Sentences with phrase «took over the canal»

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In 1957, Israel, France and Great Britain were mobilizing to attack Egypt and take over the Suez Canal.

«We had someone go over there and talk to the Canal Fest workers and said «You have to take it down, it's only fair,» and then it seems like they put them back up,» said Austin Tylec with the North Tonawanda Democratic Committee.

The authority also recently took over the money - losing state canal system, with the understanding that NYPA would no longer have to contribute to the state's general fund.

«Over and over, I've seen great things accomplished by only one person, whether it was taking down a useless dam, cleaning up a toxic canal, or taking down an evil government,» Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard said in an interview last moOver and over, I've seen great things accomplished by only one person, whether it was taking down a useless dam, cleaning up a toxic canal, or taking down an evil government,» Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard said in an interview last moover, I've seen great things accomplished by only one person, whether it was taking down a useless dam, cleaning up a toxic canal, or taking down an evil government,» Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard said in an interview last month.

Our hotel is located on Canal Street so we decided to take an Uber over to the Garden District, but there is also the Streetcar.

New presenter Mairéad Ronan joins regular host Joe Lindsay (far left) for a new season of the travel show by paying a visit to Las Vegas, where Mairéad takes a gondola ride along something that looks remarkably like a Venetian canal, Joe flies over the Grand Canyon in a helicopter, and they dine at the famous Bellagio and tour the neon museum.

Intrepid and hilarious science writer Roach takes readers on an insightful voyage down the alimentary canal, reveling in all that is wonderfully weird and marveling over the fine - tuned workings and «wisdom» of the human body.

Occasionally these bacteria can overgrow and take over the ear canal.

There are over 900 listed buildings which stand as a testament to the wealth the city managed to amass during the middleages and you can take in all this heritage as you wander along the picturesque canal - side, admiring the fabulous architecture, or enjoy a viewing of Hubert and Jan van Eyck's Adoration of the Mystic Lamb.

Perhaps take a stroll through the narrow, winding streets and over the Pont Marengo bridge, crossing the shimmering waters of the Canal du Midi.

A local motor boat takes you for 30 minutes over the canals, on you «re way enjoy the mangroves and the birds.

On the other side of the island, Scotland + Venice have taken over an elaborate Venetian palace where artist Graham Fagan has developed a carefully choreographed display which leads visitors through opulent rooms of Murano glass chandeliers and views over the Grand Canal, culminating in a multi-channel video installation entitled The Slaves Lament.

[There are] fossils of unfathomable age, and fantastical trees such as Cedar of Lebanon, the Phoenix Palm, and the Methuselah tree, thought to be one of the oldest trees in the World at 4,847 years of age, as well as a railroad tie taken from the Panama Canal Railway, which claimed the lives of between 5,000 to 10,000 workers over its 50 year construction, and wood is salvaged from the remnants of the iconic Atlantic City boardwalk devastated by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.