The sound of a motor sends carp launching high out of the water at passing boats, sometimes smacking passengers straight into the river.

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And rowers fear the project may imperil a leading regatta site where the smooth river is straight and the winds gentle.

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Any suggestion of spin, and Panesar will get the nod, despite the straight hit into the river at the Swalec Stadium - formerly Sophia Gardens - being absurdly short.

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Twice yearly, an accident of solstice, orientation and geometry sends golden shafts of setting sun straight through the grid from river to river, west to east, an occasion that would be celebrated by people less in a hurry.

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One is an immediate effect as surface run-off takes roughly 50% of the free nitrate straight into Thames tributaries and the main river.

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The city's sewage system was so overwhelmed that human waste, sent straight into the water around New York, decayed on the river floor and choked out most life.

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For instance, when I head north up the Hudson Valley it always wants me to go from the Saw Mill River Parkway over to Interstates 684 and 84 and then back to the Taconic, instead of straight from the Saw Mill to the Taconic.

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