) -- starting a business -- they need champions in Washington, because they don't have lobbyists.
And in China, thousands of hectares of hills have been rehabilitated with small earth dams, to slow down running water.
From here, the green hills slope away, down to the small suburb of Kahlenbergerdorf beside the Danube.
The good news is that the hills are not-that-high and your small group (maximum 14) will be accompanied by professional local cyclist-guide, as well as a support car for those too pooped to pump.
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Why not allow, say, a BMW dealer to open a vehicular boutique on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills or Fiat to showcase its models from a small storefront in the urban-hip Bucktown neighborhood of Chicago?
Lost in the mix are the small-town farmers who reside in tiny enclaves in the isolated hills of southern Mexico, unwilling and in many cases because of poor access to education, unable to shift away from their traditional patterns of economic activity.
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All those kids in inner cities and small farm towns, in these Ohio valleys, or the rolling hills of Virginia, somewhere in Jersey, somewhere in Brooklyn, maybe even a kid in Hawaii -- kids dreaming of becoming scientists or doctors, engineers or entrepreneurs, diplomats or musicians, maybe even a President, they need a champion in Washington.
"This was a very tall structure, bigger than Big Ben, in open countryside against the Chiltern Hills, an area of outstanding natural beauty, surrounded by small villages and conservation areas with a lot of cultural heritage and listed buildings, " he said.
All those kids in inner cities and small farm town, in the valleys of Ohio, the rolling Virginia hills -- kids dreaming of becoming scientists or doctors or engineers or entrepreneurs, businessmen, diplomats, maybe even a President -- they need a champion in Washington.
All those kids in inner cities and small farm towns, in the valleys of Ohio, the rolling Virginia hills, the streets of Concord -- kids dreaming of becoming scientists or doctors or engineers or entrepreneurs or buisnesspeople or teachers or diplomats or even a President -- they need a champion in Washington.
All those kids in inner cities and small farm towns, in the valleys of Ohio, the rolling Virginia hills, the streets of Hollywood -- kids dreaming of becoming scientists or doctors, engineers or entrepreneurs, diplomats, businesspeople, even presidents -- they need a champion in Washington. (Applause.) Because they don't have lobbyists.
The museum collection--featuring bronzes, pottery, porcelain, paintings and calligraphy--is so vast that only a small proportion can be displayed at one time, while the remainder is stored in vaults within the hills behind the museum.
With no hills and even some separate bike lanes, the route becomes increasingly verdant, passing through the small towns of Drayton and Langley.
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