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  • Navigating around equipment and the shaft's sharp angle, and struggling against flowing water, Mr. Chen said his crew ferried out survivors in boats that seated five at a time through a yard-high headspace.

    Mine Workers Rescued a Week Later Shai Oster 2010

  • Navigating around equipment and the shaft's sharp angle, and struggling against flowing water, Mr. Chen said his crew ferried out survivors in boats that seated five at a time through a yard-high headspace.

    Mine Workers Rescued a Week After Flooding Shai Oster 2010

  • Navigating around equipment and the shaft's sharp angle, and struggling against flowing water, Mr. Chen said his crew ferried out survivors in boats that seated five at a time through a yard-high headspace.

    Mine Workers Rescued a Week Later Shai Oster 2010

  • Hissing and spinning, a yard-high fire wheel spun to earth, rushing wildly through the crowd.

    Cantinflas, the castillo and ponche in the plaza 2007

  • Hissing and spinning, a yard-high fire wheel spun to earth, rushing wildly through the crowd.

    Cantinflas, the castillo and ponche in the plaza 2007

  • So Tuesday night, before I went to bed, I put the tray of food and water (all the bowls are on a baking sheet to minimize food spewage) up on the plastic bin of food (because Grimoire can drill through a bag of food in no time), which is on top of a yard-high cabinet (which is completely covered with stuff).

    Archive 2007-09-16 Dayle A. Dermatis 2007

  • His greatest creation was the Erector set: that collection of steel girders, nuts, bolts, plus miscellaneous wheels and pulleys that could be used to build anything from a yard-high Ferris wheel to a suspension bridge across your living room.

    Practical Futurist: When Toys And Tinkerers Meet 2007

  • So Tuesday night, before I went to bed, I put the tray of food and water (all the bowls are on a baking sheet to minimize food spewage) up on the plastic bin of food (because Grimoire can drill through a bag of food in no time), which is on top of a yard-high cabinet (which is completely covered with stuff).

    The art of levitation Dayle A. Dermatis 2007

  • But they made it across and disappeared into the small yard-high arched tunnel on the far side.

    Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

  • But they made it across and disappeared into the small yard-high arched tunnel on the far side.

    Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

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