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The path to reach the tableland from the coast, the path of La Cuesta, in those days was covered by thick vegetation that included Canarian pine, broom, beech, heather, palm trees, dragos, savin, and other species, and so the accession up the hill was a dangerous undertaking. [4] Fernández de Lugo garrisoned Santa Cruz to prevent a surprise ...
Raz kozie smierc! The goat dies but once! An expression of bravado, or true courage, used in answer to friends who warn one against a dangerous undertaking ... and probably said often as the Poles attacked German Panzer tanks while on horseback. Comment: And in which battle had Polish cavalry supposedly charged at German tanks?
Overtaking on the inside or undertaking [16] [17] [18] refers to the practice of overtaking a slower vehicle on a road using the lane that is curb side of the vehicle being passed; that is to say, a lane to the left of the vehicle in countries where driving is on the left, or a lane to the right of the vehicle in countries where driving is on ...
Svend Foyn was born in the neighborhood of Foynegården at Tønsberg in Vestfold county, Norway. He was the son of shipmaster Laurentius Foyn (1772–1813) and Benthe Marie Ager (1781–1842).
This was a very dangerous undertaking as the wreck sits underwater at the base of a cliff, and it is only calm enough to safely enter the water on a few days each year. Max Cramer also helped to promote research into the fate of all the Dutch seafarers stranded on the coast of Western Australia during the 17th and early 18th centuries.
It would be a dangerous undertaking for persons trained only to the law to constitute themselves final judges of the worth of pictorial illustrations, outside of the narrowest and most obvious limits. At the one extreme, some works of genius would be sure to miss appreciation.
These cuts included the native army, which was reduced to a near-token force and largely superseded, first by foreign mercenary companies and then by militias. As shown by the failed campaign of Andronikos's co-emperor Michael IX, these inexperienced militiamen made countering the Turkish advance a difficult and dangerous undertaking.
Considered harmful is a part of a phrasal template "X considered harmful". As of 2009 [update] , its snowclones have been used in the titles of at least 65 critical essays in computer science and related disciplines. [ 1 ]