| 单词 | concertina |
| 例句 | They see sunlight one hour a day, when they are allowed into an outdoor area surrounded by a fence topped with concertina wire. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She says that crews are busy locking away the beaches behind a network of concertina wire and huge wooden jacks called chevaux de frise. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “He never wanted to go anywhere either. Always sitting under that elm on the hill, playing that concertina and dreaming the days away. And what happened?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It took longer than they thought to get the minigun set up inside the concertina wire surrounding the camp. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Beyond, coils of concertina wire topping a mesh fence further obscured the vista. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Literature, she says, has the potential to give us texts in which “the experiences of the old unfold and collapse back, like concertinas, into narratives that are rarely reducible to age itself.” What Old Age Is Really Like 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z On the north-facing side of the trail are a centuries-old granite fortress wall, part of a 21-kilometer enclosure that once protected central Seoul, and two modern steel fences topped with concertina wire. Special Report: Asia Travel: A Great View of Seoul, if You Follow the Rules 2012-05-02T20:06:05Z In recent months she’d been dismayed to observe the addition of troops and concertina wire to the international crossing when she returned to El Paso from visiting family or the doctor in Juarez. Border Patrol Museum visitors want to talk current events. The staff doesn’t. 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Joplin sang it unaccompanied, and although Boden paradoxically adds a mournful concertina, he's happy to classify it as a folk song. Jon Boden's big singalong 2010-07-28T21:15:00Z The hideous bales of concertina wire strangled in old plastic bags that protected the trains from vandalism at the Beach 116th Street terminal have been replaced by serious high fences topped with fresh barbed wire. Rockaway Ferry 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z There also was volume, in the form of concertina folds at the hips, back or neck. Special Report: Spreading That '70s Vibe 2010-09-19T11:56:00Z There’s a fiddle, a guitar, a bodhran, a concertina, maybe a banjo or a flute or a tin whistle. Traditional Irish Music in New York City 2012-03-15T22:06:12Z A handbag shaped like a concertina also caught her eye. What Will Laura Dern Wear to the Golden Globes? (Hint: It Will Be Black) 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z She taps her feet and sways while she plays a concertina, a small instrument similar to an accordion. Kids dance off to Ireland and come home with a medal 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Abridged versions of classic literature once rightly attracted charges of philistinism, whereas the act of concertinaing The Irishman is regarded as a necessary response to a hectic world. Who turned out the lights? How the decade's final month changed cinema for ever 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z The U.S. fence, with its dense metal weave and its crown of concertina wire, is full of patches where determined individuals have sliced their way through with wire cutters. As Trump talks building a wall, a Japanese art collective's Tijuana treehouse peeks across the border 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Pountney's approach and the imaginative, superfunctional designs of the late Maria Bjørnson set a benchmark: the caterpillar and its concertina, as well as the mosquito and his menacing proboscis, are still a delight. The Cunning Little Vixen – review 2013-02-26T18:16:00Z Throughout, the action is wrapped and unwrapped in a series of ingenious paper screens that concertina back and forth, suggesting the apparently endless pages of Dr Dee's massive library. Dr Dee: An English Opera ? review 2011-07-09T23:06:01Z The concertina's otherworldly keening pairs magnificently with the bassoon's loamy baritone register. "Only Murders in the Building" bridges Boomer and Millennial sensibilities for a comedy that slays 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z It's Gleitzman's attempt to convey, to an audience that has a tendency to "concertina history", that the past is not necessarily a different place in terms of human experience. Morris Gleitzman's 'friendship books' 2010-10-01T12:04:00Z O’Neill sat in on a recent session there, a lively assembly that ran until 1 a.m. and nearly veered into a brawl when a bystander picked up a concertina without asking. What’s Driving a Fresh Wave of Irish Music? Tradition. 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z There’s concertina wire on the Mexican side that the Americans put up. Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z One might imagine Andy Gill’s guitar strung with concertina wire, so razorous is his sound, inspiring generations of guitarists to bring the noise. Gang of Four changed the way punk sounded and what it could say. A new box set reveals the peak of their power. 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z These included contested frontiers like Kashmir and a few Cold War hot spots, like the D.M.Z. crossing the Korean peninsula, where opposing armies and world views stared each other down through rolls of concertina wire. What Are Borders For? 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Seeing Slater erecting concertina wire, he shouted out in his salty New England twang. Life and death in the US Marines 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Both parents and all the brothers sang in the church choir and played stringed instruments or the concertina by ear. Louisa Jo Killen, Folk Singer With a Booming Tenor, Dies at 79 2013-08-26T02:29:11Z I've always loved music's ability to swallow distance this way; to concertina all the land between my living room and a venue in Chattanooga into something small enough to hold. Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll 2011-08-18T21:30:00Z In the lift, once the doors have concertinaed closed, he says cheerily to another doctor: “This young lady has come to discuss a donation her family have made to the department.” How I came face to face with my dead father’s brain 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z He also scaled a 15-foot-high wall, ran 12 miles and underwent something called an Arctic Enema, in which he jumped into a Dumpster filled with ice water, dyed neon green, and swam under concertina wire. Extreme Obstacle Course Races Forge a Bond in Mud and Guts 2012-12-07T23:56:00Z Tall mirrors are concertinaed around the stage, reflecting boudoir bulbs that crackle ominously. The Irrepressibles - review 2010-10-04T21:15:00Z The concertina wire atop chain link fencing is the first glimpse of the facility that spreads out across the countryside. SC prison holds writing program for prison inmates 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Though it looks and sounds like an accordion, the bandoneón is actually a member of the concertina family, brought to Argentina by German immigrants, Mr. Jofre said. In New Works, J. P. Jofre Celebrates the Bandoneón 2013-06-23T20:54:48Z Instruments used in musical performances include the accordion-like concertina and a hammered dulcimer. Around Town for June 10-16 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z It’s a camp with two buildings laced with concertina wire and filled with 1,960 detained immigrants, an undisclosed number of prison personnel and one bird. A bird trapped in ICE detention: What it’s like inside the largest immigrant prison in the US 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z Some landowners had put up concertina wire and other barriers to keep people from floating or wading in the river. New Mexico attorney general accuses landowners of preventing public access to the Pecos River 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Texas has used concertina wire, or razor wire, as a makeshift fence to try to seal off parts of its border that were being overrun by illegal immigrants wading across the Rio Grande. Judge orders Biden administration to stop cutting holes in Texas’s border fence 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z In Jessie Fuentes’ hometown of Eagle Pass, he sees concertina wire and a floating barrier outfitted with serrated blades on the river where he grew up. Remembering the Tlatelolco massacre, and the questions that remain 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z “The concertina wire and other structures that have been placed along the border are to deter these dangerous and illegal crossings,” Texas Department of Public Safety Press Secretary Ericka Miller said. Migrants cross into Texas, undeterred by razor wire or new asylum rules 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z She must pass through fencing topped with concertina wire and checkpoints manned by armed guards. Birthplace of the atomic bomb braces for its biggest mission since the top-secret Manhattan Project 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Just days before, she said, she had helped cut a pregnant woman free from the concertina wire. The Texas town caught in the middle of America's border battle 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z The operation has included shouting at arriving migrants to return to Mexico, denying water to some despite searing heat and rolling out physical barriers such as concertina wire. Gov. Abbott’s Policing of Texas Border Pushes Limits of State Power 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Shipping containers and layers of concertina wire lined the riverbank. Texas is using disaster declarations to install buoys and razor wire on the US-Mexico border 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z The increasing aggressiveness has created international tension with Mexico because, in addition to placing concertina wire, Texas also deployed a 1,000-foot floating barrier of buoys into the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass this month. Texas’ Harsh New Border Tactics Are Injuring Migrants 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z The officials added concertina wire and other deterrent measures discourage "potentially life-threatening and illegal crossings." Texas Democrats urge governor to halt aggressive border security tactics 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The property's outside edges along the Rio Grande have been taken over by state authorities, who have set up earth berms, concertina wire and locked fencing in a bid to deter migrants. The Texas town caught in the middle of America's border battle 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z Turcios said she is aware that many of the nearly 200 migrants staying in her shelter on any given day are not deterred from crossing illegally despite sharp concertina wire. Texas prepares to deploy Rio Grande buoys in governor’s latest effort to curb border crossings 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Uncertain of the impact of new deterrent measures, migrants braved turbulent rivers, cut through concertina wire and scaled the steel border wall to reach the United States and turn themselves in to U.S. Title 42 Is Gone, but Not the Conditions Driving Migrants to the U.S. 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z They said the buoy barrier and concertina wire were designed to deter people from risking a dangerous swim across the Rio Grande and direct them to safe, official border-crossing stations. Texas’ Harsh New Border Tactics Are Injuring Migrants 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z At Gate 40 of the border wall between Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, officials let a group of migrants cross after they tried crawling through holes in the concertina wire fence. With Pandemic Restrictions Poised to Lift, Thousands Converge on Border 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Migrants crossed through a gap in concertina wire on the United States side of the border. The Border in Photos 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z On the U.S. side, they put on dry clothing and picked their way through concertina wire. ‘Now or never’: Migrants seek to beat the end of pandemic-related asylum restrictions 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z American authorities have put concertina wire across the river bank, but migrants have cut holes in it, and have massed in large groups on the U.S. side. Aboard ‘the Beast’ on a Journey to America 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Wingate also described seeing a father with lacerations on his leg after extricating his child from what he called a “barrel trap,” a plastic barrel floating in the water with concertina wire surrounding it. Texas’ Harsh New Border Tactics Are Injuring Migrants 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z The state has bused thousands of migrants to East Coast cities like New York and lined the reedy banks of the Rio Grande with concertina wire. Texas Patrols Its Own Border, Pushing Legal Limits 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Migrants rushed to reach places on the northern bank of the Rio Grande before U.S. soldiers could finish installing concertina wire to block their access. The Border in Photos 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z In truth, with those insistent adjectives, he was describing not his cherished wall but the country, an imagined land that could achieve greatness only once curtained in concrete and concertina wire. Review | Borders can be spaces of wonder — if you have the right passport 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Shouting “We want to get through!,” the migrants ran up to the center line of the bridge, where U.S. authorities had erected concrete and plastic barriers strung with concertina wire. US repels migrants as asylum app frustration grows in Mexico 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Emma Ozdemir said her husband was one of 10 siblings and his youngest brother's home had "just dropped like a concertina, completely destroyed". Turkey-Syria earthquake: Sutton Coldfield bar owner deals with family deaths 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z “The c-wire is only as effective as the soldiers who are guarding that wire,” he said, using an abbreviation for concertina wire. Texas Patrols Its Own Border, Pushing Legal Limits 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z There, a short stretch of concertina wire spiraled off into the tall grass, held together in places by bits of metal and cords. They Built the Wall. Now Some in Texas Fear It May Fall Down. 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Abbott deployed more than 500 soldiers along the Rio Grande in El Paso last week, where they blocked migrants with spools of concertina wire. Supreme Court leaves in place Title 42 border policy for now 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z The National Guard also deployed armored vehicles and concertina wire to repel illegal immigrants and secure the border, state officials said. Texas sending more troops to the border as immigration crisis grows 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z In El Paso, newly placed concertina wire rimmed the riverbanks in an area where thousands of migrants had recently crossed. Along the Border, Waiting Anxiously for the End of a Pandemic-Era Rule 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z That has been the approach in cities like El Paso, where officials said soldiers had been placing miles of concertina wire near the border and providing an increased presence to discourage crossings. Texas Patrols Its Own Border, Pushing Legal Limits 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Hundreds of migrants initially gathered by the concertina wire put up by the guard but left after being told by U.S. officials to go to a gate to be processed in small groups. Tens of thousands at U.S.-Mexico border wait for limits to end 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z “The service members are erecting concertina barrier as needed to funnel migrants to the designated points of entry,” the Texas National Guard said in a statement, referring to the official crossings operated by U.S. Texas National Guard blocks migrant flow across border in El Paso 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z The troops, part of a larger deployment of 400 personnel, unspooled long lengths of concertina wire to create a barrier alongside the river. Frustration among migrants at U.S.-Mexico border as COVID restrictions remain 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Now, more than 800 shipping containers stand orphaned on the border, welded together with steel plates and fringed with concertina wire. One Governor’s Border Wall Is Another Governor’s Headache 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Magical Strings celebrates 44 years of annual Celtic yuletide concerts throughout the Northwest with concerts of dulcimers, concertina, accordion and more accompanied by the violin, cello, whistles, harmonium and harp. Where to see holiday lights, concerts and more in the Seattle area this 2022 holiday season 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z She said DPS is also working to have carrizo cane on the property removed but said the Urbinas are allowing concertina wiring to stay on the property. Pecan farmers get caught in power vacuum on Texas border 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z For months, concertina wire has lined the banks of the Rio Grande in areas of the city and National Guard troops have watched the shores. Truck Carrying Dead Migrants Passed Through U.S. Checkpoint 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z “Our goal is to make sure we have that concertina wire in every inch of the border,” he said. Texas plugs Biden’s border gaps with razor wire and prosecutions 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z “Dark clothes. I looked right at his face,” Hall said as he shined his flashlight into thick brush between the river and the state fence along the river strung with concertina wire. A Texas militia is patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border — law enforcement is OK with that 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z The National Guard is also helping build border barriers and creating what Abbott and DPS call a "steel curtain," a combination of vehicles, concertina wire and shipping containers, to deter anyone seeking to cross. Texas governors spent billions on doomed border operations suspiciously timed around campaign bids 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Migrants cross the river and climb a few feet uphill amidst overgrown Carrizo cane and concertina wire to surrender on the farm’s edge, expecting they will be released. Pecan farmers get caught in power vacuum on Texas border 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Four apartment buildings had collapsed in the bombing, residents said, their floors crushed down to ground level like concertinas. At least 200 feared dead in apartments hit by Russia, officials say 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z For so many years, the city’s name has been shorthand for civil war, for lives limned by tear gas and concertina wire, for protests and bombings and gunfire. 'Belfast' isn't my favorite movie in the Oscar race. But it gave me the most hope 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The school’s new building, tucked into a tight bend in a narrow alleyway, is protected by armed guards, high walls and concertina wire. ‘Why Was I Born a Girl?’ An Afghan Poem Inspires U.S. Students 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z Ashling Murphy was involved with the local GAA club, and she was also a talented musician, having played the fiddle and concertina. Ashling Murphy: 'Only something powerful can come out of this' 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z Some spend their time picking trash out of concertina wire, tidying up a facility that is their temporary home. At an Abandoned American Base, a Notorious Prison Lies Empty 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Magical Strings celebrates 43 years of annual Celtic yuletide concerts throughout the Northwest with concerts of dulcimers, concertina, accordion and more accompanied by the violin, cello, whistles, harmonium and harp. Where to see holiday lights, dance performances, Santa and more in the Seattle area this 2021 holiday season 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z On a visit there Sunday, three large delivery trucks could be seen on the sprawling grounds surrounded by two fences reinforced with concertina wire. Mass Abduction of U.S. Missionaries Startles Even Kidnap-Weary Haiti 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z About 12 hours later, with the sun gone from the sky and the stars becoming clear, the crowd at the gate surged, pushing the family closer to the concertina wire. How 3 Strangers a World Away Came to the Rescue of a Badly Burned Afghan Girl 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Visitors stroll through the silence, past dusty sandbags, strands of concertina wire and other faded symbols of U.S. military power. ‘Everyone here hated the Americans’: Rural Afghans live with the Taliban and a painful U.S. legacy 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Minutes later, a black SUV appeared from the American-controlled side of the airport and drove to a makeshift roadblock of pick-up trucks and concertina wire, which marked the beginning of Taliban-controlled territory. Drone kills suicide bombers targeting Kabul airport, U.S. says 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z An underbrush of discarded clothing and plastic bottles stretched from the cement barrier to a line of concertina wire. 'We're losing the best': Afghanistan faces a massive brain drain as its people flee 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z But thousands of others, including entire families, have been turned away, and remain just outside the airport walls and coils of concertina wire, clamoring to get in, at times clashing with Taliban fighters. First Resistance to Taliban Rule Tests Afghanistan’s Uncertain Future 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z A North Korea flag flutters next to concertina wire at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 9, 2017. North Korea says U.S., South Korea will face new threats for military drills 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z After a season that's been so tiring under difficult circumstances and concertinaed it will be important to rotate. BBC pundits make Euro 2020 predictions 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z The Ranger captain from the tower joined them, and they approached the concertina wire as Badr-Ul-Din stared at them from the other side. Drone kills suicide bombers targeting Kabul airport, U.S. says 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z It ended up in Dundas’ Santa Ana yard just before Christmas, surrounded by razor concertina wire and illuminated by floodlights. Inside the resurgence of right-wing extremism in Orange County 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z But the sight of barriers and concertina encircling the Capitol is a reminder that fences accomplish a number of things, most of them bad. Opinion | Fences around the Capitol are a temporary fix. Here’s what we should do. 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z It had been two weeks since the Capitol siege and the city was still full of soldiers and concertina wire and fear of what would happen next. The Pizzagate gunman is out of prison. Conspiracy theories are out of control. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z When wriggling up trees, arboreal snakes usually need two gripping regions, which they achieve by wrapping their bodies twice around the trunk—a process called concertina locomotion. Invasive snakes move their bodies like lassos, a totally new mode of locomotion 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z After greetings were exchanged, Badr-Ul-Din asked when the Americans would leave and if they could move some of the concertina wire so his fighters could secure the area after their departure. Drone kills suicide bombers targeting Kabul airport, U.S. says 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Tree-dwelling snakes use the concertina mode to climb: They wrap around a vertical surface with two separate parts of their body while sliding between them. Guam’s invasive tree snakes loop themselves into lassos to reach their feathered prey 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Snakes typically climb trees either by tensing their belly muscles to grip tiny projections of bark and then slithering straight up or by a hold-and-release movement called “concertina locomotion.” Brown Tree Snakes Twist Themselves into ‘Lassos’ to Climb 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z “U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mobile Field Force officers met them in riot gear and used concrete blocks tipped by concertina wire to block the onslaught mid-bridge as many of the migrants chanted ‘Biden! Chants of ‘Biden, Biden’ at the border 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Anything other than a win, though, would cause Group H to concertina in worrying fashion. Manchester United v Istanbul Basaksehir: Champions League – live! 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z With the discussion with Badr-Ul-Din finished, the official suggested a handshake across the concertina wire barrier. Drone kills suicide bombers targeting Kabul airport, U.S. says 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Things seem to stretch away, then concertina around us. Country diary: watching a still from a gargantuan motion picture 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Because the snakes need only one body loop to grip the cylinder in lasso locomotion, as opposed to two for concertina locomotion, they can use the technique to scale cylinders twice as wide. Brown Tree Snakes Twist Themselves into ‘Lassos’ to Climb 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z It is surrounded by a double wall of chain-link fence and concertina wire and fronted by a covered walkway built with detainee labor. "We sent 500 tests. They don’t answer calls": Inside ICE’s coronavirus testing disaster 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z From a cross rail above hung two spools of concertina wire. How U.S. Policy Turned the Sonoran Desert Into a Graveyard for Migrants 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z The security forces responded by ringing the Parliament with barricades and concertina wire, keeping citizens out while legislators in armed convoys zoomed in for sessions that rarely addressed the country’s mounting problems. Beirut Blast Hit 3 Disparate Neighborhoods. Now They’re United in Rage. 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z Police officers blocked roads with coils of glistening concertina wire. Kashmir Gun Battle Kills at Least 7 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z Police officers block roads with coils of glistening concertina wire. Kashmir, Under Siege and Lockdown, Faces a Mental Health Crisis 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z To guard against infiltration from Pakistan, the Indian army more than a decade ago fenced in Churunda with concertina wire — a barrier that was recently upgraded to a metallic mesh fence with thermal motion sensors. Shelling spreads misery in Kashmir, caught between two nuclear rivals 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Their doors are often left open to let in air, guarded only by concertina metal grilles. Special Report: In a working-class Hong Kong neighborhood, the protests hit home 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z At the end of the road was a drab military checkpoint flanked by concertina wire and threatening signs. I 'stormed' Area 51 and it was even weirder than I imagined 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z And spools of concertina wire block the streets that branch off the highway, forcing residents to remain indoors. Inside locked down Kashmir, a reporter finds fear and chaos 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Its streets, once teeming with traffic, are dotted with spools of concertina wire, blocking movement. Kashmir’s streets silent as people’s despair and rage grow 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z He dwells on the obvious, explaining, for example, that concertina wire atop a fence is intended “to prevent would-be intruders.” Review: ‘The Russian’ is a preposterous thriller 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Don’t mind the military police, the miles of concertina wire or the bright red and yellow signs warning of some 200,000 landmines. Come hike the demilitarized zone between the Koreas. Please watch your step 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z The entire front third of the vehicle was concertinaed and the roof was ripped open. Are your tinned tomatoes picked by slave labour? 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z The troops have been performing tasks such as installing concertina wire, providing logistical and helicopter support to Customs and Border Protection agents and monitoring motion cameras for signs of activity on the border. Active-duty troops to paint Donald Trump border wall 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The area held hundreds of migrants outside in a pen lined with concertina wire under a bridge. Border authorities say they will close holding pen under Texas bridge for asylum seekers 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z The area held hundreds of migrants in a pen lined with concertina wire under the shade of a bridge. US immigration to close holding area under El Paso bridge 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z The U.S. military prefers a less menacing name: concertina wire. Trump says barbed wire ‘can be a beautiful sight.’ Many border communities disagree 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z She said the man had pushed a shopping cart full of concertina wire through the streets of her neighbourhood, offering it to local homeowners. Thieves mock Trump by stealing border razor wire to protect homes in Mexico 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z The concertina wire — or razor wire — was installed to address fears that large crowds of Central American migrants would force their way into the country, according to a Nov. 19 statement from U.S. Concertina wire stolen from border fence and used for home security in Tijuana, authorities say 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z The unidentified smuggler dropped the two girls – ages 6 and 9 – into concertina wire at an “aging” section of the border barrier, while the other illegal immigrants “got away,” CBP said. Nearly 300 illegal immigrants arrested in a matter of hours after crossing US-Mexico border in Texas 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The unidentified smuggler dropped two Salvadoran girls, ages 6 and 9, into concertina wire at an “aging” section of the border barrier, U.S. Smuggler uses girls as distraction to help 10 people illegally cross US-Mexico border, officials say 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z In the Arizona border city of Nogales, Mayor Arturo Garino demanded a meeting with Border Patrol officials last month after troops started posting concertina wire along the sides of the fence through downtown. Trump says barbed wire ‘can be a beautiful sight.’ Many border communities disagree 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z Miles of concertina wire were installed along the border as caravans of Central American migrants began arriving in Mexican border cities, and Trump started describing the situation as a national emergency. Thieves mock Trump by stealing border razor wire to protect homes in Mexico 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Contractors directed by the National Guard trimmed the border fence along the southwestern end of the United States with 18-foot thickets of the military-grade concertina wire. Concertina wire stolen from border fence and used for home security in Tijuana, authorities say 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z By February, concertina wire covered the wall from top to bottom, and the Nogales City Council passed a unanimous resolution calling for its removal. When the Frontier Becomes the Wall 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z With Milagro nearly six months pregnant, the girls are too afraid to cross the border wall topped with concertina wire. AP PHOTOS: Teens struggle alone in Mexico after caravan 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Garino met with local police and fire chiefs, who didn’t like the concertina wire either. Trump says barbed wire ‘can be a beautiful sight.’ Many border communities disagree 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z “We’re laying down another 140 miles of concertina wire, about 30 percent done with that,” the official added. More troops being dispatched to the southern border 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z A CBP official said the concertina wire is made of galvanized steel. Concertina wire stolen from border fence and used for home security in Tijuana, authorities say 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Only months later, as I watched images of the concertina wire proliferating on my social-media feeds, did I finally understand what those ladders had been for. When the Frontier Becomes the Wall 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z The agency released photos of long coils of concertina wire installed on movable barriers in El Paso. Border agents install razor wire at El Paso bridges 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z New gates topped with concertina wire were installed on the bridge while border guards patrolled the bridges and the banks of the Rio Grande. Mexico border towns overwhelmed as Trump policy leaves migrants in limbo 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Minutes later, the council unanimously passed a resolution condemning the use of the concertina wire as an indiscriminate use of lethal force normally reserved for battlefields and high-security prisons. 'Disgusting' razor wire must go, say U.S. border city residents 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The Nogales City Council’s resolution Wednesday night calls on the federal government to remove all concertina wire installed within the city limits. Latest: Nogales council wants razor wire removed from wall 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z The Pentagon over the weekend said it was deploying an additional 3,750 active-duty troops to the border with one of their key duties to be laying 150 more miles of concertina wire. Nogales, Arizona demands feds remove border fence barbed wire 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z The city council in Nogales, which sits on the border, is set to consider a proclamation on Wednesday night condemning the use of concertina wire. 'Inhuman' wall of razor wire on Arizona-Mexico border sparks outcry 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z The city of Nogales, Arizona, which sits on the border with Nogales, Mexico, is contemplating a proclamation Wednesday night condemning the use of concertina wire. Arizona city officials decry new razor wire on border fence 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z “Is Nogales being used as their concertina poster city?” the mayor asked at the meeting. 'Disgusting' razor wire must go, say U.S. border city residents 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The city sits on the border with Nogales, Mexico, and is contemplating a proclamation Wednesday night condemning the use of concertina wire. Latest: Nogales council wants razor wire removed from wall 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z The vote to protest the concertina wire was popular with city residents who sat for Wednesday’s city council meeting. Nogales, Arizona demands feds remove border fence barbed wire 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Their tasks will include "a mobile surveillance capability through the end of September 2019, as well as the emplacement of approximately 150 miles of concertina wire between ports of entry". US boosts troop numbers at Mexico border 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z Photos published by the Nogales International newspaper show rows of concertina wire stacked along the approximately two-story wall. Arizona city officials decry new razor wire on border fence 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z “Currently, there are no plans to remove the concertina wire,” the statement said. 'Disgusting' razor wire must go, say U.S. border city residents 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z It was 10 in the morning, and a line of wholesalers and hopeful carriers had formed beyond a fence topped with concertina wire. Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Time seems to concertina, expanding and contracting to open out pockets of aromatic description. Bite-sized: 50 great short stories, chosen by Hilary Mantel, George Saunders and more 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z Some of the additional troops will also string up 150 more miles of concertina wire by March 31. Trump's Mexico border mission may approach last year's peak size 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z A Department of Homeland Security request to have the Pentagon extend its mission on the southern border will include U.S. troops operating mobile surveillance cameras and installing more concertina wire. More troops heading to US-Mexico border, Pentagon says 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z “It appears service members are laying concertina wire and performing other tasks that are better suited for civilian law enforcement agencies.” Thousands More Troops Heading to Border as Defense Dept. Officials Defend Deployments 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z U.S. troops also will install more concertina wire, an ongoing mission that will shift from ports of entry at the border to sections between them in Arizona and California. Pentagon to send thousands more troops to southern border, mostly for surveillance 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Plans call for about 150 more miles of concertina wire. Pentagon: Several thousand more troops to the Mexico border 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Although the figure is down from a peak of about 5,900 in November, it has expanded in scope from basic missions such as stringing concertina wire. Democrats throw spotlight on Trump's troop deployment to... 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Around 2,300 active-duty troops and nearly as many National Guard soldiers are deployed along the border to support Homeland Security by installing concertina wire, providing logistics and medical assistance. More troops heading to US-Mexico border, Pentagon says 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z The additional troops will be used to install concertina wire and provide more surveillance of the border area, Mr. Shanahan said. Thousands More Troops Heading to Border as Defense Dept. Officials Defend Deployments 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z The active-duty troops added 70 miles of concertina wire to make it more difficult to cross into the country illegally, allowing Customs and Border Protection officials to focus on other tasks, said Vice Adm. Pentagon to send thousands more troops to southern border, mostly for surveillance 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z The troops have installed up to 70 miles of concertina wire along the border, Kucharek said. Pentagon will keep troops on U.S.-Mexico border through September 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z The Pentagon “is transitioning its support at the southwestern border from hardening ports of entry to mobile surveillance and detection, as well as concertina wire emplacement between ports of entry,” the statement said. Pentagon extends mission on southern border through September 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Defense Department personnel are helping to operate security cameras and to lay about 150 miles of concertina wire between official ports of entry, officials said. Pentagon extends troops' southern border mission by 8 months as shutdown over border wall continues 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z An official says the work includes laying an additional 150 miles of concertina wire between official ports of entry. Pentagon extending, changing US-Mexico border mission 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z An additional 150 miles of concertina wire will be emplaced by the end of March, he said. Pentagon to send thousands more troops to southern border, mostly for surveillance 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Soldiers primarily strung concertina wire and added other barriers to slow access to the United States from the south. Amid shutdown, Trump visits Texas in effort to boost argument for border wall 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z The Homeland Security Department also requested 146 mobile surveillance vehicles to be sent to four border states, along with enough personnel and material to install 150 additional miles of barbed concertina wire. Trump’s Claim of Terrorists Streaming Over Border ‘Simply Isn’t True,’ Experts Say 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z CBP said migrants began to throw rocks at agents from the Mexican side while others tried to cross the concertina wire, including passing “toddler-sized children” over the wire. US fired tear gas into Mexico early on New Year’s Day 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z The agency said agents saw “toddler sized children” being passed over concertina wire with difficulty. US fires tear gas across Mexico border to stop migrants 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z The American officers also saw members of the group try “to lift toddler-sized children up and over the concertina wire,” dangerously so, it said. U.S. Agents Use Tear Gas to Drive Away Migrants at Mexico Border 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Customs and Border Protection says in a statement that the gas was aimed at rock throwers on the Mexican side who prevented agents from helping children who were being passed over the concertina wire. US fires tear gas across Mexico border to stop migrants 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z “There’s a 20-foot-tall wall along the border, we’ve got concertina wire stretched across it now, but nothing is going to stop the faith of a child and her Christmas wishes,” Heiss told the TV station. U.S. border wall no match for Mexican girl's Santa wish list 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z That night, in the basement of Italo delicatessen in the middle of Vauxhall, south London, the matchsticks were a warm concertina with a salty, piquant heart that only anchovies can provide. Rachel Roddy’s puff-pastry anchovy canape recipe 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z The Israeli military said its troops were placing concertina wire “adjacent to the Blue Line” when the standoff occurred. UN force says Israel-Lebanon border tunnels violate truce 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Once they reached the end of the U.S., organizers held the main group back from the concertina wire and Border Patrol agents that waited close by the fence that stretches into the ocean. 32 faith leaders arrested in border demonstration 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z That includes military planes to transport Border Patrol staff and setting up additional concertina wire. Troops to Remain at Border Through New Year 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Checkpoints began appearing with increasing frequency, surrounded by brambles of concertina wire. Syria’s Last Bastion of Freedom 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z With the new concertina wire, and the seemingly nonstop Border Patrol presence, was crossing even possible here? Steps from the border but months from the dream 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z In town after town, the scene was much the same: U.S. troops arrived in groups of a few dozen, hauled wooden pallets stacked with barbed concertina off trucks and got to work. At the border, some want to know when the military will retrieve its barbed wire 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z More police carrying plastic riot shields were on the other side, but migrants walked along the river to an area where only an earthen levee and concertina wire separated them from U.S. Mexico to up security at border after migrants try to cross 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z The troops are spread across a constellation of small bases where they spent the initial weeks of their deployment setting up concertina wire and other security barriers. Troops to Remain at Border Through New Year 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z It was unclear whether there was concertina wire where the woman and her children crossed. Mother impaled by rebar after falling from border fence during illegal crossing with kids 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z Just a few yards away from the beach, dozens of U.S. soldiers had arrived to reinforce the fence, carrying an enormous bundle of razor-bearing concertina wire. Steps from the border but months from the dream 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z South Texas was selected as a good spot for additional concertina wire initially because it was a shorter journey for migrants traveling north. At the border, some want to know when the military will retrieve its barbed wire 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z The wire is called concertina wire, named after the musical instrument and its expanding and contracting bellows. Razor wire to keep out migrant caravan is most visible result of $210M military deployment 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Now they’re laying concertina wire when they’re not twiddling their thumbs, and Trump has pretty much stopped mentioning the supposed enemy heading their way. Opinion | E Tu Jim Mattis? 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Mattis traveled to Base Camp Donna in Texas, where he met with troops who have been webbing concertina wire to keep out an approaching caravan of migrants the president has likened to an “invasion.” Two Years In, Trump Struggles to Master Role of Military Commander 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z In response, the Army delivered scores of wooden pallets stacked with concertina. At the border, uncertainty about the migrant caravan and military concertina wire 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z In Brownsville, Tex., soldiers told The Washington Post on Sunday that such concertina wire is easy to put in place but difficult to remove once its barbed coils are expanded. Mattis calls deployment to the border ‘great training’ as he visits troops in Texas 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Made in factories today using galvanized steel, concertina wire consists of sharp flat blades. Razor wire to keep out migrant caravan is most visible result of $210M military deployment 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z The statement added that U.S. troops are putting up concertina wire, barricades and fencing. LGBT asylum seekers are first to reach the U.S. border from the caravan. Now they wait. 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The desert tan flatbed trucks at the base are for hauling concertina wire, not food runs. Deployed Inside the United States: The Military Waits for the Migrant Caravan 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z “We are hardening, if you will, the fence here, putting up concertina wire to make that wall less scalable,” Walker said. Troops arrive at border in San Diego well ahead of potential migrant caravan 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z More than a dozen military members in fatigues were at the northern bank of the river, below the bridge, laying concertina wire. Troop deployment creates tense atmosphere on US border 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z An initial 22 miles of concertina wire was shipped to the border when the first troops began to deploy to California, Arizona and Texas a month ago. Razor wire to keep out migrant caravan is most visible result of $210M military deployment 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Tasks will include erecting temporary vehicle barriers and fencing and installing light towers, barbed wire and concertina wire. Six San Diego-area military bases will be used to assist at border for Operation Faithful Patriot 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z They will also be carrying at least 150 miles of concertina razor wire. Pushing his fake “invasion,” Donald Trump is trying to conjure an October Surprise 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Troops planned to bring heavy concertina wiring to unspool across open spaces between ports. Pentagon sending 5,200 troops to border week before midterms 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z A car ran the checkpoint he was guarding and caught some concertina wire, which closed around his leg and dragged him down the street. This Iraq war veteran didn't just see 'Water by the Spoonful.' He lived it 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z With 12 matches left to save themselves and so many teams concertinaed in the lower half of the table, survival remains well within their remit. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z A month later, a car rammed a checkpoint and dragged him along in a snare of concertina wire. For Quiara Alegría Hudes, a soldier's story leads to this remarkable feat: 3 plays on 3 L.A. stages 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Next to her stall, a narrow alleyway edged by concertina wire led to the modest house where Mr. Weah was raised by his grandmother, which is now occupied by other tenants. George Weah Wins Liberia’s Presidency, Unofficial Results Show 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z As a result, he’s a concertina of openness and caution. 'I'm not always going to play swords and horses': Kit Harington on life after Game Of Thrones 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z Of the title track, Clegg said, “Musically it’s a very danceable mix of dance music and Zulu concertina and Western melodies with some Zulu chants. The title means ‘I lasted.’ South Africa's Johnny Clegg returns to U.S. for 'The Final Journey' tour 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z In response, the staff built 10-foot concrete walls topped with concertina wire and made sure the enclosures were guarded round-the-clock. Slow and steady, a tortoise is beating extinction 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z In response, the staff built 10-foot concrete walls topped with concertina wire, and made sure the enclosures were guarded round-the-clock. Slow and Steady, a Tortoise Is Winning Its Race With Extinction 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z “Maybe one day there will finally be concertina wire over everything,” Mr. Endicott said. For a Preview of the Border Wall, Look to California 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Key to the border infrastructure buildup was the construction of the so-called secondary fence, mostly a mesh steel affair often with rolls of concertina wire at the top, and sometimes along the bottom. What does it take to secure a border? Lessons from the wall dividing San Diego and Tijuana 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z Over the objections of human rights organizations and leftist members of parliament, the Spanish government installed additional rolls of concertina wire on top of the fences to discourage the “fence dwellers.” Africa migrants test Spain’s barriers, tolerance 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Heavily armed soldiers sealed all roads leading to the village, with armoured cars strategically placed across the road in some places, others barricaded with concertina wire. Anger and defiance on Kashmir militant death anniversary - BBC News 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z Likewise, the police found vines twisted around the area where the concertina wire was missing. In Brooklyn, Police Find Toppled Tombstones, but No Crime 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z Waiting for our ride at the end of one workday, I noticed them staring at a plastic bag snagged in the concertina wire above an old military gate. Neanderthals Were People, Too 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z But their uniform gray sweats and the loops of concertina wire visible through a bank of high windows are a constant reminder that we’re in a prison. Prisoners train as yoga teachers: a skill for now and later 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z The footage also appears to show that law enforcement was separated from the demonstrators by a barbed wire fence and concertina wire, raising further questions about whether such force was justified. Dakota Access pipeline: police use water cannon to blast protesters in icy weather 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Captivated by clowns and the films of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, Mr. Étaix practiced magic tricks and music, learning to play the concertina, mandolin, saxophone and trumpet. Pierre Étaix, French actor and director of slapstick films, dies at 87 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z He tells aides: “The trouble with all options other than going immediately is they collapse like a concertina. And the truth is, I wouldn’t believe in it.” 'Well, that didn't go to plan': Cameron's spin doctor on the Brexit vote 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z But the Palestinian man perched in a gap in the concertina wire that tops much of the snaking 400-mile route of the wall. Smugglers in West Bank Open Door to Jobs in Israel, and Violence 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z I arrived in Kabul in February 2014 to find drizzle, mud, brown decrepit buildings and an endless maze of unscalable walls topped with concertina wire. Facing my fear: I moved to Afghanistan and it changed my life | Alicia Shepard 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Outside the chapel walls were the concertina wire and pickets manned by armed guards at the Darrington Unit, one of the toughest prisons in Texas. Seminary program aims to transform prisoners into ministers 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z A former monastery on a hilltop, it would resemble a high school campus were it not for the rings of concertina wire that surround it. From Albany to Prison: Ex-Lawmakers on Life Behind Bars 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Driving on, you pass between two 12ft walls of white wire fencing topped with concertina wire. ‘That thing gnawing away at all of us’: Calais and the shantytown on its doorstep | Emmanuel Carrère 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z A few of the tire shops on East Erie Avenue were still open; plastic bags fluttered in the sagging concertina wire that lined the tracks. The Wreck of Amtrak 188 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z A visitor looking up sees the exposed silver insulation of the high ceiling, coils of concertina wire and armed guards perched on catwalks, rifles cradled. Revealing death row 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z The hosts of the event had set a stern tone, with concrete barricades, concertina wire, and steel cages to house protesters who stepped out of line. A Climate Deal, 6 Fateful Years in the Making 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z He could carry this concertina ladder under his arm or in a bag. A dozen notorious crimes - and the evidence that helped solve them - BBC News 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Just steps away from the market, the family is now growing another business on the farm: a restaurant where they offer comfort food - and the occasional serenade from Marlene’s concertina. Minnesota farmers market uses honor system for payments 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z The area’s foreign residents still sometimes refer to what lies beyond the miles of concrete walls and concertina wire as the Red Zone. Baghdad's Green Zone open to public for first time in 12 years 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z The poor parish is bordered by a printing plant, an industrial bakery and blocks of high-walled warehousing protected by concertina wire. Argentina remembers the future Pope Francis as a man of the people 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z To keep protesters at bay, most government buildings in central Beirut were fortified this week with more steel fences, blast walls and concertina wire. From Piles of Trash Sprout Demands for Change in Lebanon 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Some of these bases are so gigantic they require as many as nine internal bus routes for soldiers and civilian contractors to get around inside the earthen berms and concertina wire. America occupies the planet: The grim realities of our endless War on Terror 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z The bridge is designed to be extended when needed, and disassembled, like a concertina. Engineers create emergency origami bridge - BBC News 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Around the corner, rolls of concertina wire quietly signal the presence of a juvenile detention center. Opera House Hotel in the Bronx Gets High Marks From Guests, if They Can Get There 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z The borders between Catholic and Protestant neighborhoods are inscribed in the concertina wire and steel of the so-called “peace walls” that progress like fissures across the city. Where the Bodies Are Buried 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z The media, in this age of concertinaed news cycles, constantly want new storylines and fresh characters. Romney: The aura of a serial loser 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z But the guards, security checkpoints and the 10-foot-tall concrete fences topped with menacing concertina wire provided a reality check. Families go to Yacolt prison for annual party 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Bodies still concertinaed between the seats; burnt and broken pieces of bone. MH17 Dutch memorial day: Air disaster that touched a nation 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z In Abu Ghraib in recent days, the army appeared to be in a defensive crouch in bunkers, checkpoints and bases topped by guard towers and concertina wire. Iraqi forces insist Baghdad airport, lifeline to the world, is secure 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z For those coming from the Islamic State side, passing through the concertina wire is only the beginning of the crossing. Back and Forth, Wearily, Across the ISIS Border 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Some began throwing rocks at police and others attempted to escape across a makeshift checkpoint made of concertina looped between wooden benches. Liberian Government's Blunders Pile Up in the Grip of Ebola 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z The snakes, which included three boa constrictors and a green tree python, all used a climbing technique called "concertina locomotion". Tree-hugging snakes put safety first 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z He rarely ventured outside his grandmother's home, fortified with a wrought iron gate and concertina wire. In Honduras, U.S. deportees seek to journey north again 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z Based on the wars – Operation Cast Lead in 2008-09, Operation Pillar of Defence in 2012 and the current Operation Protective Edge – concertinaed into her short life, Najia concludes this one is the worst. Gaza's children: 'Israel is creating a new generation of enemies' 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Would Fox & Friends and Sen. Chambliss assume those intentions had I been abducted while pulling a late night guard shift near the concertina wire at Musa Qala? Army Vet: Bowe Bergdahl's Rescue Was the Right Message to Send to Soldiers 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z The report said that collapsible, concertina gates with locks were at exits, though it noted that the gates were open and unlocked during the inspection. Safety Flaws Found in New Inspections of Factories in Bangladesh 2014-03-11T13:43:49Z They often end up injured, not just from falls and the newly laid concertina wire, but at the hands of the Moroccan and Spanish authorities trying to stop them. Melilla Journal: Africans, Battered and Broke, Surge to Europe’s Door 2014-02-28T02:03:14Z India finished constructing a fence - rows of barbed wire with concertina coils - to check infiltration from the Pakistani side in 2004. In pictures: Life along Kashmir border 2014-01-06T03:25:47Z India finished constructing a fence - rows of barbed wire with concertina coils - to check infiltration from Pakistan in 2004. In pictures: Life on India-Pakistan border 2014-01-06T03:25:47Z Today the camp is enclosed by steel fences, topped with concertina wire, and a sign that says: "Off limits - trespassers will be prosecuted." Infamous Camp X-Ray, frozen in time 2013-11-11T08:10:37Z One particular cost saver is time: the gap from finished design to finished product is concertinaed into hours, rather than months as the 3D fabricator makes many components in to one united piece. Imagine a world without shops or factories 2013-10-11T00:50:46Z The front of the crash happened where traffic was coming off the bridge towards Sittingbourne, and it had then "concertinaed" over the bridge behind it with incidents stretching back to Queenborough, he said. Dozens hurt as 130 vehicles crash 2013-09-05T19:24:01Z Sunday at a security checkpoint in Pul Mahmood Khan, near the Defense Ministry, a massive compound surrounded by high stone walls topped with concertina wire. Afghan TV Throws Spotlight on Abuse of Police Officers 2013-05-27T19:01:03Z The league is concertinaing a little bit, as we always expected it to. Roy Hodgson admits play-off route remains a possibility for England 2013-03-27T23:00:01Z The company uses extremely thin silicon chips sandwiched in a stretchable polymer and connected by tiny wires in a concertina configuration that can stretch about 60 percent, about the same as the body's soft tissues. New material for stretchy electronics inspired by nature 2012-12-11T16:13:57Z Now it was a shoddy ruin, a place with broken balcony railings and pocked with a hundred ugly satellite dishes, a dry swimming pool filled with forsaken furniture and fenced off with concertina wire. Antonya Nelson: “Literally.” 2012-11-26T05:00:00Z One house has concertinaed to the ground, as if hit by an earthquake. Cuba counts cost of Sandy 2012-11-12T12:03:10Z The walls are topped off by concertina wire. Libya: An Inside Job? 2012-10-29T05:00:00Z Despite those protections, the North Korean defector was not spotted scrambling over the tall fences topped with concertina wire. South Korea Is Rattled by Border Guards’ Failure to Spot Defector 2012-10-11T20:55:23Z For daytime, this meant micro-plisse pleating, the tiny zig-zag folds of which concertina to subtly expand and contract so that the body creates the shape of the garment rather than being imprisoned by set-in-stone measurements. Stella McCartney operates in the loose fit at Paris fashion week 2012-10-01T15:23:24Z He pointed out a window to a high fence topped with concertina wire, the innermost ring of Westville’s many barriers to the outside. Greg Ousley Is Sorry for Killing His Parents. Is That Enough? 2012-07-19T16:27:19Z First, I suspect, that they will concertina days together so that the Commons does nothing but consider Lords reform day after day. The war of the Lords 2012-07-10T12:25:47Z They climbed two 12-foot, barbed-wire perimeter fences and went to the northeast shoreline — a blind spot out of range of the searchlights and gun towers — where they inflated their raft with the concertina. Anniversary of a Mystery at Alcatraz 2012-06-09T16:26:27Z Rallies were banned around key government buildings in Kathmandu, including the prime minister's office, as the clock ticked towards the deadline, and parliament was ringed by helmeted riot police behind concertina wire barricades. Nepal on alert as clock ticks towards constitution deadline 2012-05-27T05:20:35Z I think he thought he was sitting on a concertina.” The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Roads are closed by brambles of concertina wire, entire neighborhoods are blockaded. Arab Leaders Gather for Meeting in Baghdad 2012-03-29T11:31:51Z The deaf-and-dumb woman has a blind husband, who squeezes a concertina whilst she shakes some coppers in a tin cup at you. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 14, 1916 2012-02-11T03:03:42.797Z They stole a small accordion-like concertina from another inmate to serve as a bellows to inflate the raft. Anniversary of a Mystery at Alcatraz 2012-06-09T16:26:27Z It was subsequently ascertained that she had learned to play several tunes on the concertina whilst resident at the American settlements on Cumberland Gulf. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z “Put concertina wire down and said, ‘You’re not going to get north of this area.’” The Hard Way Out of Afghanistan 2012-02-01T22:05:17Z He took her over to Holland, and since her bows worked like a concertina in the heavy seaway between Dover and Dieppe he strengthened them with cross-pieces. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z He explained to the policeman about the concertina; he said he had bought it from a woman who did not know its value, and that it was a genuine "Strad." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 14, 1916 2012-02-11T03:03:42.797Z She chose a little Italian boy who played a concertina under her windows almost every day. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z Canal," she explained, "is a French word, and means people—people with concertinas and bananas, who sing and wear each other's hats, and leave paper about. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z Opera Hats.—Wandered into a hat store and discovered, to my amazement, that the proprietor was the inventor of the opera, or concertina, hat. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z The other two types of locomotion, sidewinding and concertina, have not, to my knowledge, been observed in the cottonmouth. Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) 2011-12-17T03:00:17.963Z It was the blind man's concertina! and when Jimmy saw Faithful emerge with the deaf-and-dumb label which the woman used to wear he ran for a policeman as hard as he could. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 14, 1916 2012-02-11T03:03:42.797Z If it isn’t a pack-merchant selling German concertinas, I don’t know what he can be.” The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z Frenzied women in burqas searching for relatives broke through police lines and past concertina wire intended to cordon off the scene. Attacks Point to New Afghan Conflict 2011-12-07T17:59:15Z As the military deployed a crane to pile concrete block on concrete block in front of a coil of concertina wire, piles of ashen refuse spilled across the asphalt. In Cairo, Reflection as Revolt Pivots Again 2011-11-25T03:08:58Z They sang songs, comic and sentimental; played on various musical instruments, principally concertinas; whistled; paid each other compliments; and so on. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z Free reeds not associated with resonating media as in the concertina are peculiarly rich in harmonics, but as the higher harmonics lie very close together, disagreeable dissonances and a harsh tone result. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z The Bangladesh-India border is, for the most part, starkly marked: a fence bristling with concertina wire separates the two nations. At India-Bangladesh Border, Living in Both, and Neither 2011-10-10T00:50:18Z "Hullo, here's a find!" he exclaimed, holding up a concertina. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Eventually he was given the concertina as a present and went off delighted—doing no more work that day. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z He laid the concertina gently down by his side, and, turning half round to where the king was squatting, began to tell him through Raggy the simple Bible story of the creation. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z Through the dividing wall came the sound of a concertina. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z Somewhere in the darkness along the wharves a concertina was stumbling uncertainly through the latest success in rag-time melody. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z In this case, did he but know it, the concertina was fated to play a most useful part. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z His musical talent was discovered when some one received a concertina from England. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z Rum came first, then beads, blue, crimson, white and black, and of various sizes, then jack-knives and daggers, white-iron whistles, a drum of large dimensions, a concertina, and a pair of brass lacquered tongs. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z Mrs. Stitchley continued singing; but Art and Bert and the young lady of his choice, plus the concertina, left her little or no chance. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z So Bob got it and the concertina was soon drowned out. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z Suddenly his ear caught the sound of the long-drawn shriek of a concertina, followed by a chorus of shouts and exclamations of surprise. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z No restaurateur or chef worth his Himalayan salt will fail to conjure up the image of the tiny, colorful village, with its exotic, weather-hardened inhabitants speaking Gaelic and playing concertinas in a musky, ancient tavern. Fourchu Lobster and the Rise of the Next Big Thing 2011-08-10T09:00:00Z There is the sound of a concertina and a man who laughs in the distance out of doors. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z As Mrs. Bindle appeared at the kitchen door, the concertina once more began to speak. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z Lake, on crutches, was booked out a few days later in the cheap seats with "my leg folded up like a concertina". I'm Not Really Here by Paul Lake ? review 2011-07-20T16:55:27Z Then it was that a savage laid hold of the concertina that Ellerton had brought from the wreck and had hitherto been left neglected in the store. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z I have still to try the effects of a cornet solo; and the flute, as well as the concertina, the bones, and the banjo. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z Usually in one of the huts a concertina was pulled lazily, and its wheezing melodies drifted through the quiet air. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z In his hands he grasped a concertina, before him were stretched a pair of thin legs in tight blue trousers. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z The mention of Mallock reminded me of some of his delectable similes: "Miss Drake dropped a short curtsey, which resembled the collapse of a concertina." A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z The native was examining his prize in the torchlight, when, happening to come into collision with another plunderer, the concertina gave out a startling screech as if to atone for its days of idleness. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z I was dead beat, and Jens had thrown himself down, and was panting like—like——’ ‘A concertina?’ suggested the Skipper. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z The leading company jest stretched out like a concertina, across the road. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z The noise complained of was a soft, melancholy, wailing sound, something between a flute and a concertina, and it proceeded from one of the forest guard, who was tootling into some instrument of native make. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z Already, on Bank Holidays, when the Cockney comes to Gravesend, literally in his thousands, riotous parties adventure thus far, and dance in the dusty highway to sounds of concertina and penny whistle. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z One of her funnels, looking like a distended concertina, had been hurled ashore and had lodged against a clump of palm trees. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The concertina and armed patrols suggest that Bigelow is up to something unusual, something expensively unusual and quite sensitive. Cosmic Landlord 2011-06-08T22:00:00Z She could hear their voices and the sound of a concertina. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z To every one's surprise, Young Romeo, on his right, had shut up like a concertina just as he had it all his own way. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z And yet, Tahrir Square is once again closed to traffic; the roads leading into it are blocked by fresh piles of stones and heavy coils of concertina wire. In Egypt, Is It the Army Vs. the Revolution? 2011-04-12T02:55:00Z Bar here and there a man with a mouth-organ or a concertina, and a fiddler to do dance-tunes, the only thing that stood for music to me was the singing in father's church. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z What prevented us from approaching any nearer was the sound of a concertina issuing from a hut a hundred yards from us. 13 Days The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison 2011-04-01T02:00:33.827Z He had a weakness for performing on the concertina and had musical evenings once a week. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z The box is then placed in a concrete-and-steel sleeve on a concrete pad surrounded by concertina wire and closed-circuit cameras, resembling a basketball court at a maximum-security prison. Japan Nuclear Crisis Revives Long U.S. Fight on Spent Fuel 2011-03-24T01:57:42Z A cursory glance at a table that resembles a concertina suggests this year will be the most exciting relegation battle ever witnessed. No one is safe for 10 fall guys mired in Premier League survival fight 2011-03-04T22:29:01Z The lively strains of a concertina came through the brightly lighted windows. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z I called up three of the crew as witnesses, whereupon George sold me the victim of his brutality for ten dollars and a German concertina. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Then Mrs. Ferguson sang her French couplets, Mr. Ellis played an adagio by Beethoven on the concertina, and then Zinka was asked to sing. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z Sometimes there will be two fiddles, sometimes a concertina, or, what is more approved, because it has "bigger voice," a flutina. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z He had a beautiful English concertina, and was really a very good player. The Little Missis 2011-02-26T03:00:44.830Z No one pushed unduly as they waited to pass concertina wire strung by the military across the entrance. Discontented Within Egypt Face Power of Old Elites 2011-02-05T02:04:10Z He grinned, and replied that he was only too glad to get rid of her; and returning into the deck-house, began at once to play on the concertina. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z It seemed to me that my backbone became like pulp, and I closed up like a concertina. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z They suggest a section of the bellows of a concertina. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z The concertina was a great help, and when Bessie sang alone it formed a nice soft accompaniment. The Little Missis 2011-02-26T03:00:44.830Z To say one is going “outside the wire” means leaving the confines of the Hesco barriers topped with concertina wire that mark the end of a combat outpost and the beginning of the world beyond. At War: A Year at War: Panoramic Views From Kunduz 2011-01-28T10:00:09Z The strains of “Annie Laurie” were mixed with those of “Son o’ Mine” and there was one daring creature with a concertina who was desecrating Gounod’s “Ave Maria.” The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z There was a big sailor with a concertina, and a stout lady with a tambourine, and a soldier with a pair of cymbals, and an elderly greengrocer, who was very thin. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z Boats of all shapes and sizes, outrageously overladen, moved about the lake, with oars flourishing to the strains of concertinas. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z And above it hung concertinas and melodeons and cornets and tin whistles and mouth-organs and all that rubbish of musical instruments which delight the hearts of the poor. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z Earthen berms now prevent cars from crossing, and layers of concertina wire line the roads, some of it strewn with the rags and dried blood of desperate migrants who still try to get through. Saudi Border With Yemen Is Still Inviting for Al Qaeda 2010-10-26T22:57:00Z Hundreds thronged the sidewalks Sunday, spilling into a street wreathed in newly laid coils of concertina wire. Afghanistan: Run on Kabul Bank Shakes a Fragile Economy 2010-09-06T07:20:00Z When Doris first listened they had been singing about the lady, but now they began to sing about the sailor, and the sailor stepped forward, playing his concertina, and singing the loudest of them all. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z The voices of a fiddle and a concertina, combined, were uttering a polka with shrill and hideous fluency, to which the scraping and stamping of hobnailed boots made a ponderous bass accompaniment. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z Two weeks ago, she was able to visit him at Essex, a huge jail topped by concertina wire. Report Attacks Immigrants? Treatment in Local Jails 2010-04-29T04:21:00Z Still, the atmosphere in the streets was relaxed on Monday as soldiers lounged in the shade and protesters on the other side of the concertina wire danced and sang. Thai Protesters Continue Sit-In 2010-04-20T11:17:00Z Still, the atmosphere in the streets was relaxed Monday as soldiers lounged in the shade and protesters on the other side of the concertina wire danced and sang. Month of Unrest Hits Thailand?s Economy 2010-04-19T12:47:00Z But to concertina chancellor's statements like this is both undemocratic and inimical to good policy-making. Budget 2010 analysis: More policy, less posturing 2010-03-25T09:18:00Z I remember concertina wire and cinder blocks and emptied streets. Matt Damon's War Film Green Zone Doesn't Ring True 2010-03-11T21:59:00Z The grasshoppers chirruped; the concertina began timidly, as if uncertain whether it might dare, now the master had come home. The Undying Past “My little pet,” he whispered hoarsely, and rushed away just as Mr Hurkle came up undulating, and looking more like a pulled out concertina than ever. Lady Maude's Mania From one of the boats a wheezy concertina was accompanying a rich tenor voice singing an old English ballad. The Princess Galva A Romance One of the sons was seated near the coffin playing a concertina. Friend Mac Donald Bark books, still commonly used by uncultured nations, often consisting of collections of magical formulae or medical receipts, are generally rolls, folded backwards and forwards upon themselves like the sides of a concertina. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" How often they had sat together there, making youthful plans, while the grasshoppers chirruped outside, and the solemn quavering strains of a concertina sounded from the stables! The Undying Past Until you acquire the concertina, you may keep on with the violin.” The Master's Violin Crowd round young man singing to concertina a ditty about a certain Jemima who though "so fond of her beer, was always a Mug." Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 93, September 10, 1887 All that he left behind him for me to remember him by was his old concertina. Bill the Minder W—— D—— left a day or two after, taking the concertina with him, which I afterward learned belonged to another boy. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them Pipes were produced, and some thoughtful fellow extracting a concertina from the depths of a kit-bag, an impromptu concert was commenced and kept up till “lights out.” A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War He told me to take up the concertina.” The Master's Violin The concertina consists of two hexagonal or rectangular keyboards connected by a long expansible bellows of many folds similar to that of the accordion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" The crew were grouped up in the bow, and one of them was playing a concertina. Doubloons—and the Girl The concertina certainly impressed them as "a divine box of sounds." Aliens The first player, asked to show why a concertina is like a dog, may reply, "Because when it is squeezed it howls." What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes The notes of the cheng, like those of the concertina, speak either by inspiration or expiration of air, the former being the more usual method. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" In order to produce the sound, the concertina is held horizontally between the hands, the bellows being by turns compressed and expanded. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" “Got such a thing as a concertina forward?” said he. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston I shall wait till I can show her the concertina; we shall see what the chit will do then. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) Thus, perhaps the thing thought of was a concertina. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes I know," Mr. Brumley went on, "I seem to be opening out your project like a concertina, but I want you to see just how my thoughts have been going about all this. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman The German concertina is not constructed according to this system; its compass extends down to C or even B♭, but it is not provided with double action. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" In a tremendous tent made by joining three or four ordinary tents together, a very lively fiddle and concertina were in full blast. Gold He can gather dollars when he pleases on the beach, and he leaves me to pine for a concertina! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) To the tune of an old concertina, By the capstan that stands upon the quay. The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems But even they, I think, might be "above it," in which case the musical instruments, tin trumpets, tambourines, and concertinas, disdained by the immaterial, must be manipulated by the material! Byways of Ghost-Land I could also reconcile myself to a general extrusion of concertinas for this useful purpose—or for any other; not to mention barrel organs. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Concerts were given, with bagpipes, concertinas, flutes, drums, and fiddles, in honour of the far-travellers. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia He thought, too, of the concertina, and shame 321 took hold upon him; and of the dead men’s bones, and fear shook him. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) In a corner, dispassionately aloof from all the bustle and argument, Papa Benson, that venerable dandy of the pink pajamas, pumped up the concertina, and drew melodiously on his ancient repertoire. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas Tin trumpets, twopenny tambourines, and concertinas are all very well in their way, but, try how I will, I cannot associate them with ghosts. Byways of Ghost-Land And to-day, this evening, they went out together for a walk, and my husband took with him the concertina. The Soul of a People I'm a bit of a fisherman and I play the concertina. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 Here on several concertinas in different parts of the hall, as well as upstairs, was heard, "It's a long way to Tipperary." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914 We have two flutes, a clarionet, a cornet, and a French horn, often supplemented by two violins and a concertina. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand The boy was cutting pigeon-wings, the concertina played “Matamoras,” Jones continued his lyric, when two Mexicans leaped at each other, and the concertina stopped with a quack. Red Men and White Harmonium and concertina reeds are of this type. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use Knut and Otto crept off miserably into the garden, and that evening there was no dancing, and the Bear-mother's concertina was silent. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children His gaze was fixed upon Sir Jasper's grey worsted socks, which concertinaed up his legs above a pair of strangely-fashioned black shoes. Malcolm Sage, Detective I'm out of the running when it comes to killing men with concertinas. The Dop Doctor The Mexicans did not understand either the letter or the spirit of these American words, but they drank their drink, and the concertina resumed its acrid melody. Red Men and White She whispered those words to Lyster, whose hand was clasping hers, whose arm was about her waist, as they, drifted around the rather small circle, to a waltz played on a concertina and a banjo. That Girl Montana Then right off I sees where we has made a fatal mistake, and my heart dies within me and I jest plum collapses and folds up inside of myself like a concertina. Sundry Accounts In the kitchen behind the bungalow someone began to play the concertina and two or three voices were raised in a hymn. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands "An' I'll owe you a dollar whisky-peg for the good turn," muttered the perforated musician, as he handed over the cherished concertina to the volunteer, "till next Sunday that I see you in the stad." The Dop Doctor Sounds of singing, shooting, dancing, and Mexican tunes on the concertina came out of the windows hand in hand, to widen and die among the hills. Red Men and White The concertina sobbed and shrieked out its notes, and drowned a murmur of voices on the outside. That Girl Montana The radiator of Red Hoss' car looked something like a concertina which had seen hard usage and something like a folded-in crush hat, but very little, if any, like a radiator. Sundry Accounts One of them had a banjo and another a concertina. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands "But what on earth has the concertina got to do with it?" The Dop Doctor There was a Mexican game of cards; there was the concertina; and over in the corner sat Specimen Jones, with his back to the company, singing to himself. Red Men and White The beautiful, fantastic music had been in reality only a harsh horn accompanied by a concertina or some other stupid instrument jangling vile music. An Anarchist Woman He felt as though a piledriver had fallen on his head and propelled his vital organs together like a concertina. The Fighting Edge A great burst of laughter and cheering broke out from the sailors, and redoubled as a private of Marines, holding a concertina in his gnarled fists, walked on to the stage. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions Judge how the heart of W. Keyse bumped against the concertina when the slender vision in the holland skirt and white blouse and broad straw hat appeared from underground. The Dop Doctor The spirit forces also sometimes will see fit to play upon musical instruments placed in the cabinet with the medium, the guitar, mandolin, concertina, accordion, etc., being the instruments preferred in such cases. Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers The little man who watched was dressed in an ill-fitting frock coat, trousers which seemed too long, since they concertinaed over his boots, and a glossy silk hat set at the back of his head. The Man Who Knew At the moment of Iskender's entrance, a man named Khal�l was gravely playing English music-hall airs on a concertina, having acquired the art by instruction from an English sailor at Port Said. The Valley of the Kings Silence fell on the audience at length, and the concertina solo began. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions He hugged the letters against him with the arm belonging to the hand that held the concertina. The Dop Doctor There once was a happy Hyena Who played on an old concertina. The Jingle Book The latter had a great contempt for guitars, concertinas, and other fancy instruments not used in the orchestra. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce At the same moment, a few prelusory notes of the concertina were heard without. The Valley of the Kings Private Mason was underneath it, breathing stertorously, a smile of beatific contentment on his worn features, his head pillowed on his concertina. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions People were singing "God Save the Queen," and "The Red, White, and Blue," "Auld Lang Syne" and "Rule, Britannia," all at once and all together, and playing the tunes of them on mouth-organs and concertinas. The Dop Doctor But the real fun began an hour later, when shouts for the Herr Mahler, interwoven with the music of a concertina, made me step to the door. Fiddles 1909 Every one capable of making music, whether by means of violin, concertina, or voice, was much in demand. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Khal�l, the musician, stood to lead the way, making his concertina speak occasionally as a protest against further waiting. The Valley of the Kings As has been indicated, Private Mason could play the concertina. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions Harmoniums, pianos, concertinas, mouth organs, gramophones, tin trumpets, and voices uncertainly controlled, poured forth their strains, mingling and clashing. Nights in London A few blocks away is a fellow, Mr. B. He can play a concertina something grand, but he hasn't got one and his fingers itch. Colonel Crockett's Co-operative Christmas Then, when the Captain, opening a smaller package, displayed a pair of bellows like a concertina, they gave a gasp. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole Indoors, behind them, the shrieks of the Jew and his spouse were now heard high above the furious talking and the strains of the concertina. The Valley of the Kings With this triumph, the volume of the sound increased greatly; and from its tones I inferred that the instrument was a concertina, and that whoever played it was in the inner court-yard of the hotel. The Aztec Treasure-House Whereupon melancholia became contagious, and Sam's concertina having been impounded by the energetic mate, disaffection reared its ugly head in the foc'sle and called him improper names when he was out of earshot. The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant He thinks he'll just swap one of them overcoats for a concertina. Colonel Crockett's Co-operative Christmas Banjo, concertina, or accordion, either would do; and if you could sing them one or two of their popular Dutch songs it would be the very thing.” Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer He jerked his thumb in the direction of the other dragomans, now howling in chorus to the strains of the concertina. The Valley of the Kings Then the concertina ceased playing, so that an undistracted attention might be given to the supremely difficult final figures of the dance. Clayhanger You surely aren’t going to take that wretched concertina; that’ll be enough to give us the blues, even if it doesn’t rain, which it’s pretty sure to do. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life It goes with the remarkably refined look in his face, however, as he sits upon the back of the seatless chair, and plays the little concertina with superb execution. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Then let there be elected a supervisory board of trusty guardians, men absolutely above the reproach of having played the concertina or plunked staccato tunes on a banjo. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques They were still busy singing to the concertina. The Valley of the Kings Even the accompanying concertina was far more cleverly handled than the Clayhanger piano had ever been handled. Clayhanger Stopping outside the shop, I stood a few minutes gazing in at its window, which was filled with a miscellaneous collection: teapots, telescopes, knives, spoons, pipes, and one or two flutes and concertinas. Chatterbox, 1905. Beneath the music one hears always the regular, insistent, maniacal breathing of a concertina. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers "I have never been to the opera yet," she na�vely remarked to our representative, "but my brother Bert plays beautifully on the concertina." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920 He simply signals to the trombone, who promptly turns the exit part of his instrument on the culprit and gives a bray that makes the unfortunate man's shirt-front crumple up like a concertina. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920 Mr Arthur Smallrice gave a rapid glance into a corner, and from that corner a concertina spoke—one short note. Clayhanger That wasn't a success, so they did the concertina touch, and put three coaches out of action, including the kitchen. Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 He used to be the happiest little space joker in the system, singing all the time, playing a concertina. The Space Pioneers Reconnaissance had indicated an enemy post within eighty yards of our line close to where the Serre road crossed it, but it was protected by concertina barbed wire. The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 O, for the Lord's sake,' says I, 'stop beamin', and pick up your concertina an' pitch us a tune!' News from the Duchy Further, it was his rôle to play the concertina to her: he had had to learn the concertina—possibly a secret humiliation for one whose judgement in terriers was not excelled in many public-houses. Clayhanger Afterward he played on his concertina at my suggestion on the chance that the music might lure a cave-girl down the hill. Police!!! The violin is not an easy instrument to learn, and requires a good ear; but we should recommend it in preference to the banjo or the concertina. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 357, October 30, 1886 The Mounted Police contributed two dollars to pay for the "band"—the fiddle and the concertina—and ammunition enough for the feu de joie. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Here he put his hands together and drew them apart as though extending a concertina. News from the Duchy There was no sound in the room, save the concertina and the champion clogs. Clayhanger Occasionally he played upon his concertina as he advanced; now and then he cut a pigeon wing. Police!!! He went home and out of the lining of an ancient concertina he produced thirty shillings, all the money he had in the world. The War After the War After midnight another supper was served; but still "the band"—consisting of a violin and a concertina—played on, and still the moccasined feet pounded the floor without intermission. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure The whole scene, barring the concertina and the navvies' clothes, might have been transformed straight from a Greek vase of the best period. News from the Duchy Sounds of mouth organs and concertinas and a wheezing gramaphone came from the Valley where the Senator's cow-boys camped with drovers come up from Arizona. The Freebooters of the Wilderness However this Broadway faun piped in vain: no white-footed dryad came stealing through the ferns to gaze, perhaps to dance to the concertina's plaintive melodies. Police!!! Archie was the owner of the concertina; but after a couple of stinging lectures from Jimmy he refused to play any more. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle A huge crowd of Turks were waiting for us; one wild befezzed ruffian had a concertina and was capering to his own strains. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia We fished out a concertina, too, an' a silver-mounted flute that was bobbin' among the weeds. News from the Duchy On one of these vessels somebody was playing a concertina, and as he crept under its counter a voice hailed him in German. The Astonishing History of Troy Town Into one of these trails stepped Samuel Mink, burdened only with his concertina and a box of cigars. Police!!! There were paraffin lamps in the windows, the open door was garlanded with evergreens; from it proceeded loud and hilarious voices and the jerky strains of a concertina. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches They went in steamers to and fro between Putney and Greenwich, listening to concertinas and other instruments of music. The Lee Shore They still had an hour before the brake was to start back, and it was then the concertinas came in useful. Liza of Lambeth The mouth, which, when she smiled, looked like a sword wound on the flank of a horse, now, when the "pout" is complete, looks like a crumpled concertina. Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front But usually he played on his concertina during his leisure moments which were plentiful. Police!!! It was a shock to drive a man's spine together like a concertina; but Pedro took it limply, giving to the jar of the impact as the pony came down again and again. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today The men had brought their own music in the shape of a concertina, which passed from hand to hand and with which they all seemed on equally friendly terms. Pearl of Pearl Island Then there was more concertina playing, and another demand for a song. Liza of Lambeth At length we find a thing like a large concertina which is really a folding bed with pillows and blankets, complete. A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State He said something or other in a voice like a concertina that has been left out in the rain. A Christmas Garland On his hands he had white cotton gloves and as he walked he played a concertina. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People We had the concertina brought in again and sang several hymns to which they listened very quietly. Notable Women of Modern China A poppy piped, a bramble played the concertina, and a lilac grew desperately jealous of me and tried to claw my hair. The Sorcery Club This is the last pleasant music we are fated to hear for many a month, for nothing but concertinas and gramophones are found in the interior. A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State Underneath the nursery table, with a tablecloth, some chairs and a concertina, they were presenting an admirable and entirely engrossing performance. The Golden Scarecrow He dropped his song and his concertina at the same moment, and scrambled up the nearest tree. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, Jan. 2, 1892 "What's this, Brutus—a concertina?" he suddenly asked, stopping before the collapsible case in which I kept my rather old dress suit. Widdershins Poppy's feet beat out the measure that is danced on East End pavements to the music of the concertina. The Divine Fire The second clerk, who was also the second head wit, yelped like a suddenly squelched concertina and was quiet. Wide Courses He enjoys amusing little decorations—phrases such as “concertina waves” and— The ocean at a toy shore Yaps like a Pekinese. The Art of Letters He took the keenest delight in music, and when he had mastered his lessons, he was very fond of playing on the concertina, and singing to his own accompaniment. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, Jan. 2, 1892 There is a common belief that the crowd that goes to the Derby is a cheerful crowd—that it sings and plays concertinas and changes hats. The Pleasures of Ignorance The moon peeped in at the window; from the street came the mournful wheezing of a concertina; from the hay came a sickly sweet, faintly troubling scent. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories Amongst the litter of steel and iron on his table there was always to be seen a concertina with a broken key, or a trumpet with its sides bent in. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories "Kuzma, put down your concertina," he said to one of them. Love The Fox's fury then knew no bounds; he trampled on the concertina, he bit it, he tore open the bellows, and having reduced it to a shapeless mass, bore it away to his hole. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, Jan. 2, 1892 It looked like an overgrown concertina, and he explained that it was a tiny virginal, and pointed out the date; it was made in 1631, in Roman notation. Evelyn Innes Phonographs, concertinas, and even a tiny transportable organ appeared. The Rules of the Game He extracted the concertina from its case and began to play "The Dead March in Saul." Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) She behaved very mean to the last—she wouldn't send back the German concertina. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 30, 1890 "Not hurt yourself, I hope?" he asked, as the Doctor rubbed that part of himself which had come into collision with the sharp edge of a concertina. True Tilda He returned thereupon to his concertina, meeting all further persuasions by deep sighs and obdurate shakes of the head; and, finding their efforts useless, the party withdrew at last, to drink his health without him. North, South and over the Sea On the terraces dancing has commenced; the players of violins, concertinas, and penny whistles do a brisk trade among the groups eager for a rough-and-tumble valse; so do the pickpockets. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories He opened this case, which was not locked, and drew from it a concertina, all inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) He is the last vestige of the old wandering minstrels of bygone days, playing his inharmonious concertina in the hall of the manor house regularly at Christmas and at other festivals. A Cotswold Village Consequently, the authorities are fascinated with the idea of the sliding scale or concertina army. American Notes When I went into the hall, a Dutchman was screeching a concertina hideously. Letters from the Cape "Who was the man that gave you the concertina?" Penrod Then, with a cough, he resumed the concertina once more, and embarked upon the interpretation of Handel. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) "Here's a tiliscope wid wan eye shut," said Mr Button, examining the broken telescope and pulling it in and out like a concertina. The Blue Lagoon: a romance He can gather dollars when he pleases on the beach, and he leaves me to pine for a concertina! Island Nights' Entertainments So striking is this resemblance that at times one expects to hear the long-drawn moans peculiar to the concertina issuing from those portals. The Ways of Men "First, he bought that horrible concertina that made papa so furious—" "But Penrod didn't tell that I——" "Oh, wait!" she cried lamentably. Penrod Under the tree was a cane chair, and on the cane chair sat an ageing man with a concertina between his hands. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) The young man had a concertina, and he played the tunes popular on the music-halls a dozen years before. Moon and Sixpence He thought, too, of the concertina, and shame took hold upon him; and of the dead men’s bones, and fear shook him. Island Nights' Entertainments But he could no longer play his six lugubrious airs upon his concertina, and it was a deprivation. McTeague I closed in like a concertina, Bunny, and I only hope I shall be able to pull out like one. Mr. Justice Raffles This obscure saying baffled him, the more so that he had been playing a concertina and not a fiddle at all. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) At the word o' command, up they go like a pair of concertinas, an' consequently collapses equally 'andy when requisite. Traffics and Discoveries I shall wait till I can show her the concertina; we shall see what the chit will do then. Island Nights' Entertainments Once, even, the dentist had taken a concertina from the lot kept by the music store. McTeague Outside the bar where jangling heat Seems out of tune and off the beat — A concertina's glycerine Exudes, and mirrors in the green Your soul: pure glucose edged with hints Of tentative and half-soiled tints. Miscellany of Poetry 1919 He put the concertina on his knees, fumbled in his tail-pocket, and drew forth a tasselled Turkish cap, which majestically he assumed; the tassel fell over his forehead. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) From far below him came Hogan's voice, a concertina, and the sound of clacking feet. The Cruise of the Dry Dock At the last he fished out a concertina and played for me. The Forest On the top shelf McTeague kept his concertina and a bag of bird seed for the canary. McTeague |
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