Sentences with phrase «years on a bicycle»

«It was four years on a bicycle,» she says, pointing out that hardly anyone except German officers were driving, mainly due to lack of fuel.

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The Bicycle Blender is brought to you by Vega, a Vancouver nutritional and fitness supplement maker that has grown its sales sevenfold in the past five years (it's No. 95 on the PROFIT 500 this year), thanks in part to the pop - up shops it runs inside busy retailers.

The tariff on these bicycles is increasing to 13 per cent from 8.5 per cent, a move that will cost Canadian cyclists between $ 5 - million and $ 6 - million each year.

I strolled along the sidewalk, five or six paces behind my 3 - year - old son, who was cruising toward the mailbox on his little bicycle.

Like that guy I saw near my home years ago who was on a bicycle with numerous garbage bags and signs warning full of warnings.

I met a woman at a concert Whose husband of twelve years Left her for the sister of their best - friend - couple's wife, Who then dated her next - door neighbor, Who went on a charity bicycle tour to Savannah Where he joined a group called «The Twelve Tribes.»

I moved to India a few years back and the wonderful woman on the corner that sells greens from a cart made of plywood and old bicycle tires and always calls me «Darling» has all sorts of strange, unpronounceable leaves that I can't wait to try this recipe out on.

The basement of a Lower East Side tenement building is converted into a bakery, and for five years Mark makes doughnuts all night, and delivers them in the morning on his bicycle.

Riding a lady's bicycle with a hamper on the handlebars, 66 - year - old Gustav Hakansson, five times a grandfather, still beat the best young bicyclists in Sweden over 1,000 miles

Using bicycle drafting methods, he worked his way to the lead by the 13 - mile mark and went on to his third Boston victory in four years, in 1:55:42.

For example, if last summer you let him ride his bicycle in the driveway, this year he may be ready to ride it on the sidewalk.

Born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on Jan. 17, 1942, in Louisville, Ky., Ali learned to box after his bicycle was stolen when he was 12 years old.

A 15 - year - old boy shot McDonald on July 12, 1986, while the officer was responding to a bicycle theft in the park, leaving the cop paralyzed for the remainder of his life.

An 80 - year - old man on a bicycle was struck and killed on Saturday by a charter bus in the Chelsea section of Manhattan — the second time in a week that a cyclist has died in a bus accident in the neighborhood.

On April 2, this year, at about 18:00 hours, Kamoko's two sons Mustapha Kamoko and Abu Kamoko in the company of other boys, went to James Town to look for their missing bicycle.

Four lanes each of opposite - direction traffic on the westbound span will continue until the eastbound span opens later this year, when each span will each have eight general traffic lane — four breakdown and emergency lanes and dedicated bus lanes — in addition to space for commuter rail when funds become available and a bicycle and walking path.

These days, outside the lab, Ruvkun reads up on astronomy, geology, and planetary science when he's not spending time with his wife, Natasha Staller, an art historian, or teaching their 5 - year - old daughter how to ride a bicycle.

The biggest patrons by far of stem cell research are the citizens of California — who have, over the years, led the country on health care issues from pollution standards to anti-tobacco legislation to bicycle helmets.

During the summer months I commute on my bicycle and during the last year I was completely dependant on hyaluronic acid to keep my joints pain - free.

I have done intermittent fasting for almost a year; sometimes a 24 hr fast like Dr. Fung and have noticed no loss of strength or endurance on resistance training at the gym and bicycle endurance on my regular bike runs increased even though I do the same distance (but takes less time).

After a year on the protocol, and in the years since, she has ridden a bicycle and enjoyed greatly improved health.

Did 1000 mile on bicycle last year.

«We start off riding through the city with Coogie (Jahking Guillory), a playful 16 - year - old with a wild mane of hair, on a canary yellow bicycle with a banana seat... we see Chicago through his eyes.

The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette) Year: 1948 Director: Vittorio De Sica This tale of a father and son in poverty - stricken Italy is on of the most moving films I've ever seen.

Reason: One of 2012's biggest stars was Joseph Gordon - Levitt, who in one year replaced Batman, drove the incredible Looper, got slapped by a president in Lincoln, and even joy - rode on a bicycle in Premium Rush.

The story of a pair of teens riding cross country on stolen bicycles to try and find cocaine washed ashore following a drug bust gone wrong went on to become the biggest local hit of the year at the Irish box office while also picking up awards at Fantastic Fest and is now gearing up for international release.

Riches: It's kind of a composite of my experiences in Miami over the years — from having my bicycle stolen to seeing street dogs and chickens to the art fairs to hearing a friend's story about a meditation class, and so on.

One that, perhaps to its credit, doesn't end with the students applauding while standing on their desks, but rather the students weeping while offering a fleeing taxicab the year's stupidest bicycle posse.

Decades later, you can see the influence of «Bicycle Thieves» everywhere in a variety of genres and languages, from the work of the Belgian Dardenne brothers and their stripped - down focus on the hardships of ordinary, working - class citizens, to last year's acclaimed «The Florida Project,» in which Willem Dafoe is the rare established actor, serving as the glue in a cast of neophytes in Sean Baker's tale of poverty on the fringes of Disney World.

Mewborn challenged the faculty and students last spring with a promise: If all students met their year - end academic goals, he would ride from North Hart across more than 20 miles of rural landscape to the middle school... on his bicycle.

The second - generation Toyota Safety Sense system, launching in the middle of next year on certain models, adds a pre-collision system with day / night pedestrian protection and day bicycle detection function, lane - departure alert with steering assist, lane - tracing assist, road sign assist and full - range dynamic radar cruise control (except on manual transmission cars and trucks) with enhanced forward recognition and acceleration / deceleration.

Francis Birtles, pioneer motorist — Jonathan Wood tells the story of the intrepid young man who made a series of epic journeys across Australia the first one on a bicycle in 1907 / Prince Henry Vauxhall — Marcus Chambers recounts for us how Lawrence Pomeroy re-discovered this 1914 car in 1945 / Aston Martin MLII This month — The Editor samples a 1934 example of this two / four - seater thoroughbred / Snow & Ice Rally 1993 — A report on this year's Rallye Neige et Glace from Malcolm Elder.

Tillie Harris speaks to us from 1991 but most of the narrative is spent reflecting on the year 1975; a time of banana seat bicycles, the growing feminist movement, school desegregation, and upheaval within the Harris family.

Ten years ago, there had been lots of pictures of what looked like a large pink beach ball wearing different - colored bonnets - but Dudley Dursley was no longer a baby, and now the photographs showed a large blond boy riding his first bicycle, on a carousel at the fair, playing a computer game with his father, being hugged and kissed by his mother.

He experimented with motorizing bicycles and in January 1907 set a one - mile speed record of 136.7 miles per hour, for which he was hailed as the fastest man on earth; two years later, he would also be the fastest man aloft.

That matters to me because a few years back Amazon was hiding one of my titles (Across Asia on a Bicycle) because another publisher was selling a lower quality edition for $ 10 more.

In The Undertow, the second - generation Billy Hastings makes a name for himself as a racing cyclist in the years between World War I and World War II and goes on to serve in a vital detachment of bicycle soldiers on D - Day in 1944.

Bicycle prices increase every year and cyclists who are serious about their sport are spending big money on high value bikes.

• Angkor, Cambodia: Ditch the crowds at Preah Kahn temple • Bali, Indonesia: Get a lulur scrub at Amanusa • Beijing: Explore by foot, bicycle, and rickshaw • Fatehpur Sikri, India: Admire the former Moghul capital • Hanoi, Vietnam: Stroll around Hoan Kiem Lake • Hong Kong: Soak in views from rooftop hotel bars • Huangzhou, China: Dine at visionary restaurant Dragon Wel • Koh Samui, Thailand: Get a treatment at Kamalaya wellness retreat • Kyoto, Japan: Visit Tawaraya, a 300 - year - old ryokan • Rajasthan, India: Sleep on a sand dune under the stars • Singapore: Eat at Maxwell Road Hawker Center • Sri Lanka: Sample beaches and colonial architecture • Sumba Island, Indonesia: Go to surf camp at Nihiwatu • Tokyo: See the tuna auction at Tsukiji Fish Market • Yangtze River, China: Cruise from Beijing to Shanghai

Although it's been a few years since I've been in Canada you might appreciate my take on visiting all of the capital buildings in Canada and managing to pull off a headstand in their coveted rooms Slightly warped viewpoints, and an awful lot of information for those with a geeky side, and curious about what its like to live in the bush and travel with all of your worldly possessions on a bicycle

A special event at Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative on Thursday marks the UN's International Year of Co-operatives in Scotland on Thursday.

About 15 years ago work began on the 10.157 km (according to the signs) single lane road which was officially only for motorbikes and bicycles.

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It's like hopping onto a bicycle you have not rode on in the last 16 years.

A video from his first show at New York's Perry Rubenstein Gallery in 2004 depicts two boys who appear to swing off the handlebars of a bicycle, which is chalked on the ground.In the years since, Rhode's profile has grown steadily, with a solo exhibition at the Haus der Kunst in Munich and group shows at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.

Last year Bob and Roberta Smith built a «tree» using a mishmash of recycled wooden struts, bicycles and lamps, as a comment on the commercialisation of Christmas.

Pedal Forward has been working on a sustainable and affordable bamboo bicycle for the last couple of years, receiving a big nod from the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) with an award in 2012, and has taken its original design from a decidedly DIY - looking bike frame (held together with what looks like copious amounts of resin and fibers) to a really unique «modular» frame.

Although 33 years young, Christiania bicycles of Copenhagen draw on the heritage of the century old Scandinavian box bike tradition.

Last year we spotted Paul Thomas» bicycle carrier bags, and this year they were featured on the Apprentice.