| 单词 | weather vane |
| 例句 | It had a huge bed and flowing white curtains—and, oddly, a small antique rocking horse and a collection of old weather vanes arranged on a large wooden desk. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z As he drew nearer, he saw it was a massive golden weather vane, signalling to him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Some of our best prizes were a baseball cap, a beat-up weather vane shaped like a chicken, and a beautiful feather that looked like it might have come from a peacock. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I was checking out the brass eagle weather vane on top when something caught my eye, a shadow in the uppermost window of the attic gable. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, a porch. And I’d love to have a weather vane on the roof.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The furious claws almost lifted Matthias from the weather vane as the King gripped the belt, trying to drag it off him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The towering structure rose a good live stories tall, topped by a weather vane in the shape of a bull. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The Object lived on Tonnacour, in a gray stone and clapboard house with a weather vane. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He straddled it with both feet, gazing straight ahead at the north point of the weather vane. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The mystery pistol was shaking and sliding back and forth in my hand same as a weather vane in a January storm. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It rustles the leaves of apple trees and sets a rooster on a weather vane spinning. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “The beam cuts right across the top gable. I can see the weather vane as clearly as if it were day.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Matthias estimated that it was probably underneath where the weather vane was situated. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z On the arm of a weather vane, pointing north! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The weather vane moved slightly, indicating that Jess, actually out upon the north pointer, must be trying to retrieve the sword. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “It’s the weather vane arm that points north! That’s where the sword must be!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Behind the house loomed an immense brown barn, at least five stories tall, topped by a weather vane. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z My mind spun like a weather vane in the wind. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “Dan was only split through the head with the pig-shaped weather vane that flew off a barn. Now let me see that police report.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Joseph had never been this close to a weather vane, and he was surprised by how large it was. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Plastic flowers were planted around the edge, and a weather vane topped by a spouting whale stood in the center. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Most looked almost ordinary; their owners had clearly tried to make them as Muggle-like as possible, but had slipped up by adding chimneys, or bellpulls, or weather vanes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z One of them is a real clock; the other looks like a clock but is really a weather vane, and the hands swing in the wind. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I see her take in the white fence and the messy garden, then the rusted weather vane atop the ever so slightly lopsided roof. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Bracing himself against the weather vane, Matthias shielded his eyes and peered down into the Abbey grounds. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Bull Sparra’s mad bright eyes glanced upwards to the weather vane. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Among the items for sale are weather vanes, bird baths, vintage benches, botanical prints, and garden-themed paintings. Treasures Abound at Botanical Garden’s Annual Antique Show 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z It reminds me of a weather vane or a colonial hinge. Richard McGuire’s “Noise New York” 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z No country cliches here: Her look combines rustic farm tables, lanterns and antique weather vanes with contemporary lighting and white marble bathrooms. How to get farmhouse style, without the country cliches 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z There are paintings and drawings, quilts, ceramics, handmade books, pieces of elaborately decorated furniture, duck decoys and weather vanes dating from the mid-18th century to the early 21st. Inspiration Made Concrete in ‘Self-Taught Genius’ Exhibition 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The most beautiful one resembles a silver weather vane that appears guided by unseen forces. Movie Review: ‘The Awakening,’ With Rebecca Hall and Dominic West 2012-08-17T15:17:32Z The angelic winged and trumpet-blowing figure of Fame in a swirling dress graces a weather vane made of zinc and copper from around 1890. Art Review: ?Jubilation/Rumination? at American Folk Art Museum 2012-01-27T00:08:07Z It is also a good weather vane of relations between the two countries. A German Comedian in London: Working Out the War in Punch Lines 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Yet they are not the weather vane they used to be for predicting which film might triumph at the Academy Awards. Golden Globes launch Hollywood into awards season 2010-12-14T07:46:03Z The exception to the Modernist rule is a collection of antique weather vanes that decorated a wall of her last living room. Florence Knoll Bassett’s Collection to Be Auctioned 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Such moments echo the way Müller’s wanderer obsessively scans his environment for clues, reading messages in the weather vane on his sweetheart’s house or the crow that follows him as he walks. ‘Winterreise’ Augmented by Kentridge Video Art 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Denim, after all, has always been a cultural weather vane. Is Denim in an Identity Crisis? 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z American art, fine and folk, abounds at the fair: weather vanes, scrimshaw, Pennsylvania Dutch bibles, creepy flat portraits of New England children. Winter, but Whither Antiques? 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z In Wodehouse's Blandings Castle stories, reluctant patriarch Lord Emsworth is a jumble of legs and befuddlement, an amiable, spindle-limbed weather vane buffeted hither and thither by the winds of familial tomfoolery. Blandings is just the ticket, by jove 2013-01-12T06:00:00Z He has for example, built living rooms around a bronze equestrian statue in Guatemala City, and an angel weather vane on top of a cathedral in Basel, Switzerland. Art Review: Tatzu Nishi’s ‘Discovering Columbus’ Installation 2012-09-21T18:15:31Z They custom ordered a copper whale weather vane for the garage roof from the artisan in Connecticut. All-American Style 2010-06-23T23:04:00Z I’m not buying any more weather vanes because I have no place to put them. There’s No Business Like Art Fair Business for Sanford Smith 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z For evidence, look no further than “Girls,” HBO’s cultural weather vane for urban 20-somethings, where none of the main characters paired off in a manner that might count as courtship even a decade ago. The End of Courtship? 2013-01-11T21:56:39Z In Mr. Smith’s house you’ll find more than two dozen antique weather vanes featuring sculpted animals, hundreds of miniature toy soldiers battling on the shelves and a cigar-store Indian. There’s No Business Like Art Fair Business for Sanford Smith 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z When a train collision kills 18 people, the ensuing investigation whipsaws public opinion like a weather vane. Review: ‘Judgment Day,’ an Allegory of Blame, Goes Big 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z When throngs of visitors move through the show, which started Nov. 8, they’ll create air currents, stirring the mobiles to move in a slow ballet of weather vanes. A colorful Calder exhibit opens at Seattle Art Museum 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z A museum should not change directions like a weather vane but give us the reassurance that some things are timeless and provide us with the history and progression of art. Feedback: Readers remember Tina Turner and criticize LACMA 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z There are weather vanes with more firmly fixed positions. Column: Kevin McCarthy 'won' the House speakership. Now the country must pay the price 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Long an integral part of the social calendar, Germany’s roughly 500 Christmas markets have renewed importance as weather vanes of the national mood. At German Christmas Markets, Smiles Shine Bright but Budgets Are Tight 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Others say she’s a weather vane, pivoting when it suits her advancement. Who is Liz Truss, a shapeshifter set to be U.K.’s next prime minister? 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z The City Council could prove that it’s better than a weather vane blown by special interests. Special interests cloud Seattle City Council’s quest for pot reform 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Consider a weather vane’s response to a strong wind. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z However, there is a much deeper symbolism in the bird on the weather vane flying over George Washington’s home, Mount Vernon. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Explaining nil on NIL 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z When the tour director “started to explain that the dove of peace on the mansion’s weather vane carried an olive branch, Mrs. Khrushchev muttered, ‘Yes, yes’ and walked away,” the New York Daily News reported. How France’s treasured Bastille key ended up at Mount Vernon 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z The new ministerial position — an assistant minister — is a comparatively minor one, and its role will be limited, at least for the near term, mostly to conversation starter and weather vane. Australia’s Baby Steps Toward Severing Ties With the Queen 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z “Be a vocal and visible ally even if it costs you endorsements and donations. Stand up for what you believe in; otherwise you’re not an elected official, you’re just a weather vane,” he said. LGBTQ people urge Democrats to forcefully reject GOP attacks 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z A typical weather vane has a large cross-sectional area perpendicular to the direction the arrow is pointing, like a “One Way” street sign. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Abbott has a reputation in Austin for twisting like a weather vane, depending on the prevailing Republican winds. Column: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the nation's toughest abortion law. Was it principle or posturing? 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z And given that uncertainty, the stock and bond markets are swinging haphazardly, like a weather vane before a storm, as the news about the new variant blows one way or another. The Markets Are Confused, but Wall Street Is Still Making Predictions 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Whether Johnson is a weather vane who swings toward popular causes or whether he was schooled at 10 Downing Street by Britain’s world-leading climate scientists, the man has changed his tune — dramatically. Boris Johnson used to mock ‘eco-doomsters.’ Now he’s a climate champion. 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z If Republicans and Democrats haven’t changed much on the role of government, independents are the weather vanes on this question. Analysis | Are Americans growing warier of more government just as Biden tries to pass his big agenda? 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z The purpose of the weather vane is to indicate the direction of the wind. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The Robert Venturi-designed work is "a reimagined obelisk" topped by a weather vane representing the colors of Italy, the country of the explorer’s birth, and Spain, the country for which he sailed. Judge orders removal of plywood box covering Christopher Columbus statue in Philadelphia 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z To learn the direction of energy production in North Carolina, look to a weather vane. Editorial Roundup: North Carolina 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z The group’s flag, featuring a rooster weather vane pointing west, sports the words “The West is the Best,” and its annual convention, held recently in Las Vegas, is called WestFest. Far-Right Group That Trades in Political Violence Gets a Boost 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z The 106-foot Robert Venturi-designed work is “a reimagined obelisk” topped by a weather vane representing the colors of Italy, the country of the explorer’s birth, and Spain, the country for which he sailed. Columbus monument supporters file suit, seek injunction 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z As wind blows past the weather vane, it tends to orient the arrow in the same direction as the wind. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Family and friends of Alicia Shanks gathered Thursday to put the turtle weather vane on top of the gazebo at the Essex Elementary School. New weather vane installed at school to honor slain teacher 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z The group, Native Americans at Dartmouth, said removal of the weather vane “would be a welcome and long overdue change.” Students urge Dartmouth to take down ‘racist’ weather vane 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Trump’s audience for his theatrical retellings and explanations of his conduct also extends to influential Fox News anchors, such as Tucker Carlson, who he watches regularly and sees as a political weather vane. Trump and allies try to rewrite history on handling of police brutality protests 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z As part of the celebration, the colors of Effendi, the race’s winner, are painted onto the ornamental weather vane at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore for the first time. This day in sports: Serena Williams wins her 50th title by beating Maria Sharapova 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z As part of the celebration marking the return of the Preakness, the colors of the race’s winner were painted onto the ornamental weather vane at Pimlico Racecourse for the first time. AP Sportlight 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Festivities are rounded off with a climber scaling the pole to spin the weather vane on top. The eccentric events cancelled by coronavirus 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z The website says that, while some believe the barrel represents a keg of rum, “some say it is the pivot point for the weather vane.” Students urge Dartmouth to take down ‘racist’ weather vane 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z And it was a major factor in the president’s reluctance to even acknowledge a looming crisis, for fear of rattling the financial markets that serve as his political weather vane. Inside the Coronavirus Response: A Case Study in the White House Under Trump 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Voters can be turned off by signs of weakness or too much reliance on weather vanes. Editorial Roundup: Alabama 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z There’s a delightful little chapter about a controversial weather vane, and a wholly unexpected story of a long marriage that survives a bout of violence. Review | What happened on a December day in 1986? A little bit of everything. 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z The fluidity of Mr. Chirac’s policy positions led to other popular nicknames, like “Chameleon Bonaparte” and “Girouette,” French for “weather vane.” Jacques Chirac, flamboyant French president who opposed U.S. invasion of Iraq, dies at 86 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z A dolphin-topped weather vane sits above the whitewashed exterior, and the same color palette continues inside. Grammy-winning songwriter Glen Ballard cuts price of Malibu cottage 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Built in 2018, the two-story home pays homage to Boston’s colonial style with dormer windows and a weather vane up top. Former Celtic Aron Baynes looks to pass Boston-area townhome 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z "It lives on, and has become part of local folklore. The Ampthill library has its weather vane as a hare, and there is public art incorporating hares," he said. The treasure hunt that gripped a nation 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z The festivities are rounded off with a climber scaling the pole to spin the weather vane at the top. There's nowt so queer as folklore 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z But overall, the outfit is more weather vane than bellwether, responding to the direction of the base and the GOP instead of setting a course for those groups to follow. Perspective | Five myths about cable news 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Valley News reports the lantern, spire and weather vane were taken down from the Strafford Town House Thursday for major repairs for the first time since the 1970s. Crews begin repair work on historic church building 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z And we will have helped turn a grievous crime into a cheap register of public passion that flips like a weather vane at the next election. Opinion | #MeToo Becomes a Political Ploy 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Instead, atop the Amazon bookstore at Palisades Village, a copper weather vane has a sailboat inscribed with the name of Caruso’s 216-foot yacht, Invictus. The Man Who Could Save Retail 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z By far the best gauge, though — as so often — is in Mourinho, that great weather vane of his opponent’s strengths. Manchester City Sizes Up Its Toughest Premier League Opponent: Complacency 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Independence Square is dominated by a 1933 redbrick courthouse with classical pediment and columns beneath a clock tower and weather vane, surrounded by impeccably cut grass. Independence, Missouri: Truman’s home comes to terms with Trump 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Strafford officials say contractors will convert the lantern’s roof from cedar to metal shingles and re-gild the weather vane among other repairs. Crews begin repair work on historic church building 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Traffic today streams past the driveway winding onto the Bruning property - a sort of rural throwback marked by antique signs, weather vanes and a 105-year-old red barn surrounded by nine tidy structures. Omaha development may push out century-old farm 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z In his White House, positions on immigration, gun control and foreign policy can spin like a weather vane. For Trump, what mattered most in creating, and addressing, the family separation crisis was looking strong 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z “To the extent that his emotions fluctuate with the news, I find this very useful — he’s a sort of weather vane for me.” Last of the Newsies? 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z The wind was strong enough to spin a weather vane, but Rosen was unflappable. At UCLA's pro day, Josh Rosen shows he can do more than sling it 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Romney was like a weather vane in his first run for president, "47 %" should do him in, how he truly feels and will vote lockstep. Orrin Hatch, Utah Senator, to Retire, Opening Path for Mitt Romney 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z If Trump spins like a weather vane on this, so much the better. ‘Their Deaths Are the Stuff of Nightmares’ 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z The street was the very picture of sturdy German middle-class prosperity - dappled, leafy, with white wooden dog-tooth fences, weather vanes and plane trees. Feeling 1% more 'Elvis' in a little town in Germany - BBC News 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z The events on the turnpike in April 1998 turned him into a human weather vane. A Microscope on Harvard, but a Shrug at Injustice on the Street 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z And Cannes, inasmuch as it offers a weather vane for where film is going, points to one very fresh and one very chestnut-y tack. Cannes 2017: A festival grapples with class, but not all movies are created equal 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z Liberal bloggers are wetting their pants over this “weather vane” of early Trump backlash. The Democratic party is undermining Bernie Sanders-style candidates | Jamie Peck 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z But dumping Bannon would only underscore the extent to which Trump is a political weather vane, gyrating wildly with the political winds. Opinion | Trump’s weather-vane presidency gyrates wildly with the winds 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z The restoration, scheduled to be completed later this month, will also include a new weather vane that is being re-created by Tony Cole at Custom Metals in Madison. Wisconsin water tower preserved, food pantry gets new home 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z A theatre-height purple velvet curtain lifted to reveal a catwalk in a plexiglass tunnel of the type found in airport terminals, which wound around a metal pyramid topped with a rooster weather vane. Milan fashion week: Gucci embraces its brilliant absurdity with fluid show 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Is your sense of direction like a weather vane spinning in strong winds? To Improve Your Sense of Direction, Lose the Technology 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z "Whether deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense is delayed is a political weather vane," one source said. China sees THAAD deployment as 'weather vane' under Trump 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The weather vane will twirl again soon because Trump faces renewed trouble, on an old front and a new one. Opinion | Trump’s weather-vane presidency gyrates wildly with the winds 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z One thing that was replicated is the cupola’s weather vane. The District’s 1932 Engine 16 firehouse is getting an $8.5 million facelift 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z The weather vane atop the turret adds a touch of whimsy. A stallion’s stable becomes a charming home in Clarke County 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The three handmade weather vanes recall the region’s traditional architecture, and the base of the building, made of rough-hewn fieldstone, recalls old New England masonry. Can You Erase the Trauma From a Place Like Sandy Hook? 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Because it turns out that even the most self-interested members of the political class, the true weather vanes swinging in the wind, have their limits. Donald Trump’s Conduct Was Excused Again and Again. But Not This Time. 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z What made this possible is sorely lacking today: a vision that unifies; an action plan that is realistic; and bold, far-sighted leadership that navigates both while holding a compass, not a weather vane. Ehud Barak: Netanyahu’s reckless conduct endangers Israel 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Aleppo is often viewed as the weather vane of the Syrian conflict, perhaps now more than ever. Beyond Aleppo, Syria's war rages on with no end in sight 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z During a big storm, when the site closes for the night, the crane is left free to swing to the point of least resistance, just like a weather vane. The indispensable crane hoists the economy, along with steel, concrete and toilets 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z A Liberal Party online ad depicts Shorten as a weather vane with outstretched fists holding daggers and accuses him of "knifing" two prime ministers. Bill Shorten's shifting allegiances may come back to haunt him as he seeks to become Australia's next prime minister 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z A Liberal Party online ad depicts Shorten as a weather vane with outstretched fists holding daggers and accuses him of “knifing” two prime ministers. Australian opposition's PM pick helped oust 2 predecessors 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z We always hear that politicians are unprincipled weather vanes, slavishly following polls. Five myths about political spin 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z A recent spot featured a cartoon of Rubio twisting on a weather vane as an announcer described his shifting position on immigration reform. Undeterred by criticism, Bush super PAC to keep focus on Rubio — for now 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Right to Rise also released a TV ad showing a Rubio cutout spinning around on a weather vane. His rivals are saying the same thing in different ways: Marco Rubio is weak 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z “He ran for Senate saying he opposed amnesty,” says the narrator of the 30-second ad called “Vane,” which features Mr. Rubio atop a weather vane, swiveling back and forth. New Attack Ads Call Marco Rubio a Flip-Flopper on Immigration 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z “He ran for Senate saying he opposed amnesty,” says the narrator of the 30-second spot, called “Vane,” which features Mr. Rubio atop a weather vane, swiveling back and forth. PAC Backing Jeb Bush Counters Campaign Message With Ad Critical of Marco Rubio 1455-02-13T05:00:00Z For those who can’t watch clips online, it shows Rubio as a weather vane, constantly pointing in different directions, moving with the winds. If immigration 'consistency' is key, Rubio has a problem 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z So in a new study, a team built a slowly spinning device with four outstretched arms like a weather vane. How Fish Make Themselves Invisible—Mystery Solved 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z A weather vane shifts its position every time the winds change. In Iowa, Hillary Clinton tries to build on her good run with jabs at Republicans 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z It shows Edward’s death and burial on 6 January 1066 in his church which was so new that men are shown still at work placing a weather vane on the roof. Westminster Abbey lavatory block gives way to medieval burial find 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The other side of the weather vane, though, is what we experienced this past weekend. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z No wonder Hillary Clinton seems to be veering left; her weather vane has always been better calibrated than most. Liberals are enjoying a comeback 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Her nose tilted slightly to the left, like a weather vane. Abby Wambach, Unconcerned With Broken Records or Nose, Craves World Cup Title 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z “The weather vane at the top is a lightning rod,” he said. West Texas county spruces up 125-year-old courthouse 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z He was no weather vane, but rather an authentic Republican who admired Abe Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt and whose deep baritone dominated state politics for a generation. Guest: Dan Evans and the efficacy of bipartisanship 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z As "weather vane" constituencies go, this is as politically edgy as it gets. Midlands pointers to polling day 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Sangin district, in particular, became a weather vane of the changing war. U.S. and British Troops End Combat Operations in Key Afghan Province 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z “I’m not a weather vane like President Obama or Hillary Clinton,” he said during an appearance at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. Conservatives decry Supreme Court’s move on gay marriage The Surrey village of Westcott pushes this thatch-topped envelope by adding a thatched dovecote bearing a weather vane on top to the mix. The curious world of street furniture 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z It remained up to Anthony to declare the Lakers victors this summer, but the weather vane was sure pointing East as of Thursday. Teams continue to wait for Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z And we can be sure those all-important weather vanes have plenty of storms to point out, between now and polling day. Midlands pointers to polling day 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z The paintings, quilts, ceramics, textiles, duck decoys and weather vanes were produced by often-overlooked artists from all walks of life. NYC exhibition features self-taught artists 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z The original weather vane also received a touch-up and waits to be placed on the top of the cupola. Giving new life to old Texas courthouses 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z It is a Preakness tradition that the weather vane atop the cupola in the infield is painted the colors of the winning horse's silks. Victor Espinoza hopes past failure will help his Triple Crown future 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z The top playmakers excelled while the plot twisted like a weather vane. View from San Francisco: In legendary clash, Seahawks simply better 2014-01-20T06:07:24Z It is three stories tall, framed by timber with a steeply-pitched roof capped by a weather vane finial. Postcards From Saratoga: Dark Day at Saratoga Is Hardly a Quiet One 2013-08-21T00:50:06Z It is true that Old Father Time has been moved from the top of the Grand Stand to the other side of the ground, but is he such a capricious weather vane? Lord's proves a treacherous place for New Zealand's batsmen 2013-05-19T16:00:59Z Without wanting to give too much away, DeWitt's character in particular abruptly becomes a weather vane, bestowing her affections on who appears to hold the moral high ground at any given time. Promised Land – first look review 2013-02-08T16:55:54Z Might it just be a weather vane for the nation's future political direction at a time of growing uncertainty? Is the ANC losing its grip on South Africa? 2012-12-14T01:21:48Z But, say observers, look back at by election performances with some perspective, and they are an invaluable weather vane of political fortunes. Do by-elections mean anything? 2012-12-07T12:47:20Z Quarterback Russell Wilson is the weather vane for Seattle's difficulties away from CenturyLink Field. Seattle looks to end road struggles 2012-11-25T01:07:08Z Long a magnet for millions of rural migrants drawn to the region’s factories, Guangdong, with its 100 million people, is a weather vane for the social and economic pressures bearing down on China. Changing of the Guard: Liberals in China Look to Guangdong’s Party Chief, Wang Yang 2012-11-06T02:59:13Z The sign “McGovern Weir” sits atop it like a weather vane. | Greenwood Heights: In Greenwood Heights, Bread, Beer and Famous Graves 2012-07-28T05:26:08Z "There are angels and weather vanes and the most extraordinary features decorating our rooftops," she said. Sculptor unveils golden frieze 2012-06-14T14:05:58Z On Friday, People’s Daily, the ruling Communist Party mouthpiece and a political weather vane, described Western efforts to export democracy and human rights to China as a new form of colonialism. News Analysis: Chinese Nationalism as Leadership Change Looms 2012-05-25T23:40:51Z The smallest details of its architecture were plainly distinguishable—the turrets, the platforms, the window-casements, and even the swallow-tailed weather vanes. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z Governor Huntsman endorsed you today, but in New Hampshire seven days ago he called you a perfectly lubricated weather vane on the important issues of the day. Before Debate, Fox News Crafts a Sharp Script 2012-01-17T16:31:09Z Manning pirouettes like a rusty weather vane, and the effect is more mesmerizing than elusive. The Fifth Down: Curiosities Abound in the Playoffs' First Round 2012-01-06T02:58:41Z Wealth, for some on either side of the Atlantic, is no longer simply a barometer of success: it is also a weather vane of excess. Letter From Europe: In Britain, Minding the Income Gap 2011-11-25T12:10:10Z I’m like a weather vane: How well I do in a class is all about my connection with the teacher. One More Great Idea For Better K-12: Students Above All Else 2011-09-14T00:58:01Z I could not see Fish House—that oblong, unpainted building a story and a half in height, with its chimneys of stone and the painted fish weather vane swimming in the sky. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z No home construction means no demand for weather vanes. New Hampshire feels the pain of gloomy economy 2011-07-18T19:18:21Z Occasionally the old weather vane on the church steeple would let out a terrible shriek when the wind veered. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z Then he appealed to a weather vane on a near-by steeple. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z They were the pens of Fate used in her writing, the weather vanes of destiny which turned the way the currents and tides of invisible forces were blowing. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z The Australian dollar is considered by market participants to be a weather vane of investor tolerance for risk because of its relatively high yield and close economic relationship with China. Equities down but not out on U.S. soft patch 2011-06-02T06:14:56Z The Australian dollar, which serves as a weather vane of investor risk taking, was up 0.7 percent at $1.0603, trimming nearly all its losses on the week. Asia stocks, euro jump with risk in fashion 2011-05-26T06:22:31Z Artistically striped in shades of taupe, they are dotted with black-and-white blown-up pictures of Floral Park landmarks: not just buildings but features like weather vanes, clocks and bell towers. | Floral Park: Quickly Becoming One of the Neighbors 2011-03-20T03:58:47Z You get pointed one way, and to have to shift and face round in another is candy for a weather vane but bread for a sleuth. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z "I don't doubt, because I don't mean to think about it," said the young lady, looking fiercely up toward the gilded weather vanes that glimmered on the grey pinnacles of the ch�teau. The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z Through the first two games this season, Hasselbeck's performance remained the weather vane for Seattle's fortunes. Seahawks' playmakers giving Matt Hasselbeck plenty of support 2010-09-29T02:02:00Z Mitt Romney, a presidential hopeful and former governor of Massachusetts who is always a good weather vane, is assiduously courting the group. Letter From Washington: Tea Party Doesn't Need Votes to Win U.S. Elections 2010-09-26T18:30:00Z The figure turns in the wind, and is the weather vane of the city. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands Low and sweet, high and fine, the running of little country brooks, unattainable as a weather vane in the sun. Fairfax and His Pride Dr. Wilson calls the country church “the weather vane of community prosperity.” The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity A storm raged without; the weather vanes creaked. The Golden Age in Transylvania It is meant only for true men and valiant women, not for soft, languid characters, nor for fickle minds, which change as a weather vane. What Shall I Be? A Chat With Young People Many a holiday-maker's wonder has been excited by the fall, at one o'clock, of the huge, black ball, high up there, by the weather vane on the topmost point of the eastern turret. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. To understand the principle of sailing we must realize that a sail-boat, without the use of a rudder, acts in the water and wind very much the way a weather vane acts in the air. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 “Low court—high court—clear to the ridgepole—clear to the cupoly, and then I’ll shin the weather vane with the star spangled banner of justice between my teeth.” Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Beyond them, the white spire of the church with its weather vane atop. All the Brothers Were Valiant Here and there is a sailor that's as full of such silly notions as a weather vane. Princess Polly At Play If you pass a weather vane on your way home, see if you can read the letters on it and find out what they mean. Where We Live A Home Geography He will make a weather vane, post a daily bulletin, keep a record of temperature, measure velocity of wind, and rainfall. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 Anyway, I'm not a mole; I can see which way the weather vanes are pointing. The Brentons And he was looking at the DuPree's weather vane when he watered the lawn last night. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life "The wind's coming from the south," he added as he looked at the weather vane on the barn and saw that it was pointed to the south. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South He279 insisted on ordering champagne to celebrate, and Aggie had two glasses, and then said the room was going round like the weather vane on the tower at V——. More Tish When the rope ladders were finally in place, we raced up and down them, sitting in the crow's nest on a line with the church weather vane, and pretending to reef the sails. Modern American Prose Selections "It is always well, Captain, to divine the trend of the wind before weather vanes give information to all who care to look for it." Dan Merrithew I didn't strike her, for she was easily ten pounds heavier than I was, but I made it easily apparent that our relations would never progress further than the weather vane. Biltmore Oswald The Diary of a Hapless Recruit Then I remembered that I had tied my horse to the weather vane. Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life "Now I'm in my proper place," said the kite as it sailed over the roofs of the houses, over the tree tops, over the golden weather vane, and even over the windmill itself. Mother Stories I shifted my mind like a weather vane and decided against shipping to England, with the forlorn hope of, somehow attending Oxford or Cambridge, and studying English literature there. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative He will make a weather vane, post a daily bulletin board, keep a record of temperature, measure velocity of wind and rainfall. Camping For Boys But the smart-painted, natty barn that follows the humbler structure, with its glazed windows, its ornamented ventilator and gilded weather vane,—who cares to contemplate it? In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs A weather vane had been put at the top of the pole, and the question of connecting flag tackle had been left to be decided at a later date. The High School Captain of the Team Dick & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard Sweet Voice was not afraid then; and as they flew from the shelter of the woods, they saw the tall church steeple with its golden weather vane. Mother Stories It was not alone in Germany that a responsive Press played the weather vane to Government wishes; but in Germany the machinery ran smoothest. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Miss Panney turned around like a weather vane struck by a squall. The Girl at Cobhurst A weather vane, with two planes attached to the pointer at an angle of 80 degrees with each other, was made. A History of Aeronautics The weather vanes throughout the country had evidently entered into a conspiracy. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates On this tower was a weather vane in the shape of a golden man who rode a golden horse, and made ready to shoot a golden arrow. The Faery Tales of Weir For twenty-four hours the weather vanes of the great Middle West stood stock-still while July came in like a lion. Star-Dust The weather vanes and the dragon glittered in the sun, and the men on the decks were arrayed in their best, with their polished brass helmets and gaily coloured cloaks. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age "Well, do you suppose I'm going to be found stuck up here like a confounded rooster on a weather vane?" shouted the inventor. Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures Just then the weather vanes telegraphed to each other by a peculiar twitch—and, in an instant, the gust came. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates For the people on the plain, though they looked to his guiding arrow did not love him because they thought him only a weather vane. The Faery Tales of Weir The superstructure is in the French mansard roof style, with handsome cupolas on the east and west ends, surmounted with flag-staffs and weather vanes. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present All the Carey festivities had heretofore been in the house save the one in honor of the hanging of the weather vane, which had been an out-of-door function, attended by the whole village. Mother Carey's Chickens "The wind is from the southwest," said Donald, looking at the weather vane on top of the barn. Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) He would hang over the pigpen noting down adjectives for the sunset instead of mending the weather vane on the barn which took a slew so that the north wind came from the southwest. Parnassus on Wheels Now her betrothed could be jealous even of a weather vane, so he said: "Anyone can be beautiful who is made of metal." The Faery Tales of Weir The curtain had acted as a weather vane,—the wind had hauled to the east. The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women But best of all he loved the great stable where a prancing silver horse was always riding on the weather vane. Master Sunshine The weather vane, which in the morning had pointed to the south, turned from side to side, as though uncertain which direction it liked best. Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) Boston "Stump" is only two hundred and eighty feet to the top of the weather vane, but infinitely slimmer in proportion; whilst even Salisbury spire is only about four hundred odd feet. Beautiful Europe: Belgium He must forget that he had ever been a weather vane and must learn the ways of the world. The Faery Tales of Weir The old weather vane with the bullet marks upon it is still preserved. The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware That is, he saw a tumbled shock of curls and a pair of big round eyes looking up at him over a stock of weather vanes. Shavings The weather vane that had pointed to the northeast began to waver, and then turned toward the southwest again. Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) At the top of Guide Board hill she could see Alice Robinson's barn with its shining weather vane, a huge burnished fish that swam with the wind and foretold the day to all Riverboro. New Chronicles of Rebecca She could not say that her husband had been a weather vane, and was now a man, so she replied, "He occupied a very high position of trust." The Faery Tales of Weir You can hardly name them unless you look at the weather vane. The Colour of Life; and other essays on things seen and heard His peculiar business, the making of wooden mills, toys and weather vanes, had grown steadily. Shavings |
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