| 单词 | astride |
| 例句 | He sat there staring at me, astride his red twenty-inch bike. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Estha waited until Rahel got in, then took his place, sitting astride the little boat as though it were a seesaw. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A moment later there was a boy of Shasta's own age sitting astride of the sill with one leg hanging down inside the room. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Shells were falling on the ridge nearby and bullets were slicing leaves, but Reynolds sat astride the horse in a motionless calm, looking out toward the fight, picture of a soldier, painted against the trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby Moch sat astride the stern, hunched forward, pounding the wood, screaming words no one could hear. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I loved the breeze blowing through, and my privileged position firmly astride the prison wall, with both sides in plain sight. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The African general and the Gallivespian came in: King Ogunwe in a clean uniform, with a wound on his temple freshly dressed, and Lord Roke gliding swiftly to the table astride his blue hawk. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A man sat astride it: the largest person Anya had ever seen. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z This Surya had a tired expression, weary after a hard day of work, sitting astride a horse with folded legs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Like an arrogant, trespassing man astride a winged metal beast. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z One man, astride a great horse was, he said, a tax collector. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Now I let go with hands and feet, plunging straight into the foam beside the timbers, pulled astride, and rowed hard with my hands to pass by Skylla. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun would burn it off later, but now it formed a milky sea that reached halfway up Matt’s legs as he sat astride the horse. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat astride a roan mare, a lean and nervous steed speckled red and yellow, with a long, narrow head, whose expression was as ill-tempered as her master’s. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z That tree-lined neighborhood at the top of the smaller slope must be the Crest, Magdalys thought, where all the affluent Brooklynites were said to live, promenading along the streets astride their graceful duckbills. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I could pick out General Washington astride his big gray horse at the center of the line. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z If the motorcycle was huge, it was nothing to the man sitting astride it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z In another instant Doli flickered into sight astride what had seemed to be an empty saddle. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z And here’s where things became completely surreal, because riding by his side, astride a creature with the body of a ravid and the head and wings of Wraith the white eagle was...Sarai. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Though I had not seen him, he must have been watching us from astride his horse. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He sat astride a white, studying the footsteps down on the floor of the ravine. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Janice repositioned herself, elbows astride her plate, her round shape pitching forward. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was, he believed, the last time he would ever sit astride this little horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee sits astride his horse, painfully vulnerable to a sniper’s bullet despite his flag of truce. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z We were so beautiful when we stood astride her ugliness. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z There were twin oak rockers with embroidered cushions, twin walnut end tables astride a worn bench sofa, and a plush easy chair beside a gilt brass floor lamp. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Through the swaying draperies, Dany caught glimpses of him astride his grey stallion. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A few feet away, Reyna sat astride a new pegasus, her sword drawn. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z More goons from the Kidnapping Club sat astride each trike, rifled muskets trained on the front gate. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I loved it when he had a moment to come out on the church porch and tell me a quick Bible story while I listened, astride my bike, fascinated by his sonorous voice. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The Corporal, astride his horse, was rounding past the bend. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z In a sullen silence she began preparing the meal, lighting the fire, fetching the water, boiling the rice, the baby astride her hip as before and whimpering unheeded. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z And he had; while Skeeter was streaking down a road with his master astride him, his heart failed, and he stumbled and was dead. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked up from where I sat astride my brother. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But Ruth did sit on it, knees on either side like she was astride a horse. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I held it on both sides, sitting astride the handle hooked over the seat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z And out alone in front of all, the four whites with the Prince astride the leader. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The ranger sat astride his broad back, grim and silent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z With Horatio’s aid, I mounted the horse and sat astride her, not sideways like a woman. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Charlie rode bareback astride the plow horse, his brown heels dug into the horse’s wide flanks. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Just Ruth, in the middle, astride the wall, remains silent. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Hooded riders sat astride each of those armored backs. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Dominating the scene was Hagrid, wearing a helmet and goggles and sitting astride an enormous motorbike with a black sidecar attached. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I turned as I opened the door, but he was already astride Trouble, wheeling the big horse around. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Floating toward him parallel to the fence is a black boy astride a mule. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He rode off with Venable and then, moving in out of the night to greet him, saw old Isaac Trimble, astride a pale horse, fiery old Isaac. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When I reflect on that moment now, the image blurs, reconstituting itself into that of a zealous knight astride a steed, charging into an imaginary battle, striking at shadows, hacking into thin air. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He settled himself astride the motorcycle, which creaked slightly and sank inches into the ground. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Even Uncle Al is affected—he stops each day to observe our progress and within a couple of days orders up new posters that feature Rosie with Marlena sitting astride her head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The Devon School was astride these two rivers. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Then both of them looked up and saw Moody, astride his bicycle on the sidewalk, and froze. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sure ’nough, there, sitting astride his horse not ten yards from us, was Cap’n Buck, his eyes crinkling up in a horrible smile! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Before them marched the clansmen from the hills; chiefs and champions astride shaggy garrons, their hirsute fighters trotting beside them, clad in fins and boiled leather and old mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Lazlo and the goddess, still astride their creatures, were transported right to the center of the Pavilion of Thought. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A solitary rider, astride an enormous horse, was riding away from my house. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The baby was still astride her hip, now she arranged few rags in a corner of the room and laid him down. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He was driven out of Sing Sing through the very gate I sat astride, in an official van that was soon hijacked by his confederates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The man astride me pins my arms again while the other one undoes my belt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The square was dominated by a white marble statue of a headless man in impossibly ornate armor, astride a warhorse similarly arrayed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I sat astride it, on the rounded edge of the speared lifebuoy, my left foot against the tip of the prow, my right foot on the gunnel. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The mahogany coffin was trailed by Hamilton’s gray horse, with his boots and spurs reversed astride the empty saddle. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He was astride one of the horses from Karl’s wagon team and leading a large, boxy horse and a brown cow with white spots. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I sat astride her, on the saddle of her hips, and started with her shoulders. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then a bee whizzed past Enoch’s nose and buried its stinger in the haunches of the woman sitting astride him, and she squealed and leapt up. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She settled herself astride and leaned forward, whispering things in its ear. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z When he lay at full length on the ground, Aurelia would sometimes sit astride him and dig her hands into the fur along his neck, kneading him to make him purr. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It was there I saw a woman riding sidesaddle astride a great black palfrey whose saddle and harness were trimmed with gleaming silver. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z By then, I was astride the top rail and I jumped down. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When she climbed astride, he would hold her hips and stare up at the night sky and, for those moments, be sure of the meaning of bliss. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z People on farm horses and mules; babies riding astride of brothers’ and sisters’ backs. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I was still astride the top rail when the struggling bulls crashed through the fence, splintering the posts and rails, and toppling me to the ground almost under them. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the coulee burst Rooster Jim, jouncing astride his new Indian motorcycle. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z How he wished he might ride it, going astride properly, as he should. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z “That bird is the trial of my life,” she continued, removing the pink mountain from her head, while Laurie seated himself astride a chair. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The gleaming figure astride one of my trophies was broken, wingless, after hitting the ground. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But a warrior struck him brutally to the ground, leaped astride the limp figure, and trussed him tightly. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I never envisioned myself in that kind of white hat, though, astride some fine horse, galloping into the main street of town. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He sits astride Traveller, looking down from a distant ridgeline. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Both the novel and the poem are notoriously challenging, obscurely allusive and highly uneasy about their modern time and the rubble of tradition astride which it stood. Was 1925 Literary Modernism’s Most Important Year? 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z The artist was in New York’s Times Square last week to offer his latest corrective, unveiling a massive bronze statue of a young African American man in urban streetwear sitting astride a galloping horse. Artist Kehinde Wiley on what we can do with offensive art 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z A boat prow with a depiction of a half-human bird of prey astride a mythic serpent. Netscape Founder Gives Up $35 Million in Art Said to Be Stolen 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z When Pozzo delivers his much-quoted, annihilating pronouncement — the one that begins “they give birth astride a grave” — it’s in the tones of a crypt keeper. Review: A ‘Waiting for Godot’ as Comically Futile as a Looney Tune 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Russell Crowe – looking the spit of Maximus, the hero of Gladiator, with cropped hair, bloodied cheek and an expression of furious determination – is astride a horse. Looking for Robin 2010-04-14T07:00:00Z There is a nice scene at a cookout where Harp races his horse, and an amusing bit has Cole playing basketball with Esha astride a horse, trying to block his shot. Idris Elba drama "Concrete Cowboy" brings audience along for a crowd-pleasing ride 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Watching Strel crawl through the choppy gray water astride the steely Manhattan skyline, with exhaust-belching ferries and barges churning by, he looked too pink, too soft, and just too human to be there. Let’s swim to work! 2012-09-15T13:30:00Z The picture of the Son of Man astride a brontosaurus is a revelation. ‘What Would Jesus Craft?’: DIY for the (irreverently) devout 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Open one door, and there’s a Marina Abramovic look-alike naked and astride a bicycle seat, arms outstretched. At Art Basel, Works With a Museum Presence 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Barzini, truly a writer to watch, positions herself astride both American and Sicilian cultures, and packs this visceral book with strong sensations from both. Books to Breeze Through This Summer 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z The Colossus of Rhodes never stood astride the harbor entrance, but alongside it. How we lost the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Balled-up paper towels lay in puddles of merlot, shards of pita bread sat astride spittoons of frothy backwash, and always the sound of swishing, gurgling and spitting. Night Out With | Michael Dorf: The Who Never Kept It So Kosher 2010-03-01T20:46:00Z Sugar scribbles something on his pad, possibly adding finishing details to a sculpture he's commissioning of himself sitting astride a mighty lion dressed as Napoleon, "Hmmmmmgh," he hmmmmghs, the most dismissive collection of phlegm ever. Grace Dent's TV OD: The Apprentice 2010-12-04T00:07:00Z Medieval and partly Moorish, it sits astride one of the highest of the city’s many hills, both a topographical and an emotional point of reference, somewhat like the Parthenon in Athens. How I Fell for Lisbon 2012-05-25T20:23:37Z Among those thousands, there is just one African-American man, astride a horse. A Giant and Long-Contested Civil War Painting Returns to Its Former Glory 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z It has none of the heightened formal power of David Chancellor's portrait of a 14-year-old girl astride her horse with a dead impala. Panayiotis Lamprou: the casual power of an intimate portrait 2010-09-17T16:54:00Z She hopes the race will recruit more riders who want to try riding aside instead of astride. These women want to bring back sidesaddle riding. Is that okay? 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Glasgow, astride the River Clyde, is a surprising city — and Scotland’s most underrated destination. Glasgow surprises with art, design and culture 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z It opens with a leisurely flashback to Diana’s princess childhood during some kind of Amazonian Olympics, with aerial gymnastics and tight, muscular thighs astride thundering horses. ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Review: It’s Not About What We Deserve 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z The Smokies have great vistas, but what you'll see from Roan Mountain, astride Tennessee and North Carolina, will top them all--especially if you visit in June when the rhododendrons are in bloom. Things Every Southerner Must Do! 2010-07-14T22:49:00Z And seeing the costume designer Mark Bridges astride the thing at the end, with Helen Mirren at his side, was a silly and charming conclusion to an otherwise surprisingly dry night. The Best and Worst of Oscars 2018 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z In “Dig,” from last year, a woman stands astride a shallow pit, holding a shovel. Judith Linhares paints the joys of life, on her own terms 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z The moustachioed artist might have led the strange parade of visitors and friends who created a human chain astride the sheep. An Art Menagerie Touched With Magic 2010-03-29T15:27:00Z I approached a group of girls sitting astride one of the lions, gossiping away under the pretext of reviewing notes. Returning to Hyderabad, Once a Land of Princes and Palaces 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Natural Bridge sits astride a ridge that drops away on both sides into wooded valleys. Visit the South's Arch Country 2011-05-18T13:20:07.640Z So she incorporated that too, appearing at the beginning of the ceremony astride her mother’s horse Chispa. The Quinceañera, Redefined 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Sitting astride her piano bench, Amos alternated between a grand piano and an electric keyboard, playing rumbling, percussive bass chords and spiraling right-hand arpeggios that traversed up and down octaves. Tori Amos at Chicago Theatre 2011-12-11T13:40:00Z Perhaps most ambivalent is an impressive image of Prince astride his motorcycle from “Purple Rain.” When humor shifts to unease: How Eric Yahnker turns pop culture into pointed art 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z The movie opens with a rush as she arrives at a launch site astride the roof of a carriage, her peacock-hued frock and feathered headdress fluttering gaily. ‘The Aeronauts’ Review: High Anxiety 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z One of the boys’ fellow outcasts keeps an exotic garden under grow lights in the bowels of the ship, near a mural featuring naked women astride gun barrels. Books of The Times: ?The Cat?s Table,? by Michael Ondaatje - Review 2011-10-05T22:00:20Z In fact, it begins with a rejection of those antique emblems of dominance, such as “the brazen giant of Greek fame, / With conquering limbs astride from land to land.” Perspective | Don’t let the Trump administration vandalize Lady Liberty’s inspiring message 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Slowly the fountain emerged, a turbulent assemblage of rushing waves and dolphins, of nymphs, holding trumpets to their lips, astride rearing horses. ‘The Cardboard Bernini,’ a Film About James Grashow 2013-05-13T18:45:22Z As there are for Lotte’s husband, Kalle, who runs away with the circus and returns, primed for reconciliation, astride a zebra. This Year Is Complicated. Three New Novels Remind Us the Past Was No Picnic Either. 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z There, his line of sight lands squarely on the life-size bronze statue of a victorious young athlete astride a pedestal, otherwise famously known as the Getty Bronze. Bronze sculptures in 'Power and Pathos' at the Getty capture pivotal era 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z After each tumble, I limped over and dragged myself back onto the horse, my blonde nemesis watching astride the fence. Spending My Tenderness on Animals 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z For 45 minutes, she is the president of this little plot of Central Park, astride the ritziest Zip code in New York City, a bubble within a bubble within a bubble. Inside Ozy Fest, the progressive alternate reality where the brands outshine the ideas 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z But astride the top of that week's midweek album chart sat a beacon of skinny-scarved hope. The Courteeners: proof that four guys can still shake the world … 2013-02-15T13:00:00Z For at least two days, they were taken as seriously as a pectorally endowed Regency duke astride his valiant steed. Heaving bosoms and joyous endings conquer Capitol Hill 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z When people asked for her age/sex/location, as was the custom, she’d type, “RELee: 61, but vigorous/M/The Maryland countryside, astride my loyal horse, Traveller.” Clumsy, bumbling — so what? Alexandra Petri’s book celebrates you. 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Toddlers sit astride their parents’ shoulders practicing the mantra of the season: “Throw me something, mister!” Heads Up: In New Orleans, Early Mardi Gras Parades Are Family Fare 2011-02-04T19:55:00Z That painting, of the duke astride a rearing horse, was destroyed by fire in the 1940s but a sketch of it is in the Kimbell Art Museum in Texas. Newly found Rubens portrait of King James I lover unveiled in Glasgow 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z But rather than topple those gods, “Watchmen” ushered in an era in which these golden idols stand taller than ever, astride the entire culture, casting inescapable shadows. ‘Watchmen’ Is Coming. (Actually, It Never Left.) 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z The painting on exhibition at the Fine Arts Palace depicts Zapata nude astride a horse and wearing high heels. Mexican government to mediate dispute over painting of hero 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Scandal '63 portrays Christine Keeler in the iconic Lewis Morley photograph of that year, astride a chair, while at the top of the canvas, the male protagonists in the affair are shown. Mystery of missing art of Pauline Boty 2013-04-27T11:58:30Z Plant and animal specialists are still analyzing remains from the site, with its counter frescoed with a figure of an undersea nymph astride a horse. Mallard to go? Dig of Pompeii fast-food place reveals tastes 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z In January, the museum removed from its front steps a bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt astride a horse and flanked by a Native American and an African, both bare-chested. Museum of Natural History’s Renewed Hall Holds Treasures and Pain 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z He took me to a small restaurant below street level whose walls were covered with posters of waterfalls, flower-filled meadows, blond women with electric guitars astride Harley-Davidsons. Teaching the People’s Republic 2012-09-03T13:00:00Z It's like teaching a course on "Space Exploration" the day after Neil Armstrong bopped astride the surface of the moon. Will Smith and the function of a slap – what it means for comedy and comedians 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z "On the Move" is filled with both wonder and wonderments — beginning with its cover photograph of a buff, leather-clad young Sacks astride a powerful motorcycle. Oliver Sacks' 'On the Move' a memoir of an extraordinary life 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z When the Dark Knight returns, astride his extraordinary fat-wheeled motorbike, it's really exciting. The Dark Knight Rises – review 2012-07-19T14:29:00Z It didn’t hurt that he was also sitting astride a white stallion with a large bird of prey on his arm. Journeys: In Sicily, a Step Back in Time 2010-09-25T04:45:00Z A posse of whooping, standing riders, astride teams of racing horses, roared by. 'Cavalia': Humans and horses do dazzling work 2012-01-24T00:12:18Z Mr. Friedlander’s home in Queens is filled with paintings, sculptures and at least one laminated-wood image of women in thong bikinis astride motorcycles. Loving the Lowbrow (It Has Its Own Hall of Fame) 2010-09-02T22:25:00Z Her stubborn commitment to that idea had left her out of step in recent years with a profession she once stood astride. A critic's take on the power of Zaha Hadid 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Stars, as Samuel Beckett said in another context: “They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it’s night once more.” Why we keep gazing at ‘A Star Is Born’: From Gaynor to Gaga 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Susan was astride a commuter bike that she got when she was headed back to work not long after the birth of our first daughter, nearly 22 years ago. The 150-mile bike trail from Maryland to Pennsylvania puts the cares of 2020 behind you 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z For his part, Rechtman seems acutely aware that he stands astride a video goliath that might double as the planet’s fallback babysitter. A Kid’s Show Juggernaut That Leaves Nothing to Chance 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z We were looking at a thick, broad slab of rock that lay astride one side of the forested trail. On a General’s Trail, Summoning America’s History 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z That painting, of the duke astride a rearing horse, was destroyed by fire in the 1940s but a sketch of it is in the Kimbell Art Museum in Texas. Newly found Rubens portrait of King James I lover unveiled in Glasgow 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z The image is arresting: a man sits astride a motorcycle, the handlebars adorned with the giant skull of a zebu, its horns forming a wide skeletal embrace. How Beyoncé and Jay-Z put a visionary African film back in the spotlight 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z The generous montages depicting the guys astride their hogs, tearing down the highway to the strains of the soundtrack’s many classic-rock cuts, suggest this as their natural state. Easy Rider at 50: how the rebellious road movie shook up the system 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z He sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zamzamah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib-Gher – the Wonder House, as the natives call the Lahore Museum. Booker club: The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje 2011-03-04T11:00:46Z Sitting astride that brawny machine brought into question everything I thought I knew about who I was and the options I faced. Calling all “chicks with picks”: How I climbed my way out of fear, one icy step at a time 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z The singer strutted into America's living rooms astride a giant animatronic tiger, all the better to quote Survivor's “Eye of the Tiger” and proclaim, “I am the champion and you're going to hear me roar.” Super Bowl music: Katy Perry plays to her audiences 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z In a preparatory sketch from 1780, Durga, astride her big cat, and Kali, the hideous goddess of death, approach a motley crew of demons, each a comical hybrid of human and bestial features. Art Review: A Life-Affirming Female Force, Ready to Rumble 2011-07-07T21:58:23Z Straightening their see-through shrouds, they dance a full-length ballet with extended thrusting and grunting – astride the tenor hero, each other or the open tombs they have just abandoned. Robert le diable; Basca awards; Queen's Medal for Music – review 2012-12-09T00:07:19Z Every Cuban child is taught that on the afternoon of May 19, 1895, Martí, astride an eye-catching white horse, rode into a Spanish ambush in Dos Rios. ‘José Martí,’ by Alfred J. López 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Judging by the legions of backpacks, hostels and prominent Wi-Fi signs, it sits firmly astride the trekking circuit of Latin America. Where Will Science Take Us? To the Stars 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z “They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it’s night once more,” Pozzo says in “Godot.” A rock. A road. A tree. How set designers for 20th century’s most famous play change it up. 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z He points to the gleaming bronze statue of William Tecumseh Sherman, the Union general, astride his horse at the southeastern corner of Central Park, near the Plaza Hotel. The Out of Towner: Touring New York City, Inside Yet Out 2011-11-17T23:19:14Z Landry’s Cajun Restaurant and Diesi’s Little Capitol Truck Stop also sit astride the Interstate, both twice as good at half the cost of most urban eateries. Waffle House to commit culinary crime with 'fanciest' location in New Orleans 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z But there is sadness astride the outrage, like ash after a blaze. Scrolling While the World Burns 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z In a third — the most startling event in the piece — she stands astride his shoulders as he kneels and stretches one arm upward and repeatedly slaps her breastbone, hard. Dance Review: Jennifer Monson and Friends Perform at La MaMa Moves! 2013-06-24T21:23:03Z When Ray quietly depicts himself as a jeans- and loafer-clad rider on horseback in a full-scale equestrian sculpture now installed in the museum's garden, he's neither Bellerophon astride Pegasus nor some imperial general coercing awe. Charles Ray's sculptures cast a forceful modern eye on antiquity 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z She did sit astride another dancer, however, in keeping with the party “theme.” Madonna sells, sells, sells at Super Bowl halftime 2012-02-06T00:37:00Z It would elevate the execrable ex-president, for all his myriad and many misdeeds, to stand astride the political and moral high ground. Column: Donald Trump is rotten and despicable — but that doesn't mean he should be kicked off the presidential ballot 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Roughly 24 hours after leaving the airport, he sprinted into North Korea while touring the Joint Security Area, which sits astride the border. Explainer-Travis King: who is the US soldier who crossed into North Korea? 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z They must gingerly step across the lower wing to lie astride a pole that’s fastened to the crisscrossing cables between the upper and lower wings. Wing walking flights in Sequim draw lawsuit and FAA investigation 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Cocker snarls his way through it, standing astride two monitors, his fist pumping the air as the crowd sing along, before it ends in a flurry of pyrotechnics and confetti. Pulp: Jarvis Cocker celebrate the band's comeback at Latitude 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Visitors will find changing streetscapes north of the ballpark, where a pedestrian causeway, small beach and roadside flora arrived for the start of July, astride the vast waterfront boulevard under construction. Getting around Seattle during All-Star Week: bus, train, car, boat and more 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Beside him stood a toy horse and a selection of gaudy sombreros for children to wear astride the spotted steed. Guatemalans worry about security, unimpressed by leading candidates ahead of election 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z The Kernal is a cowboy, often astride a horse, who, when created through Hansen’s typical cartoonish style, elicits vulnerability and humor as he races across the land or confronts an oversized bird. At 101, Seattle-area artist Gaylen Hansen keeps painting 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Current prices are $850 for the upper wing stand and $1,250 for that plus the ride astride the pole held between the upper and lower wings. Wing walking flights in Sequim draw lawsuit and FAA investigation 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Early in the day, demonstrators danced around the Triumph of the Republic, the Parisian sculpture of Marianne, the personification of the republic, astride a globe on a lion-drawn chariot. Hundreds of thousands in France protest Macron’s pension law on May Day 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z "My vision is to be among a thousand galloping horses, with children astride them," it quotes him as saying. Mutsugoro: Japan's beloved zoologist Masanori Hata dies at 87 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z It’s located astride one of the “peace walls” that divide neighborhoods in an effort to limit sectarian violence. Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z It’s located astride one of the “peace walls” that divide neighborhoods in an effort to keep sectarian violence at bay. Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z And in the central corral, a woman in a gold-sequinned mini-dress has donned a cowboy hat, kicked off her shoes and climbed astride the bull. Party-hop with the stars! We checked out the big-deal 2023 Oscar parties 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z A team of scientists reports that humans may have ridden horses as early as 3000 B.C.E.—some 1,000 years before the earliest known artistic representation of a human astride a horse. Humans Started Riding Horses 5,000 Years Ago, New Evidence Suggests 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z The scale of the damage becomes clear when you keep walking the length of this town that sits astride the Route 60 - the main highway running north-south through the occupied West Bank. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric' 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z When the last — Kalki, astride a white horse — comes, he will put to an end the present age of unrighteousness, adharma. Why the Chimera Is the Monster for Our Uncertain Age 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Who is she?’ and other days, I think, ‘Maybe there is something about that girl with her legs astride and hands at the ready that was kind of formidable.’ Raquel Welch, 1960s actress and pinup star, dies at 82 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Even though Turkey stands astride a well-known seismic zone, few buildings had been designed to take earthquakes into account. Opinion | Turkey’s earthquake death toll might be more than just a natural disaster 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z The prime minister, in his sixth term astride a hard-right coalition, argues the judiciary has overstepped its bounds in recent years. Israel's attorney-general warns Netanyahu to stay out of push for judicial changes 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Some regiments come astride camels and horses - which are also decked in colourful finery - accompanied by the sound of drums and bagpipes. Republic Day: India set to hold colourful parade 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Bakhmut serves as a major road junction while at the same time being located astride a series of rugged ridgelines. Grim Russian offensive makes Bakhmut unlikely focus of Ukraine war 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z He sat astride the figure-of-eight stage on which he had received the World Cup with his team, basking in the fact he can at last fill that one space in his trophy cabinet. 'No-one can now deny Messi is one of game's greatest' 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z And the Bard himself is unpredictable already, Bryant points out, before citing moments from memory: “Cymbeline” has Jupiter enter astride an eagle. How to improvise a wildly entertaining new Shakespeare play every night 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z A large statue of Mr. Joko astride a speeding motorbike welcomes guests at the entrance. Would You Pay $1,000 to See the World’s Biggest Lizards? 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Kim is an avid horseman and state media have often pictured him galloping on snowy mountain trails astride a white charger. North Korea denies U.S. claims it sent artillery shells to Russia 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z He was shown in 2019 by North Korean media trekking through mountain snows astride a white stallion. Train crosses North Korea border into Russia after arms report, think tank says 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z His biggest home run, of course, was starting Carlyle, raising an initial $5 million that has turned into a behemoth with $376 billion in assets under management, sitting astride the world of private equity. Carlyle's David Rubenstein on how to invest now 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Kreminna sits astride a vital Russian logistical artery used to supply units in Luhansk and Donetsk, so its loss would further damage Russia’s faltering war effort. Amid the Slog of Mud Season, the Ukrainian Military Keeps Advancing 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The sergeant-of-arms of the House of Representatives has an 1849 mace composed of 13 ebony rods topped with a silver eagle astride a globe. Perspective | A new book explores the fasces, a symbol of power — and of unity 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Rising through the party ranks, Truss has been photographed in a tank, wearing a Russian hat in Red Square and sitting astride a Triumph motorcycle, all resembling photos of Thatcher. Britain's new PM faces an 80s playlist: recession, unrest and runaway prices 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z He sits astride a deliberately opaque and interconnected multimillion — now billion — dollar ideological and political empire. Opinion | A $1.6 billion donation points to a bipartisan scandal 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Bull riders and bareback contestants must stay astride for at least eight seconds in order to be eligible to win and be scored on the quality of their rides. One of the oldest rodeos in America is in New Jersey 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z It is one of Japan’s largest trade partners, is a major source of advanced computer chips, and lies astride a narrow strait through which virtually all of Japan’s energy resources are shipped. With 5 Missiles, China Sends Stark Signal to Japan and U.S. on Taiwan 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z No, it’s time that passed, politics that shifted, history itself that unfurled, with DeGeneres, for good and for ill, standing astride the chasm. How Ellen won, and then lost, a generation of viewers 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z That drew the fight out of the dense urban areas and onto the plains astride the M14 highway, leaving wheat fields littered with the spent tubes of Smerch cluster rockets and antitank weapons. The cycle of war in Ukraine's south: drones, bombs, silence, death 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Now they were astride the whole of historic Palestine and then some, jubilant at the new role as latter day colonial overlords. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Eisenman deftly topples the grandiose tradition of man-on-a-horse monuments, her “Man at the Center of Men” emerging as more a dull brute astride a subservient fellow donkey than a triumphal leader. Review: L.A. gallery-going during Omicron isn't optimal but offers excellent art along the way 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The shift reflects Moscow’s perception of European governments as American puppets to be shunted aside, as well as its assertion of itself as a great power standing astride Europe rather than an unusually powerful neighbor. Putin Has Long Tried to Balance Europe. Now He’s Working to Reset It. 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z In a hectic life on the road, Crawford found peace astride a horse. Seeking Opportunity, a Cowgirl Hits the Road 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z There’s nothing that says “I’m ready to take on the day” like He-Man wielding his power sword while heading into a fight astride Battle Cat. 15 gifts for comic book fans that are out of this world 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Their territory, though small, sat astride important trade routes in northern France. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Canada, which sits astride the Great Lakes, is one of the world’s most water-rich countries: Roughly 20 percent of the globe’s freshwater resources are located within its territory. Canadian city to get 21,000 gallons of water by air amid suspected contamination crisis 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z As it fell away, it revealed a bronze statue of a Black soldier sitting astride a stallion, a tribute to the U.S. Buffalo Soldiers, the Famed Black Cavalry, Get a Statue at West Point 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z The pitcher and catcher are not astride donkeys. Perspective | Baseball played astride donkeys once entertained crowds around the D.C. area 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z The band emerged from, then stood astride, five London black cabs, as they played Wannabe and Spice Up Your Life to rapturous applause. The Spice Girls at 25: Here's the story from A to Z 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z I’m astride a donkey, painted to look like a zebra for visibility, called a “zonkey.” Oh, the places we won’t go — but photos can take us there 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z A tiny portion of the 16-mile line would run through the village astride the cherished Capital Crescent Trail and exclusive Columbia Country Club. Opinion | Fighting equitable development in the D.C. area 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Then again, Velazquez will be astride Medina Spirit on Saturday, with another chance to win. Winning Always Wins. Will Integrity Place, or Even Show? 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z They said the officers assaulted them and Elder said he acted in self-defense as Cerciello Rega sat astride him and choked him. 'Justice in Italy has worked’: Many in Rome applaud Californians' life sentences in police killing 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Dana Beal stood in Union Square Park explaining the provenance of the pot being given away to a crowd of expectant people who were gathering near a bronze statue of George Washington astride a horse. He Fought for Decades to Make Marijuana Legal. Now What? 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z It followed the emergence of a photograph showing him astride a dead horse while on his phone. Elliott banned for 12 months for photo 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z In the image, he is sitting astride a dead horse, talking on his phone and flashing a V sign at the camera. Trainer Photographed on Dead Horse Is Barred From British Racing 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Mahomes, 25, is the most secure force in the NFL, in perfect alignment with his franchise as he stands astride the league. Analysis | After 20 seasons with one team, Tom Brady is still finding his footing with Tampa Bay 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z The archangel Michael, in his dashing garment with rainbow wings, stands astride the narrow earthly realm, where the desperate cry out to be saved. Perspective | Who says the Old Masters are boring? 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z That includes fairs ranging from the Bangor State Fair, which typically attracts about 50,000 people, to the Houlton Fair, which takes place astride the Canadian border. Some of Maine’s farm fairs try to salvage season online 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z The airport is located astride the border with the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Northern Maine airport to make improvements with federal aid 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z “I can see him doing something like a full 360-degree somersault and landing sitting astride a cow. A laughing one, obviously.” Tour de France 2020: stage 19 – live! 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z And despite the compressed time frame, the O’Haras have been sitting astride that abyss a while. Review: In 'The Nest,' Jude Law and Carrie Coon give us an unnerving anatomy of a marriage 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z He may as well have been galloping astride all four horses of the Apocalypse, with flames and floods chasing the thundering hoofs. Opinion | Earth is fighting for her life. We’re the pandemic. 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z This is a movie that sits astride two conflicts, World War II and the Vietnam War, and treats the rituals of organized religion as a more local extension of their bloodlust. Review: Sin is the true star of Netflix's bloody religio-gothic thriller 'The Devil All the Time' 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Two days later, he tweeted a photo of the court’s chief justice astride a Harley-Davidson owned by a political ally of the country’s powerful prime minister. A Lawyer’s Tweets Put India’s Supreme Court on Trial and Him at Risk of Imprisonment 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z The United States would have an easier time sitting astride the moral high horse if it were contributing to vaccine-sharing efforts itself. Opinion | Countries should stop hacking each other and start cooperating on a vaccine 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Because of the way it is angled into the ground at the surface, it’s possible the tower’s foundation could be built astride two sides of the fault, Parrish said. 'Strong' evidence quake fault runs along site of Hollywood skyscrapers, state says 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z The president went on to moon over the aesthetic beauty of some of the disputed statues, a great many of which feature a prominent uniformed Confederate war figure bearing a sword astride a horse. Trump to Black Americans: "If you don't understand your history, you will go back to it again" 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z On Monday night, protesters looped ropes around a large, bronze statue of Jackson astride a horse in Lafayette Square and tried to pull it down, but U.S. D.C. police clear out fledgling autonomous zone near the White House 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Inside the metal pickets surrounding the statue, a smaller group — some clad in black with goggles, helmets and gas masks — scaled the statue and draped ropes around the seventh president astride a horse. Police thwart attempt by protesters to topple statue of Andrew Jackson near White House 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Roosevelt is astride a horse, and flanking him — on foot, thus beneath the great man — are a Native American man on one side and an African man on the other. Opinion | There is no earthly reason this nation should be defiled by Confederate statues 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z It is nothing like Henry Kissinger’s magisterial three-volume memoir of his time as secretary of state and national security advisor during the Nixon and Ford administrations — a sweeping account of Kissinger astride the world. Bolton book tells all about Trump — except what makes him tick 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Civil War soldiers camped there and hung their laundry to dry on the park’s statue of Andrew Jackson astride a horse on its hind legs. Lafayette Park near White House: A soapbox for social unrest 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z “The pandemic,” it said, an accusatory arrow pointing up at the bronze general astride his rearing horse. Commentary: Confederate monuments institutionalize racism. Take them all down. Now 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Agency for Global Media — which sits astride the VOA — is central to that effort. Opinion | Did Trump’s pick to lead the VOA misuse nonprofit funds? D.C.’s AG is on it. 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z It, too, sits astride some of the world’s richest real estate, and it used to be a sandbox for the movie rich. Golf in Los Angeles: Part Royal and Ancient, Part Disney - Golf Digest 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z The photo showed a man in a gleaming suit, sitting proudly astride Sultan, the lion who killed him. Egypt’s Female Lion Tamers Show the Men How to Do It 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z During the Troubles that wracked Northern Ireland in the late 20th century, Betty Williams saw a stray bullet strike a toddler astride a tricycle. Betty Williams, Nobel laureate and leader of peace movement in Northern Ireland, dies at 76 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z In the city of Ariha, a conglomeration of concrete apartment buildings astride the M4, some people have dared to return but feel no more reassured. With Cease-Fire in Place, Syrians Return for Belongings, but Not to Stay 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Taken together, the evidence suggests Cui played polo astride a donkey, the researchers report today in Antiquity. ‘Polo-obsessed’ Chinese noblewoman buried with her donkey steed 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z He turns to impale the fish on two stakes driven astride a fierce wood fire; the carp’s flesh turns pearly before the open flame. It's the national dish that brought down a dictator. And it's delicious 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z State media heralded the jaunts as important displays of strength in the face of international pressure and the photos of Kim astride a galloping white steed were seen around the world. North Korea imported purebred horses from Russia as Kim Jong Un took snowy ride 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Serve the chops astride the roast radicchio, dressed with the tapenade. Thomasina Miers' recipe for herby lamb chops with roast radicchio | The simple fix 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z But in December a large bronze sculpture of a young black man in a hoodie astride a horse was permanently installed on the lawn of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Maryland to unveil statues of Tubman, Douglass in Capitol 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z He said, ‘Stephen, I am standing astride a crack in the Conservative party that is getting wider by the day.’ 'The irony is we got things right by 2015': UK's Brussels envoys on Brexit 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Scott was often photographed astride his Harley-Davidson, and music publications recounted his obsessive weightlifting. Jack Scott, briefly a rockabilly and pop hitmaker, dies at 83 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Wuhan sits astride the mighty Yangtze River, and the restaurants and hotels along its banks — usually busy in the holiday season — were mostly shut. China Expands Virus Lockdown, Encircling 22 Million 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Tralee, on rugged sand dunes astride Tralee Bay in the southwest corner of Ireland, has long been considered Arnold Palmer's finest design. Ranking: World's 100 Greatest Golf Courses - Golf Digest 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z In our odd array of outfits — adults in grade school uniforms, mustachioed twins, a grown man astride a stick horse — we were a ragtag bunch. They bonded over the end of an epic film saga. No, it's not 'Star Wars' 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z The painting displayed as part of an exhibit of artworks about Zapata in the Fine Arts Palace shows a nude man with the revolutionary’s signature mustache astride a horse. Controversial Zapata painting will stay on display in Mexico 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The small painting by Fabián Cháirez depicts a naked Zapata, astride a white horse. Nude portrait of Emiliano Zapata in high heels sparks fury in Mexico 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z A personality that is impossible to ignore and who stands astride the sport like no other. Lewis Hamilton is not only a peerless champion, he is the face of F1 | Giles Richards 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z He is astride a horse and towers over three Native American figures, including a cowering woman who holds a baby. Charlottesville votes to remove another statue, and more controversy follows 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z The town sits astride the Fox River and hosts an outdoor farmers’ market until the weather stops coöperating. Lauren Underwood’s Illinois District Considers Impeachment 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z There, they completed several questionnaires about their beliefs about e-bikes, strapped on a heart rate monitor and activity-tracking watch and rode the trail astride either a standard mountain bike or a comparable e-version. As a Mountain Biking Motivator, Add a Little Electronic Assist 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z The quaint country village, with its cobbled streets and stone, thatched houses astride serene streams and babbling brooks, is a staple of England. Five reasons why Lonely Planet loves England 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z The Roosevelt statue casts the 26th president astride a steed, in the role of “great white father”. Urban warrior in Nikes and a hoodie leads charge against white orthodoxy 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z It was a striking scene, of the leader of a nuclear-armed nation astride his majestic horse. Kim’s Horseback Moment Spurs Speculation 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z As the Knight Rider star mugged for the camera, Germans from both sides of the border sat astride the hated barricade. 'Thirty years of freedom!' Why David Hasselhoff remains an icon for German unity 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z “I love this look, very biker ‘Sons of Anarchy,’” Ocampo says, pointing to a 1980s drawing of muscle studs astride motorcycles, their low-rise jeans snug over pneumatic rears that threaten to torch the page. An L.A. home where homoerotic artist Tom of Finland lived is a shrine to his legacy 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z To me it seems like a person of few principles and a thirst for minority rule standing astride the railroad tracks of history shouting, "Choose me, Donald!" Opinion | Last Exit From Trumpland 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Decades from now, if and when the sculpture is completed, the man will be sitting astride a horse with a flowing mane, his left arm extended in front of him, pointing. Who Speaks for Crazy Horse? 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Mr Putin - who arrived at the event astride a motorbike - appeared to be the guest of honour, with bikers thronging around the Russian leader, hoping to get a selfie. Putin causes row with Crimea bikers' festival trip 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z But what about the sculpture that prompted the angry gathering, a huge bronze rendering of Lee astride his beloved steed? Charlottesville’s Confederate statues still stand — and still symbolize a racist past 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z According to Grigoriadis’ article, the president’s daughter envisions a future that is “post–White House, post–New York, even post-America” and that of “a princess diplomat astride the globe.” Will Ivanka Trump replace Mike Pence on the 2020 Republican ticket? 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z She arrived at soirees at times in a hot-air balloon, a pumpkin-shaped carriage or astride a horse dressed as a unicorn. Marylou Whitney, socialite and philanthropist, dies at 93 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z The Archives and other formidable buildings in Washington’s so-called Federal Triangle sit in a low-lying area of the city astride the remnants of Tiber Creek, which once flowed into the Potomac River. The National Archives’ floating flood wall helped dodge disaster from epic rainfall 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z There he is, the president of the United States, sitting astride a motorcycle in a leather jacket in front of the Capitol, a rifle in hand. 'He's their man': why do bikers love Trump so much? 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Called “Rumors of War,” it was described in a news release from the museum and the artist as an African American subject dressed in urban streetwear astride a massive horse in a striking pose. Confederacy’s former capital gets a street named after Arthur Ashe — and some hope for a more inclusive look 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z A patron stood astride one, a little obscenely, drying his pant legs. Inside the Cultish Dreamworld of Augusta National 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z President Trump sits astride the war machine with an optimistic but probably incorrect assumption that the Iranian regime will capitulate under pressure. Opinion | What’s Trump’s plan for Iran? Nobody knows. 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z In a 2010 request for state funds to help redevelop the 6-hectare site, which sits astride a picturesque business district, lawyers representing the company stated: "There is no known contamination on the property." Citizen sleuths exposed pollution from a century-old Michigan factory, with nationwide implications 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z The geography of China’s coastal waters has forced Beijing to base its missile submarines in this area, astride one of the world’s most important shipping lanes. Special Report: China's furtive underwater nukes test the Pentagon 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Instead of a horse of a different color, he was astride a horse of a different gender. The general’s horse wasn’t manly enough. So the sculptor gave the mare a makeover. 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z As we arrive at the second verse, Taylor sits astride a unicorn wearing a dress that turns into a waterfall. All the references in Taylor Swift's Me! video 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z There’s something striking, if a bit silly, about seeing O’Rourke standing astride those countertops like he’s conquering the country cafe by cafe. Opinion | How Pete Buttigieg stole Beto O’Rourke’s mojo 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z He was a powerful, stocky pitcher from California and he dominated his mound like a tenor astride his stage. Tom Seaver Will Always Be the Essential Met 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z The blowing up of the Sicilian judges was seen as a sign of the mafia’s defiant strength, but the opposite was true: the Cosa Nostra as an international power astride the Atlantic was crumbling. Tale of two drugs lords: from Cosa Nostra to Guzmán – it’s strictly business 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z “Should this occur, the balance of power in the Horn of Africa — astride major arteries of maritime trade between Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia — would shift in favor of China,” he warned. U.S. policy toward China shifts from engagement to confrontation 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z One of Willimon’s favorite moments in the film finds Mary, astride her horse and literally ready for battle, taking the time to speak with her soldiers before leading them into a fight. How historian John Guy and ‘House of Cards’s Beau Willimon read between the lines of history to rewrite ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ legacy 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z In the 1970s, Santa roared down the lane astride his motorcycle to kick things off. Altadena’s Christmas Tree Lane evokes an old-fashioned holiday 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Brian Daniels, one of the three hunt masters, sat astride Lance, 6, a Percheron/thoroughbred/paint cross. When the horn calls, fox hunters, hounds and horses respond 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Iran sits astride major fault lines and is prone to frequent tremors. Iran quake injures more than 600, but no deaths reported: state TV 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z My feelings astride that mare—awed and underqualified—are rather exactly those that I have grown used to as a viewer of Nauman’s art. Bruce Nauman’s Restive Humor 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z The store sits astride an area targeted by local officials for revitalization through the Claiborne Corridor Cultural Innovation District. Historic New Orleans grocer in peril, future is ‘day to day’ 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z The edges become the center, and the president sits astride its heart. Mail bombing is a generational form of American terrorism 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Sulawesi is one of the earthquake-prone archipelago nation’s five main islands and sits astride fault lines. Indonesia rushes aid to Sulawesi as death toll from quake, tsunami... 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Sulawesi is one of the earthquake-prone archipelago nation’s five main islands and is known to sit astride fault lines. Indonesia rushes to help quake-hit island, death toll likely to... 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Vladimir Putin without a shirt astride a horse? Vladimir Putin’s annual calendars come out, reaction mixed 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z And out back there’s the swimming pool, empty of all but a few inches of murky water, with a painting on the bottom depicting Williams astride an enormous white rat. Swamp Dogg says nobody bought his last album. So he took a chance with his new one 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z With little more than whispers, the soldiers arranged themselves in a triangle astride a mountain footpath. War Without End 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z But its vast expanse—it is four times larger than Britain—and its position astride migration and smuggling routes across the Sahara have pushed it to prominence. Mauritania ignores slavery, but jails those who protest against it 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The Socialist party, which led the parliamentary revolt, will now sit astride a shaky government. Spain’s Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, Is Ousted in No-Confidence Vote 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z One of his publicity photos for the new album has him astride a horse; there's something vaguely Putin-esque about the image. How to get Stephen Malkmus to open up about life and his new album? Take him to a Lakers game 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z In one picture, he sits astride a motorcycle, wearing an orange shirt and sunglasses. A wedding bomb, a letter and an unlikely suspect 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z The sleepy city is surrounded by lush farms and sits astride the tourist trail, both of which should provide jobs. Unstable neighbours and bad policy are just two of Jordan’s problems 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z These days, however, instead of standing astride the globe, Americans are far more conscious of the limits of their power to build nations, win wars and even manage their own affairs. Review | Gen. George Marshall’s impossible mission in China: Stop a civil war 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z There are plenty of photos of Nix astride his ponies. Cambridge Analytica’s Alexander Nix: Bond villain, tech genius or hustler? 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z The incident may recall a famous 1977 photograph of Bianca Jagger astride a white stallion in the New York nightclub Studio 54. Miami nightclub shut over horse stunt 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z Two people - the player and a mahout, or trainer, sit astride each elephant. AP Photos: Heavy competition rocks Thai elephant polo 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z She did this while struggling to project both toughness and compassion standing astride three institutions — business, politics and wrestling — dominated by men. Linda McMahon Gets a Ringside Seat for TrumpMania 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z Undergirding these charges was the belief that no problem was beyond the capacity of America, which stood astride the world following World War II, to solve. Review | Gen. George Marshall’s impossible mission in China: Stop a civil war 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z And so, here I was, with a projector emitting a rather distinctive image of a young hero astride a horse, bounding over endless plains. The simple joy of projecting a horse on your friend 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z Located astride a 12-acre parcel of dense woods and wetlands, it puts evening users in an incredibly vulnerable position. Northgate pedestrian bridge: City bureaucracy run amok 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z The design features the outline of an American Indian shaded in black astride a horse, mirroring the same pattern in a deep red. Chemistry major accidentally starts concert poster empire 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z First he, and more recently his grandson, Kim Jong Un, the North’s current dictator, were depicted astride a white charger, just like Emperor Hirohito. To understand East Asian nationalism, climb a mountain 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z He is the artist Charles Ray, and the mock-up is a facsimile of his 2014 sculpture Horse and Rider, depicting a hunched, aged version of himself astride a rundown nag. A World-Class Art Collection Expands its Home 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z After years of planning, the bronze statue of Lee, astride a horse atop a granite pedestal, was unveiled in 1890 in front of a crowd of up to 25,000 people. Virginia Restricts Protests at Lee Monument in Richmond After Clashes 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z A business card from its prime boasts “English Spoken” and a bar Americain, and depicts a joyous, scantily clad lady astride a rooster, and holding a cocktail glass. A Brothel, Repurposed and Restored, Reveals Another Paris 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z It’s a wonderfully preposterous setup for a movie that begins as a ghost story, accelerates into a breathless railway thriller and ends somewhere astride the abyss separating this world from the next. Kristen Stewart gives a medium-cool performance in 'Personal Shopper' 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Latest to the vandals goes Teddy Roosevelt, whose bronze likeness astride a horse in front of New York’s American Museum of Natural History recently received a splash of red paint upon its base. Opinion | Teddy Roosevelt didn’t deserve this 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Ghostly against the gray stone, larger than half a football field, the work depicts three heroes of the Confederacy, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis, astride half-rendered spirit horses. Opinion | Can this Confederate monument be redeemed? 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z The study found that subjects who were directed to stand or sit in certain positions — legs astride, or feet up on a desk — reported stronger “feelings of power” after posing than they did before. When the Revolution Came for Amy Cuddy 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z The city sits astride an extensive transportation network of trains, planes and automobiles. Newark Says, Hey Amazon, Look Over Here 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z However, the judge questioned whether the Lee statue — in which the long-ago general, in uniform, is depicted astride his horse — is technically a war memorial. Supporters of Confederate monuments get temporary legal win in Charlottesville 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z In Monday’s test flight, the device hovered upward about 200 meters and whirred for about five minutes over a windswept patch of sand astride the emirate’s Gulf coast. Dubai starts tests in bid to become first city with flying taxis 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z Last year, 43 percent of the settler population growth was in just two towns that sit astride the Israeli border — and that Abbas himself has proposed for Israeli annexation. Opinion | How Trump could save Palestinian statehood 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z That seems so quaint today, with Amazon in the cloud, a major defense contractor, astride high-tech. ‘Amazon Effect’ goes far beyond business 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z She graciously dismounts at a particular clearing to take photos of me astride Bismarck, with the amazing mountains infantilizing us mere mortals in foreground. Denali National Park accessible thanks to Alaska Railroad in summer 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Toward the art museum at Eakins Oval, a monument of George Washington astride a horse stands atop a fountain portraying Native Americans and animals. Philadelphia fetes Benjamin Franklin Parkway as it turns 100 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z In Monday’s test flight, the device hovered upward about 200 meters and whirred for about five minutes over a windswept patch of sand astride the emirate’s Gulf coast. Dubai starts tests in bid to become first city with flying taxis 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z Simultaneously, hundreds of IS fighters and their families emerged from their caves in the Qalamoun mountains, astride Lebanon’s border with Syria, and boarded buses heading east. The jihadists of Islamic State are fighting for their survival 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Work is scheduled to begin next summer on property that includes a 24-foot statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee astride his horse, Traveller. Trump donation will help restore historic home near Confederate statue 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z They live astride the line between life and death, harbouring a kind of sentimental envy for those who have gone. The first social media suicide 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Many local and state officials opposed to Confederate monuments say that all those gallant Southern generals astride horses represent efforts to promote white supremacy. Confederate Memorial in Arlington: Honoring Rebels on nation’s sacred ground 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z “Ready, guys?” he said, looking toward his support crew — grandpas with long white beards, one driving a white station wagon barefoot, the other astride a bike. 4,000 Kilometers, 10 Months: One Australian’s March for Indigenous Rights 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z How could “LOOK DOWN,” for instance, not make you think of Travis Scott, the young Houston MC who opened Sunday’s concert with a performance he spent astride a giant mechanical bird? Kendrick Lamar was a superstar in life size at Staples Center 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Geographically astride the world’s busiest and most strategic shipping lanes, the region was the fulcrum of the administration’s rebalancing toward Asia. Tillerson Hails U.N. Sanctions on North Korea 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z As late as 1950, in fact, Britain still maintained 80,000 soldiers and a string of military bases astride the canal. The demolition of U.S. global power 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Geographically, it is sandwiched between Russia, China and the Middle East, astride once and future trade routes. Kazakhstan: the crossroads of the new Silk Road 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Only after Kim Jong Il’s own death in 2011 did he too begin to appear in the statuary, starting with him and his father astride mythical horses. How Kim Jong Un builds his personality cult 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z A politician known as an energetic campaigner, she was often the subject of colourful photo opportunities - including standing astride a tank flying a union jack flag. Profile: Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson - BBC News 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The United States’ top diplomat was photographed on Sunday astride a Harley-Davidson as he participated in the annual tradition of Rolling Thunder, a motorcycle ride in Washington on Memorial Day paying tribute POWs and MIAs. Who knew? Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is a Harley rider. 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Surrounded by the political caricatures of the Palm restaurant in Washington DC, under the gaze of a shirtless George HW Bush astride an elephant, it all feels a little surreal. 'Not the path of Lincoln' 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Once resembling more an aquatic rodeo in which trainers rode astride the orcas and were catapulted into the air, the show, post Brancheau, sent the trainers to the sidelines. Will new killer whale encounter resurrect SeaWorld? 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z Nearly a decade after the financial crisis, corporate chieftains are again astride the country like a colossus, while workers and customers languish. Opinion | Airlines abuse passengers, and Washington weighs a crackdown — on passengers 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Still astride Hawk, Winner left Maltese waters on 27 October. Where oil rigs go to die 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z There were little girls in strawberry sundresses and boys in baseball caps astride their fathers’ shoulders. Climate March draws massive crowd to D.C. in sweltering heat 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z Towering over a downtown park, the heroic bronze statue depicts the slave trader astride his favorite horse. New Orleans is tearing down its Confederate monuments, but the South has plenty of others 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z A friend shows up astride an impressive brown mustang, and Phoenix immediately walks over to say hello. As scientists erupt in protest, a volcanologist runs for Congress 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z It marks the end of Ratchadamnoen Avenue, the grand royal boulevard connecting the two districts, and is dominated by a large statue of King Chulalongkorn astride a horse. The mystery of the missing democracy symbol - BBC News 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Its dominant position astride the government is nearly unchallengeable. Putting the U.S. military first, second, third: What does an “America-first” foreign policy actually mean? 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z The property, located on the island of Eleuthera and overlooking Cupid’s Cay, sits astride Governor’s Harbor in the vicinity of the island’s famous pineapple farms and Haynes Library. French Leave Resort in The Bahamas joins Autograph Collection line 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z The City Council of Charlottesville is facing a lawsuit after it voted in February to remove a bronze sculpture of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee astride his horse, Traveler, from the center of Lee Park. New Orleans is tearing down its Confederate monuments, but the South has plenty of others 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z In the latest post on the company's Facebook page, an infant in heels sits astride a miniature motorbike with the caption: "This little #Diva, defining cool posing in her #PeeWeePumps." Pee Wee Pumps: High heels for babies spark outrage - BBC News 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z It begins as a chilling ghost story, accelerates skillfully into a breathless railway thriller, takes a sharp left turn into whodunit territory, and ends somewhere astride the abyss separating this world from the next. Is Olivier Assayas' spooky, entrancing 'Personal Shopper' Kristen Stewart's finest performance? 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z The building is coming off a budget-busting, $100 million renovation that has transformed it into a glittering new headquarters astride Massachusetts Avenue NW. How Bach figures into free enterprise 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Ronald Reagan, a product of the Hollywood image-making machine, rarely missed the opportunity to be seen astride a horse. From Meryl to Melissa, why women are the ones getting under Trump's skin 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z But whatever you wish to call Tennessee’s largest city, which sits astride the Mississippi, its treasures of music, history, food and culture are there to see if you just know where to look. TRAVEL: Memphis and northern Mississippi show birth, maturing of the blues 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z According to Mr. Xi, Taiwan is destined to become an integral part of his so-called China Dream, a vision of an economically successful Communist China astride the world. Taiwan Call Gives China a Clue on What to Expect From Donald Trump 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z He Googled her name and found the photo of Christine astride the blue motorcycle. How a woman solved her sister’s 39-year-old murder case 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z “The island of Cuba sits directly astride principal north-south trading routes. Those trading routes also happen to be smuggling routes, and Cuba has concerns about illicit trafficking,” Adm. Donald Trump advisers battle moderate Republicans in transition 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Some homes, farms and businesses even sit astride the two countries; in other areas, a small white obelisk is the only marker of a border. As U.S. Watches Mexico, Traffickers Slip In From Canada 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z But his strongest images show young black and Latino riders sitting proudly astride their bikes, faces aglow from the setting sun against the zigzag backdrop of the elevated train trestles. The Brotherhood of Big City BMX 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z High above, two movable panels sit astride the large opening in the center of the roof. How the Roof Was Raised at Arthur Ashe Stadium 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z When they showed Alcala the photo of Christine astride the motorcycle, his eyes scanned the image he had taken so many years ago. How a woman solved her sister’s 39-year-old murder case 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Bustamante has made a film that sits astride the age-old clash of tradition and modernity, and casts a harshly appraising glance in either direction. Tragedy bubbles to the surface of the vivid Guatemalan drama 'Ixcanul' 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Even his celebration produced an iconic image to carry down the years as he roared his pleasure astride a red lane marker with arms thrust out wide and face raised to the rafters. Adam Peaty: Why experts call GB's Rio Olympic champion the alpha male of swimming 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z At the pro-Trump rally, officers stood guard astride bicycles, keeping watch at the edge of the park. Peaceful, Dueling Protests So Far as G.O.P. Convention Begins 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z In it, a Klansman wearing a white robe and hood sits astride a rearing horse, which also is wearing a white robe bearing a cross. Century-old rule book describes KKK beliefs, practices 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Assistant curator Matt Evans and keeper Lauren Augustine sit astride the crocodile, as if on a log, just in case. To treat an injured crocodile, make sure she’s fast asleep 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z It’s raw and wilfully menacing, the appearance of fellow MC Frisco on stage astride a BMX notwithstanding: it provokes a mosh pit. Glastonbury 2016 verdict: Muse, Adele, Coldplay and more 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z It only gets worse: he sees his straight-man nemesis astride a fixed-gear bicycle, partaking in “shell art”, and wearing a chin beard – all of which, he churlishly admonishes, is “over”. The secret of taste: why we like what we like | Tom Vanderbilt 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z A scrap metal sculpture of Lemmon astride a horse will take center stage in the square, with the mural creating the context for Lemmon’s life and the prairie on which he lived. Prairie sky inspires artists from African nation of Nigeria 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Octavia the Octopus sits astride a pile of large abandoned appliances, probing curiously with her tentacles: She’s clutching a plastic goose, trying on a shoe and reaching into a cooler. At the zoo, a lively plastic art show with a concrete agenda 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The project was expected to provide about 200 jobs at the proposed site astride the Jim Wells-Duval county line in San Diego, 125 miles south of San Antonio. County halts proposed South Texas family detention center 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z But on a recent spring afternoon he sat perfectly astride a blond pony in a barn in Forest Hills, Queens, and showed everyone how he felt, erupting into applause at his accomplishment. A Riding Program for Disabled Children Finds Stables It Can Call Home 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z The result was a memorable photo of a whooping Clay, who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali, standing astride four "knockout victims." Ali found icon status in blending politics, activism, sports 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Sometimes on horseback, sometimes by foot, in a car or astride motorbikes, occasionally in a tank—having strayed far from the main phalanx—and every now and then from above, in helicopters. “Two Men Arrive in a Village” 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z At the rally, dozens of supporters wore suspenders, mimicking photographs of the bar’s patrons over the years, and clothes bearing the bar’s logo of a jockey astride a horse. A Queens Bar Has a Rich History but Lacks Status 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Algeria sits astride two major plates and is regularly hit by earthquakes, especially along the Mediterranean coast. Algeria builds giant mosque with world's tallest minaret 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z “But I did see a clip, where a woman in a dominatrix outfit stands astride our shirtless U.S. Attorney, burning him with a cigarette and then urinating on him.” The Man Who Terrifies Wall Street 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Jean-Marie Zaragoza is astride his motocrotte, a customised motorbike with a vacuum pipe that he uses to hoover up excrement, which is deposited into a small tank on the back of the vehicle. Mind the merde: why can't French cities clean up after their dogs? 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z A woman with big haunches sat astride a stool next to a parked scooter; she was peeling onions into a steel plate and laughing. An Intimate Novel of a Terror Attack 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z That was also the first year students rolled the Sirloin Stockade bull statue down the street with some streakers riding astride the 2.5-ton beast, and dumped it into Theta Pond. Oklahoma State University’s Streaker Night lives in memories 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z Geographically astride the world’s busiest and most strategic shipping lanes, the region is the fulcrum of the administration’s rebalancing toward Asia. U.S. Drawing Southeast Asia Closer With California Summit 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z He showed a trailer for the game, in which his mother ascends to heaven astride a winged horse. Kanye West faces backlash over Taylor Swift lyric attack 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Throughout the video, which also includes tributes to New Orleans’ culture, fashion and musicians, Beyoncé is seen astride a sinking New Orleans police car. Beyoncé delivers politically charged Super Bowl halftime performance 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Another picture shows him sitting astride a tank - a man who fought for his country. Long road to the truth for Litvinenko family - BBC News 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Not to mention holiday atmosphere, in which even the miniature horses sport colorful Christmas ribbon on their tails and handmade elves astride their backs. Farm connects children, miniature horses to create memories 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z Most of the time, she travelled astride a calm, compact white horse. Clinic in the Clouds 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Later in the morning, we all noticed a man in a lemon check shirt astride a purring motorbike from which at least two dozen chickens dangled. Kolkata, India: An Insider’s Tour for Aspiring Photographers 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z A Japanese map dating from the Russo-Japanese War depicts Russia as a giant octopus astride Europe and Asia. How to Make Maps and Influence People 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Surrounded by motorbikes running on polluting fossil fuels, Omondi sits astride his solar-powered rechargeable motorcycle, which uses technology developed by students from the University of Nairobi. Student-built solar motorbikes hit the road in Kenya 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Bruce wasn't bold or violent enough for bronco riding, the iconic rodeo event where cowboys try to stay astride a bucking horse. For a failed bronco, a new rider offers a shot at rodeo redemption 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Yet thanks to Hungary’s position astride one of the main routes followed by the refugees into Europe, Mr. Orban’s doctrine is rapidly becoming Europe’s de facto policy. E.U. leaders should oppose Hungary’s policy of intolerance 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Maryland authorities said riders must sit astride their motorcycle, and vehicles that don’t allow that aren’t street- legal. Trikes unbound: How entrepreneurs unleashed a new fusion motorcycle-car 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z The photos showed two fighters carrying a barrel of explosives into the temple, charges placed astride three ancient columns and then a mushroom cloud of debris. Why should we care about preserving the past — or protecting our future? 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Some weeks back, Schultheis said, he took a bad spill while astride his unicycle and “fractured my arm into a hundred pieces.” The genius inventor who says he’ll eliminate chronic pain with a simple device 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z “It is indeed a wonderful sensation to see such an individual, who, concentrated here at a single point, astride a horse, reaches out to the world and masters it.” How Dick Cheney Looked on 9/11 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Standing astride one of those ditches one day last fall, Bill Ketterhagen dug his boot soles against the concrete edge of a 5-foot-wide dam. Use It or Lose It Laws Worsen Western US Water Woes 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Those on the edge sit astride a long wooden stick, to prevent them falling off during the night into the Sahara. African migrants risk all in Sahara to reach Europe 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z The only irrefutable artifact tying the cabin to James is an undated photograph showing the Snooks and James astride horses in front of the structure. BLM preserving cabin where author ‘slept it off’ 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z By occupying Sirte over the past four months they have claimed a major city in the center of the country, astride the coastal highway that links the east and west. Gaddafi's home town falls to Islamic State in anarchic Libya 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The first one can be found right on the book’s cover, which bears a photograph, taken in New York’s Greenwich Village in 1961, of a brawny, leather-jacketed young man astride a motorcycle. The man who mistook his life for a blunder 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Days before Saturday's planned commencement, seniors astride horses rode through a quad worthy of a putting green. Bleak finances deflating Sweet Briar's 'pink bubble' 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z While it does lie astride the path to Mosul, on its own - minus oil and revenue production - it provides little of value to the defence of the IS "capital" in Iraq. How important is the battle for Iraq's Baiji oil refinery? - BBC News 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z She was naked and Sharper was astride her. Inside the Police Failure to Stop Darren Sharper’s Rape Spree 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z But, for a time, the nation was an internationally recognized democratic success story, and diplomats here say its strategic position astride crucial shipping lanes keeps it high on diplomatic agendas. Maldives’ Transition to Democracy Appears Increasingly Precarious 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Faster, faster, they curl around the track as if astride that wave of sound. Track’s Heartbeat Is Fast as Ever in Jamaica 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Residents took refuge in their homes and reported hearing sporadic gunfire and blasts of rocket-propelled grenades, and one witness saw a Houthi tank in the downtown Mualla district, which sits astride Aden's main commercial port. Houthis make gains in Yemen's Aden, approach port 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z The early days of the Cold War are remembered as an entirely bipolar era, with the U.S. and the Soviet Union standing astride competing halves of the world. Think You'd Be Happy to Meet E.T.? Don't Be So Sure 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z A wonderful painting inside the museum shows Milholland as most Americans knew her: clad in a white cape astride a white horse. Celebrating women’s suffrage at the struggling Sewall-Belmont House 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z “We will hunt today within the law,” he told the assembled riders, who were sipping from tiny port glasses astride their champing steeds, with hounds boiling beneath them. The hunter and the hapless 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Ukrainian forces have been holding out in the town for weeks, astride a railway junction in a pocket between the two main rebel strongholds. Ukraine Rebels Disavow Ceasefire at Encircled Town 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z Perry entered the field astride a giant, golden, robotic lion as she sang her hit "Roar" before Kravitz brought some rock guitar to a version of "I Kissed a Girl". Perry brings spectacle to Super Bowl halftime 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z When Dave Sherry goes to work, he sits astride a bike armed with three separate cameras and a 120 dB double-trumpet lorry horn which he calls "The Pacifier". The making of a 'driving vigilante' 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z France's Basque region is made up of seven provinces that sit astride the French-Spanish Atlantic border. 10 Surprisingly Affordable Retirement Hotspots 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z The Islamic State’s vulnerability rests with its disconnected garrisons spotted astride the rivers like a string of pearls. Terrorism’s weak spot: Hope 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z A bronze statue of Joan of Arc astride a horse, a sword in her right hand, guards a hilltop on a sliver of parkland at West 93rd Street and Riverside Drive. Upper West Side: More to Buy in the West 90s 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z It also lies astride the world’s busiest shipping lane in the Strait of Malacca. Many Hope Joko Widodo, Indonesia’s New Leader, Will Raise Country’s Regional Stature 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z The judges examined his costume’s fiberglass teeth and the doll on its back creating the illusion that a warrior was astride the dragon. Tremble, Mortals 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z It tells the story of how Google rose from a nerdy young tech startup to become a nerdy behemoth astride the globe. The Future of Civilization Is a Battle Between Google and Wikileaks 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z That’s exactly what a friend of mine, fellow equestrian Barbara Smith, just did, astride a series of 28 semi-wild ponies, traversing unfamiliar and difficult terrain, high mountain passes, rivers and desert dunes. Riding in the World's Toughest Horse Race at 61 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z With conquering limbs astride from land to land; We Are All Immigrants, Refugees Or Their Descendants 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Steel from all powerful to also-ran might be worth contemplating by those who now seem to be astride the world economy, a list that could include companies in Wall Street, Silicon Valley and China. Today’s Titans Can Learn From Fall of U.S. Steel 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z The rally did not quite reach the theatrical heights of an event back in March, where he arrived by helicopter and pranced astride a bay charger. Knife’s edge 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z The works on view in “Sculpted: Histories Revealed” are not the sleek monoliths of the modern office courtyard or the bronze generals on horseback standing astride our traffic circles. Art review: ‘Sculpted: Histories Revealed’ He has been known to enter a stadium, packed with supporters and uniformed party cadres, in semifascist splendor astride a handsome horse. Here's Why Some Indonesians Are Spooked by This Presidential Contender 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Son told Charlie Rose that with two giants standing astride the American telecom industry, the “two little ones” who remain can’t fight without gaining enough scale. The Biggest Champion of a Sprint-T-Mobile Deal: SoftBank's Chief 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Near one school, I watch a young man, cigarette in hand, sitting astride a motorbike with a Marlboro logo, casually chatting to a young woman. The country that's hooked on tobacco 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z For Dark Horse, she reappears dressed as a Marvel Comics version of Cleopatra, astride what must be the world's most expensive pantomime horse. Katy Perry review – Stern Katy and Sensitive Katy fit her like a lead boot 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Highway 12 in Lemmon, including a Tyrannosaurus rex with a cowboy astride its back that stands along the highway. Scrap iron sculptor has prairie studio 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z As envisioned, the memorial, when completed, would show Crazy Horse astride a horse and pointing east to the plains in a carving that would be 641 feet long and 563 feet high. Ruth Ziolkowski, Who Was Instrumental in Crazy Horse Memorial, Dies at 87 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z The memorial is envisioned to show the legendary Oglala Lakota warrior astride a horse and pointing east in a carving that will be 641 feet long and 563 feet high - higher than the Washington Monument. After widow’s death, Crazy Horse led by 3 people 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z It will depict Crazy Horse astride a wild stallion and pointing east in tribute to the burial place of many Sioux. - The Washington Post The developer worked with the trail organization to incorporate a public access point astride the 18-story, 299-unit project, which was designed to avoid looming over the path. A Trail Helps Open Up a Dallas Neighborhood 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Some areas enforce additional rules: in the town of Lhokseumawe, female passengers are banned from riding astride motorcycles and have to sit sidesaddle. Gang Rape Then Caning: Welcome to Aceh’s Bizarre Moral Crusade 2014-05-08T07:58:27Z Five embalmers were said to be preparing the body - wearing black leathers and a helmet, and equipped with a metal back brace and straps - to ensure Standley stays astride his motorcycle after burial. Ohio man to be buried atop Harley 2014-01-31T18:39:16Z Many of the same nations where democracy is floundering and instability is growing also sit astride the most dangerous political fault lines, in the Middle East, the South China Sea, and elsewhere. The Rise of Elected Autocrats Threatens Democracy 2014-01-23T20:39:10Z “That water is not for us; it is for them,” she said with a disapproving grunt as she walked up the craggy hillside, 40 liters of water astride each of her three donkeys. Disappointment in Successors to Revered Father of a Nation 2013-12-07T03:57:44Z One driver, shirtless and tattooed, sits astride his roof light as if it is a bucking bronco, sinking his fingertips into the medallion number, 6E88. For a Full Year, Taxi Drivers Trade Anonymity for a Full Display 2013-12-07T03:11:23Z Some photographs become icons and 's shot of a partially clothed Christine Keeler astride a plywood chair is a constant reminder of the swinging sixties. The man who shot Christine Keeler, and James Bond's pilot double 2013-10-03T09:35:24Z It used to be said that Australia rode on the sheep's back, but for the past two decades Australians have been astride the Harley-Davidson of world economies. Boom and bust in Australia's coal country 2013-09-15T23:45:27Z Around 5:30 p.m. on a recent weekday, Alex Bertles, 23, sat astride his bike near West 31st Street and Eighth Avenue, where a full station prevented him from parking for several minutes. The Balancing Act That Bike-Share Riders Just Watch 2013-08-15T01:32:02Z These creatures are a huge boon once you’re astride them, dealing out massive levels of damage. 'Dragon's Crown' Review (PS3/PS Vita) 2013-08-02T20:52:00Z They were there for a charity event, perched proudly astride their customized motorcycles, which were replete with roaring exhaust pipes. | Outdoor Roar: Behind City’s Painful Din, Culprits High and Low 2013-07-12T04:55:20Z Out in the hallway, affixed to her front door, was an oversize postcard depicting Jesus Christ astride a smiling brontosaurus. The Artist Who Talks With the Fishes 2013-06-28T12:59:41Z In the frenzy about the value of big data, the companies that sit astride the largest and most lucrative of these data banks are understandably informed by the trends and behaviour of their users. Google lacks instinct 2013-06-17T11:15:01Z Owen sits astride his beloved bike and thinks about his beloved wife and beloved son Thomas. The addiction of road racing 2013-05-15T22:24:14Z These two positions are in the lowlands at the foot of the Jebel al-Zawiya range, the mountainous area of the Idlib countryside, and virtually astride one of the four-lane highways that crisscross the region. At War Blog: Battlefield Update: The Fight for Isolated Government Outposts in Northern Syria 2013-05-15T13:00:34Z Longmen sits astride a river in one of Sichuan's high valleys. Quake-hit Sichuan waits for help 2013-04-21T19:39:13Z One video shows Jones, sitting astride an opponent, using his elbows to pound the man’s face until his eye sockets bleed. Mixed Martial Artist Jon Jones Is Mighty, Yet Measured 2013-04-20T16:40:41Z She sits astride a knockoff copy of a plywood Arne Jacobsen chair, the chair reversed so that its kidney-shaped back provides just enough modesty to the axis of her nakedness. The Profumo Affair, Revisited 2013-04-15T08:45:00Z Oman, which sits astride the Strait of Hormuz where some 40 percent of the world's sea-borne oil exports pass, sought to placate demonstrators by pledging to create tens of thousands of public sector jobs. Oman court orders retrial of 11 activists 2013-03-04T18:21:43Z What appears to be a bearded Geralt astride a horse with a hooded companion. 'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt' Bigger Than Skyrim, 30 Times The Size Of 'The Witcher 2' 2013-02-05T06:53:45Z Everyone was astride machines with knobbly fat tyres, chunky frames and flat handlebars, with more gears than mine. On the road: Raleigh Gran Sport 2013-01-11T22:59:17Z Neat rows of one-story brick bungalows and ranch houses stand shoulder to shoulder, at attention, astride modest commercial strips, with few buildings more than three stories tall. Lessons in Community From Chicago’s South Side 2013-01-07T18:29:57Z Turkey is, at last, in a unique and enviable position on the world stage: sitting astride Europe, Asia and the Middle East, culturally as well as politically, and relatively strong economically. IHT Rendezvous: Will Turkey Squander Its Opportunity to Lead? 2012-12-30T23:00:28Z Activists in exile and human rights groups say China overstates the threat posed by militants in energy-rich Xinjiang, which sits astride south and central Asia.. China sentences three to die for attempted Xinjiang hijacking 2012-12-11T11:48:06Z The officials met and recommended that taking a stroke while astride the putting line behind the ball be made illegal, pending approval by the associations’ executive committees, which signed off on the change. Notable Wins With Long Putters Fuel Debate on Possible Ban 2012-11-17T18:57:22Z The goddess is always shown astride her carrier, a lion, while killing the demon. In pictures: India celebrates Durga Puja 2012-10-18T23:29:10Z He had just posed for a picture, seemingly astride the hemispheres, one foot planted on each side of the line, his hands raised in triumph. San Antonio De Pichincha Journal: In Ecuador, Center of the Earth Is a Little Off Kilter 2012-09-25T02:15:59Z American aircraft carriers and other warships use Singapore’s port, which sits astride the South China Sea. Singapore’s Prime Minister Warns China on View of U.S. 2012-09-06T17:36:57Z He was famous for his dramatic flair: he liked to arrive at rallies astride a stallion, and his organization’s emblem looked more than a little like a swastika. Conviction in Terre’Blanche Case Underscores South Africa Inequality 2012-08-23T05:40:20Z After David ferried the Olympic torch down the Thames in Boyle's opening ceremony, Victoria and her fellow Spice Girls are expected to feature in the closing show astride black London taxi cabs. Olympics closing ceremony to bring samba to Stratford 2012-08-10T21:01:01Z These would be earned later, Mr. Jacobs said, once we proved we could sit astride the bike and balance ourselves while pushing off the ground with our feet. A Reporter Learns to Ride a Bicycle as an Adult 2012-08-10T13:49:47Z It has asked the New York architect Rafael Viñoly to come up with a plan for a new monument that would stand exactly astride the Equator. San Antonio De Pichincha Journal: In Ecuador, Center of the Earth Is a Little Off Kilter 2012-09-25T02:15:59Z The roots of the sport date to late-18th-century England, when footmen who walked astride the carriages of their aristocratic bosses began to travel the country like prizefighters taking up challenges. Olympic Racewalking Is More Than Just a Stroll 2012-08-03T21:14:10Z Activists in exile and human rights groups say China overstates the threat posed by militants in energy-rich Xinjiang, which sits astride south and central Asia. Hijacking foiled in China's troubled Xinjiang: report 2012-06-29T08:12:17Z It’s the inverse in the cerebellum, an evolutionarily ancient part of the brain that sits astride the brain stem. Know Your Neurons: What is the Ratio of Glia to Neurons in the Brain? 2012-06-13T15:45:02.603Z She returned immediately with him sitting astride on her back as though she were a pony. The Story of Peter Pan Retold from the fairy play by Sir James Barrie 2012-05-22T15:16:50.277Z Her photograph of jockey Chantal Sutherland, nude and astride a retired racehorse in the Turf Club’s Chandelier Room at Santa Anita Park, appears in the June issue of Vanity Fair and has caused a stir. The Rail: Bo Derek Makes Horse Racing Her Focus 2012-05-19T12:28:12Z Then he managed in some marvelous manner, to close the door of the tube, first seating himself astride the torpedo. The Little Washingtons' Travels 2012-04-26T02:00:23.713Z Then, taking his grandson astride on his shoulder, he performed the ritual circuits round the Ka'bah in token of gratitude. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z When we returned, Mr. Severance suggested that it would be much better for me to follow the Hawaiian fashion, and ride astride, and put his saddle on the horse. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z The Hag is astride, This night for to ride, The Devil and she together. Poetry of the Supernatural 2012-04-22T02:00:10.897Z On the forenoon of that day on which work on Edward Garden's house suddenly ceased, Dafydd Dafis, sitting astride of a coping, was singing as he drove heavy cut nails into a beam. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z At length, in their desperation, they determined to place the wounded and dying man astride the horse, between them. I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z Anthers with a long connective astride the filament, bearing a linear cell at the upper end, and none or an imperfect cell on the lower. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The native women all ride astride on ordinary occasions in the full sacks, or holukus, and on gala days in the pan, the gay winged dress which I described in writing from Honolulu. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z One striking picture in Il Don Pirlone represents Italy in the form of a huge military boot lying prostrate on the earth, with Liberty half astride of it, holding a broom. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z By four Ned had climbed up above, and was sitting astride a beam with the light of a lantern shining up on his streaming face. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z The hero is seated astride the dragon’s back, and, grasping its upper and lower jaws, is tearing them asunder. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z Just then before the laggard line The Colonel's horse we spied, Bay Billy with his trappings on, His nostrils swelling wide, As though still on his gallant back The master sat astride. In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z Sir,—In your paper of last week I notice a letter on the advisability of ladies on horseback adopting the cross-saddle in place of the side, that is to say, in plain English, ride astride. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z A few days later, the launch arrived at the town of Pinglo--three days after Men-Ching, seated astride his little Mongolian pony, had ridden in from the East. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z If a man is astride a horse who must be steered, let him use both. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over That horse that thou so often hast bestrid. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Mr. Dunphy soon got astride of his favorite hobby of Spiritualism, and gave me an interesting account of some of the séances he had attended. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z Sir,—In a recent edition "Jack Spur" asks if it is usual in any country for ladies to ride à la Duchess de Berri, i.e. as a gentleman, astride. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z The only wayfarer in sight was a venerable gentleman who, as he sat astride a panniered donkey, protected himself from the rain with a large umbrella. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Soon were our trunks and slender stock of kettles and sauce-pans slung upon one; ourselves astride of a second; and on a third, the Arab driver, with whom there was no communicating but by signs. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z His latest escape had intoxicated him, and astride on my table, or stalking the floor, he gave way to his vanity. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z There she rode in warmth and comfort, safely seated astride of a soft, rounded walrus thong, which passed under the arms of the mother and was made fast around her neck. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Accordingly he caught at a table which went swimming by, and getting astride of it as best he could, held on with a grip of desperation. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z "I can ride astride," said the woman, having covered this point also in her mind. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z People were coming by the wagon-load; nearly every horse carried double, and one old nag ambled up with a row of boys astride her patient back from neck to tail. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z A brave, nearly nude, decorated with "war-paint" and astride a characteristic Indian pony. Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians 2012-03-11T03:00:11.673Z In a flash he had the bad boy disarmed, lying flat on the ground, and sat astride of him, pinioning his arms outspread at full length. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z The seven-year-old boy stood against a post, astride a big chunk of walrus, naked to the waist, as all the guests were. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The little fellow thus objurgated, his eyes scintillating with mirth, now fairly astride of his father's shoulders, clung tenaciously to his prize, and petitioned for a ride in his familiar seat. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z The second day here I found him astride of the roof ordering some imaginary men to string it with wires. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z There he hung for a moment, then by sheer strength swung himself up astride the bar. The Iron Boys as Foremen or, Heading the Diamond Drill Shift 2012-02-28T03:00:24.413Z The woman, who appeared to be about fifty years of age, was seated astride upon a pile of skins, hung round with joints of fresh guanaco meat and dried horse-flesh. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z I flung myself astride Warlock, wheeled the restless horse, and ranged up alongside Mount. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Now, as his capitalist descendants stand astride the world stage and Washington worries about decline, it seems to be, “Who lost America?” Why China?s Rise Is Great For America 2012-02-22T17:07:29Z The crude message Ralph had sent astride the telegraph pole formed the basis for advising headquarters of what was going on. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z On the summit of Town Hill you are almost astride the Cape, having the Atlantic on one side, and Massachusetts Bay in full view on the other. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Equitant, astride; as of leaves folding over each other in two ranks; as in the iris. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Jack," said I, smothering my laughter, "do you get your legs astride the leader, there, and play at post-boy to the nearest inn. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z “Promise not to try to throw a high one?” asked Teeter, still maintaining his position astride of Peaches. Baseball Joe on the School Nine or, Pitching for the Blue Banner 2012-02-17T03:00:33.267Z He selected a rough pole, ascended it nimbly, and soon sat astride of the crosstrees. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z Mr. Friess, whom I interviewed a few days ago, is a folksy, white-haired, septuagenarian charmer whose Web site features a photo of himself astride a horse and “Foster’s Campfire Blog.” Way of the World: Money Demonized in U.S. Politics, Millionaire Says 2012-02-16T13:50:09Z Of great personal strength as well as graceful carriage, sheathed in armour like her lord, astride on a swift horse, she was ever in the van of conflict. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z I muttered, as I slung myself astride o' Warlock and motioned Jack Mount to move on through the finely falling rain. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Viewers in past years have seen this Russian strongman bare-chested astride a horse, or wrestling, or, most notoriously last summer, deep-sea diving for antique amphorae that turned out to be planted for the cameras. The TV Watch: Putin?s Rivals in Russia Gain a Place on the Air, for Now 2012-02-14T01:30:58Z He dislikes train journeys and prefers the city to the countryside, looking famously ill-at-ease astride a stocky white stallion for a rural campaign photoshoot. Rebranding Sarkozy: Too sullied a sell for 2012? 2012-02-12T13:21:57Z They ride astride with short stirrups, but the rider is represented only by a shapeless blue bundle, out of which protrude two yellow boots. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Its Docklands campus sits astride a canal and across from London City Airport, where jet engines boom jarringly at regular intervals. AP Enterprise: US Olympic's London gym nearly done 2012-02-09T14:40:16Z She made her reverence, waiting on the landing until she heard the nursery door close, then flung both legs astride the balustrade and slid down like a flash. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The Master stood astride his prey, and in his blind mania the cross-breed sprang at the man. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z The witch, when starting on her aerial journey, would not quit her house by door or window; but astride on her broomstick made her exit by the chimney. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Jimmy crawled out on the slippery spar, and sat astride near the end of it, while Valentine made his way along the one beneath the spinnaker. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z It was a hot evening, and he sat astride a bench, clad only in blue shirt and trousers, with a glass of soda-water in front of him and a pipe in his hand. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z |
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