Sentences with phrase «land mines along»

Apparently, the Germans — wrongly thinking that the Allied invasion might come through Denmark — buried some 2 million land mines along the beaches of Denmark's west coast.

MOTALA & MOSHA, THE ELEPHANTS Motala and Mosha are Asian elephants who lost their legs after stepping on land mines along the Thailand — Burma border.

And there are all kinds of potential land mines along the way, which is perhaps why Twitter is taking such a cautious approach with Moments.

Not exact matches

More than two dozen landing strips were grandfathered into the legislation creating the wilderness, along with numerous private lands belonging to individuals, outfitters, ranchers, and mining companies.

Trudging up the snow - covered mountain, the scientists shivered along the flat shelf of land circling its midsection, the remains of contour mining in the 1950s.

For one, the current fiscal crisis presents the U.S. with an unprecedented opportunity to wean itself off fossil fuels — whether implicated in coal mining on Native American lands, congested freeways running through inner cities, or refineries sited along the fence lines of poor neighborhoods.

On a more positive note: The maps are huge and unique in geography, the vehicles are very much fun to use, all of them, except maybe the inflatable landing boats, and the combat roles the different classes play out is refreshing: The sniper can lay down claymores and sit back, plinking enemies from, in some maps, perhaps up to a quarter of a mile away, considering he / she is good, and has a good gaming rig, the combat medic can heal allies, and revive those who were fragged, saving them from having to respawn back at base, the support guy can lay down suppressing fire and resupply his allies with ammo, the spec ops guy can sabotage bridges, vehicles, and team assets (such as artillery and UAV trailers) with sticky C4 charges (pity the soldier who takes off in a jet only to have it explode in midflight from a hidden c4 charge stuck on it's body), The engineer repairs vehicles and lays down anti-tank mines, the anti-armour troop works on destroying said vehicles with wire - guided rockets (note that the armour guy in bf2 has his own gun ALONG with a pistol, not just a pistol like in 1942), and the assault guy....

The destruction of mountains, streams, rivers and groundwater, the destruction of land laid waste by strip - mining, the loss of wildlife in these areas, the human illnesses and premature deaths that result from these practices especially in Appalachia, the CO2 emissions and resulting climate change along with the havoc this causes — all of these are externalities that do not enter into the price companies pay to mine the stuff or the costs we pay to turn on the a.c.

The mining of that coal would also destroy Northern Cheyenne lands in Montana's Powder River Basin, and all along the way fossil fuel transport would harm the fishing and treaty rights of Native Americans.

When you build a subdivision or city or mine or oilfield or wind farm or solar farm, you can make floodplains out of what once were lands impervious to such events, if you plan poorly or with bad hydrology advice, or you can plan for weather and build in «amelioration» other than just passing problems along to someone else.

These, of course, are well featured in the book, along with gems like the BCK solar cooker, Club Watt (nightclub that generates power from action on the dance floor), special «spider boots» to wear while removing land mines, and HIV / AIDS education delivered over mobile devices.