| 单词 | rampart |
| 例句 | Yet ahead to the south in the Weddell Sea, brilliant blue icebergs shone in the polar sun like the walls and ramparts of a fortress. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He looked terrified as he stared into Dumbledore’s face, which was even paler, and rather lower than usual, as he had slid so far down the rampart wall. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z From every rampart waved the banner of House Tully: a leaping trout, silver, against a rippling blue-and-red field. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This soon became clear when a platoon of otters on the ramparts unloosed a rattling fusillade of heavy pebbles. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The sun has gone down over the rampart walls, and the guards manning them turn into silhouettes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z On top of the ice field stood a legion camp—ramparts, moats, towers, barracks, just like Camp Jupiter except three times as large. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Standing against the ramparts, very white in the face, Dumbledore still showed no sign of panic or distress. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z We stood on the ramparts of the keep, looking out between the stone crenellations at the bare trees and scarred hills of Bertulf’s domain. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z On the inside of the rampart and in the wide crenel between two upthrust merlons. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “To the ramparts, Hamlet. It comes! It comes anon!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Jason imagined what the palace must have looked like when it was newly built, with Imperial guards walking the ramparts and the golden eagles of Rome glinting on the parapets. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The hotel’s fourth floor, where garden rooms with French balconies open directly onto the ramparts, has become home to an aging high-velocity anti-air gun called an 88 that can fire twenty-one-and-a-half-pound shells nine miles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Across the mouth of the pass, from cliff to cliff, the Dark Lord had built a rampart of stone. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z On top of the gatehouse ramparts feelings ran high. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They blow across the ramparts, turn cartwheels over rooftops, flutter into the ravines between houses. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Damp, foggy winds blew through the castle’s every hall and chamber and whistled in the ramparts, sounding like faraway screams. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The praetor turned and walked across the ramparts, her greyhounds behind her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Jess Squirrel, aided by Silent Sam, maneuvered the barrel up on to the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The Austrians at the Hotel of Bees use a crane to lower an 88-millimeter cannon onto a bastion in the ramparts. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Joffrey's voice cracked as he shouted up from the wallwalk, where he huddled with his guards behind the ramparts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Only half a gate, in truth, it had a drawbridge that spanned the frozen moat but no corresponding gateway through the outer wall, offering access to the outer ramparts but not the world beyond. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Cluny had supplied him with a habit taken from the body of one who had fallen slain from the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Torches flickered atop its ramparts, and the homed moon danced upon the dark waters of its moat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He has already transmitted the location of one air-defense battery: a cannon on a shelf of rampart beside the Hotel of Bees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Outside, the flag rope snapped and clattered in the wind, and the rooks cawed as they wheeled around the ramparts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Across the Colorado River from Needles, the dark and jagged ramparts of Arizona stood up against the sky, and behind them the huge tilted plain rising toward the backbone of the continent again. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A system of ropes and pulleys carried the baskets of stone and trench debris up to the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As the mice conversed, the moles hurled the last of the rubble from the ramparts, then set about brushing the stones clean. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They disappeared behind the ramparts of the fort. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Dumbledore had already crossed the crenellated ramparts and was dismounting; Harry landed next to him seconds later and looked around. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Father Abbot was tending the wounded in Great Hall, Friar Hugo was constantly sending Cornflower and her helpers back and forth to the ramparts with food and drink. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Solemnly the three friends gathered around the carving upon the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Using it as a springboard, he bounced nimbly on to the ramparts and vanished, sucking fiercely at his paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He runs across the sand at full tilt, then stops and stares up at the ramparts rearing above him as though imagining pennants and cannons and medieval archers ranged along the parapets. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There was no Lannister crimson to be seen, but Ned was reassured by the number of gold cloaks visible on the ramparts and at the gates. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A forlorn plateau of bulletproof ice and windswept boulders 26,000 feet above sea level, it occupies a broad notch between the upper ramparts of Lhotse and Everest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z As he approaches the dark bulwark of the ramparts, a man in uniform limps toward him out of the blackness. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His ascent of the peak's "savage and awful, though beautiful" ramparts shocked and frightened him, but it also induced a giddy sort of awe. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z All along the old walls and ramparts people were standing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z She imagines the walled city behind her, its soaring ramparts, its puzzle of streets. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Silent Sam was Cornflower’s bodyguard on her nightly round of the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She could see the angel Xaphania gliding above the landing ground, and then rising and wheeling up to the tower as the craft made for the ramparts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Tonight they work a section of the old city tucked against the southern ramparts. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The bulk of the rampart holds her in its breadth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Before they reached the castle, twenty pairs of eyes were watching them from the gatehouse ramparts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The warm, red stone ramparts rang to the echo of the three friends’ delighted laughter. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z With much “Hurr-ing” and “Arr-ing,” they waded busily in, bulldozing the enormous heap of rock and rubble off the top of the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Already they have restricted access to the walkways atop the ramparts. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Constance could not hear a thing from the distance of the ramparts, which was just as well in the circumstances. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Fifty meters to the ramparts, a hundred or so more along the base of the walls; from her pocket she pulls Hubert Bazin’s iron key. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z "Lannister men. The lion of Lannister flew over the ramparts, not the crowned stag. And they had taken the city by treachery." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They turn right and left, past a walnut tree like a giant charred toothpick jammed into the ground, past two crows picking at something unidentifiable, until they reach the base of the ramparts. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Should the enemy in the meadow decide to make any sudden move, the workmen could be speedily hauled back up to the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z There is no sound other than the rhythmic clink of armor as the legionnaires patrol the ramparts. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Yelling and shouting fearsome war cries, the attackers leaped from the ditch, peppering the ramparts with a hail of arrows, spears and stones. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Shearwaters skim the ramparts; sleeves of vapor enshroud the steeple. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They make for the lee of the ramparts, both of them staggering like drunks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z No sunbathing, no singing, no lovers strolling the ramparts in the evenings—such rules are not written down, but they may as well be. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The two creatures sat out upon the ramparts sharing lunch, conversing in low secretive tones. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Together they mounted it upon a dining table with nails and strapping, and bore it up to the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And yet Odysseus gazed out marvelling at the ships and harbors, public squares, and ramparts towering up with pointed palisades along the top. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The missiles sped upwards, two or three times higher than the wall, almost out of sight; then they would plummet downwards, whistling viciously, to burst on the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Besieged by fierce sparrows, rat sentries leaped in panic from the top of the ramparts; those who stayed were dealt with by Jess Squirrel who swung a heavy iron chain around like a deadly flail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Etienne takes Marie-Laure’s hand and together, beneath the low, sloping roof—the record spinning, the transmitter sending it over the ramparts, right through the bodies of the Germans and out to sea—they dance. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z High above the ramparts, gulls course through an open sky. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z What if it could be mounted upon the ramparts unknown to Cluny and his horde? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Out the window, far beyond the neighboring block, beyond the ramparts, the single light of a boat appears and disappears as it rises and falls on distant swells. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Well after midnight, a magnificent high tide arrives, the largest waves smashing against the bases of the ramparts, the sea green and aerated and networked with seething rafts of moonlit foam. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Soldiers crawled over the city walls like ants with torches, and crowded the hoardings that had sprouted from the ramparts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Pausing for an instant, Shadow looked about before descending the stone steps from the ramparts to the cloisters. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z To our left, far away in the gloom, fires burned on the ramparts of Erebos, the great black walls of Hades’s kingdom. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Each morning, from her western ramparts, the queen would count the sails on Slaver’s Bay. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Again her fingers find the outer ramparts, the Bastion de la Hollande, the little staircase leading down. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z "Now glance at the wall. Farther west, above the stables. The guardsman leaning on the ramparts?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They let fly a volley at the ramparts, shouting bloodcurdling war cries. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Far off a horn blew on the ramparts of the Morannon. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Having delivered food to Matthias and Methuselah, she went out on the ramparts accompanied by her helpers. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Over the centuries, he tells Marie-Laure, the city ramparts have kept out bloodthirsty marauders, Romans, Celts, Norsemen. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z From the kitchen window comes the wit wit wit of a barn swallow, footfalls on ramparts, halyards clinking against masts, hinges and chains creaking in the harbor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The rampart loomed suddenly before them, a high shadow beyond a dark pit. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The fires pool and strut; they flow up the sides of the ramparts like tides; they splash into alleys, over rooftops, through a carpark. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Under cover of darkness they would filter from the top of the tower on to the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “But the beaches are closed. The ramparts too.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Swifts, flushed from chimneys, catch fire and swoop like blown sparks out over the ramparts and extinguish themselves in the sea. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Running along the ramparts, bent double, the Abbot cried out, “Stretcher bearers! Over here! Help me to get the casualties down into the cloisters.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Gaining the ramparts, she ran along, dodging the heaps of rubble. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “That’s all very well, but how are we going to scale the wall into the Abbey grounds? If Cluny has captured Redwall, he’s bound to have sentries posted upon the ramparts.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It doesn’t sound like “O’er the ramparts we watched.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Weeks ago, while taking measurements for the model, the locksmith saw this same man atop the ramparts pointing a camera out to sea. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Constance and the Abbot looked at the results from the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Beyond the gun, beyond the embrasures, ramparts plunge forty feet to the green and white plumes of surf. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z From his own observations he noted the ramparts sur Brahe wrote: “I have been occupied in alchemy, as much as by the celestial studies, from my 23rd year.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the bears had never seen mountains, apart from the cliffs on their own island of Svalbard, and fell silent as they looked up at the giant ramparts, still so far off. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Redtooth dodged back as his request was greeted by howls of derision and some loose pieces of masonry from the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But it’s complete enough for his daughter to use if she must: the irregular polygon of the island framed by ramparts, each of its eight hundred and sixty-five buildings in place. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He narrates what he sees: a portcullis, defensive walls called ramparts, granite mansions, a steeple above rooftops. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They reach the base of the ramparts and turn right, following a lane Marie-Laure has not been on before. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Satisfied with a job well done, the work crews stacked up their materials, and were hauled up to the ramparts in the large grain baskets. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Fortunately for him, the sun was starting to move southwards, and the otters and mice on the ramparts were clearly visible. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It was about a quarter mile square, with earthen ramparts on all four sides, the tops lined with sharpened spikes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Spring fog foams over the ramparts of the newly opened Belle Isle Bridge. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The rampart behind the hotel remains, though many of its embrasures along the top have been shattered. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Taking advantage of the interval, the defenders hauled up more rocks and rubble to the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The 25,790-foot ramparts of Nuptse defined the right wall of the Cwm, Everest’s massive Southwest Face formed the left wall, and the broad frozen thrust of the Lhotse Face loomed above its head. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Waves heaved against the ramparts and lightning flashed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The rampart a huge crumbling bulwark above him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She stayed in the shadow of the curtain wall whenever she could, so the sentries walking their rounds on the ramparts above would have needed to look almost straight down to see her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z On the northern margin of the Alaska Range, just before the hulking ramparts of Mt. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On the highest rampart of the fortress was a tower of adamant: just one flight of steps up to a set of rooms whose windows looked out north, south, east, and west. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Fifty steps to the ramparts, a hundred or so more along the base of the walls to the mouth of the alley that grows ever narrower. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “The security of the nation is not at the ramparts alone,” the judge wrote in a passage that has been quoted ever since. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Stannis had posted bow-men below, to fire up at the defenders whenever one was rash enough to lift his head above the ramparts, but otherwise had not troubled. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As Shadow ran he saw Constance dash across the grounds at an angle which cut him off from the stairs up to the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Given time, they could carve out a toehold for themselves up there, throwing up ramparts of their own and dropping ropes and ladders for thousands more to clamber over after them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On the ramparts, a guardsman in a gold cloak walked his rounds. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z How we longed to poke that dune with the sample arm, look for life beneath that rock, see if that distant ridge was a crater rampart. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Literally, in Amleth’s case, as he hacks, stabs and cudgels his way over ramparts and through muddy dooryards and alleyways. ‘The Northman’ Review: Danish Premodern 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Passengers clambered up its ramparts, battling for territory, slipping over hills of loose black coal, sending clouds of dust into the faces of those behind. George Craig: Shuttered Windows 2011-07-22T22:02:01Z The city is one of Sardinia’s most atmospheric, with 15th-century ramparts and bustling restaurants and bars along the historic center’s seafront. Personal Journeys: A Return to Sardinia?s Maddalena Archipelago 2011-10-14T18:55:02Z The name translates to “hole” in the local dialect, and it’s set on a cliff at the southern edge of the Old Town reachable through an actual hole in the city’s southern rampart. 36 Hours in Dubrovnik, Croatia 2012-09-27T14:55:10Z The House rejected the measures by almost 2 to 1, but the Radicals remained at the ramparts. The political battle after the Civil War 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Two weeks later the action moves to Jerusalem, to the ancient Sultan’s Pool beneath the ramparts of the Old City. In Israel, Opera Echoes From Rocks and Ruins 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z You will not see one, but if you see greenhouses and a long concrete bunker built into a 17th-century earthen rampart, you are in the right place. The New Noma: Frequently Asked Questions 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Authorities in the northeastern province of Liaoning, home to a 700-year-old section of the wall, paved its ramparts with sand and cement, resulting in what critics said looked more like a pedestrian pavement. China's Great Wall repaired with simple tools, bricks of old 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z So, rather than castles and stony ramparts, visitors encounter farms and sleepy villages. Explore port wine in Portugal’s Douro Valley 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z The Paramour Mansion stands behind a wrought-iron gate and a rampart of pine trees at the top of a steep hill. ‘Movie blood tastes so good’ – on The Neon Demon set with Nicolas Winding Refn 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z But the highlight of Lucca is its iconic ramparts, which form a 2½-mile circle around the entire town. The great walled towns of Europe 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z For years, Byblos’s main draws were its Crusader citadel, Phoenician ramparts and Bronze Age ruins of L-shaped temples scattered along a seaside bluff like oversized Lego blocks. 2010-01-05T22:35:00Z The ruins of medieval ramparts and towers are being refurbished. The 41 Places to Go in 2011 2011-01-07T21:03:56Z Bastions and ramparts circumscribe the village and dared us to squeeze our rental Skoda four-door through an arched entry in the walls with just inches to spare. Morocco’s Other Coast Emerges as a Destination 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z The Saxons rebuilt much of the wall beginning in the late 9th century as a defense against the Vikings, then Plantagenet princes added towers and fancier ramparts as a defense against other Plantagenet princes. The other London underground: See the ancient city that lies beneath the modern metropolis 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Using four massive curves of burnished wall to create any number of configurations – soldier's camp, gypsy encampment, nunnery, castle ramparts – the effect is sculptural and monumental. Il Trovatore - review 2011-02-27T18:03:39Z With crenelated ramparts and tall towers, it is the Great Wall of my imagination. Hiking the authentic Great Wall of China, without the crush 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Throughout the gridlocked lanes of Hyderabad’s Old City, mud-splattered ancient ramparts are studded with tea stalls, Western Union signs and makeshift roadside repair shops stacked with washing machines waiting to be coaxed back to life. Returning to Hyderabad, Once a Land of Princes and Palaces 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z The Croatian city of Dubrovnik, its white ramparts best known as King’s Landing in the HBO show “Game of Thrones,” is another destination that is grappling with the issue of overtourism. Going to Europe This Summer? You’re Not Alone. 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The Star-Spangled Banner Keeping watch through a long night of peril and The firing proved not to be sterile and Inspired a ditty Of our flag waving, pretty, O’er some ramparts near Baltimore, Maryland. Style Invitational Week 1445: Put it in bee-verse 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z He ran his hands along the ramparts of forgotten fortresses and felt the dampness in the crypt-like passages of mystical shrines. A Journey Into Iraqi Kurdistan 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Like Conwy, Caernarfon is an Edward I garrison town; the city still follows the original, medieval grid plan laid within its well-preserved ramparts. Wales: Packed with castles and charm 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z In America these days, pillows are manufactured of synthetic cluster fibers, wrapped in 600-thread-count cotton cambric ticking, then twisted and stuffed in between lovers like gerrymandered bratwurst casings forming ramparts to desire. This Life: The Pillow Explosion Buries America 2012-02-11T01:08:02Z At night, he prowls along the ramparts like a panther, feral at the moon. Why is Justin Bieber Cruising for a bruising? 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z The response was always to build higher ramparts of mud, rocks and matting of woven reeds until the river ran on its own conveyor belt, sometimes 15 metres above the surrounding countryside. Water, water, everywhere 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z You get a real feel for the medieval world as you twist through its towers and ramble over its ramparts. Getting around the medieval yet very modern city of Ghent 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Watmough Bay Preserve: A short, shady walk to a sandy beach where high ramparts frame a view of Mount Baker. Lopez Island in the fall: Hikes, farm stands and fine dining 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Walk on to find allotments on top of the moat that once ringed the ramparts. 10 of the best ways to enjoy Istanbul on a budget 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z It offers lots of medieval wonder to anyone hardy enough to hike up to the top where, amid sword ferns and broken ramparts, you’re practically alone in your own private castle ruins in the Alps. A tale of two delightful castles, in Germany and Austria 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Don’t miss: the 15th-century fortress with its ramparts facing a large emerald expanse of the sea. Personal Journeys: Finding Gems on the Tuscan Coast 2013-06-18T20:24:34Z And from the castle ramparts, high above town, the roar of cannons announces the Christmas season, the traditional gunners celebrating as they have since they really believed these shots would scare away evil. Celebrating ‘Silent Night’ and Christmas in Austria 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z When a knight approaches Jaime on the ramparts and tells him that the Blackfish died fighting, Jaime nods, distracted, like he’s got something on his mind. “Game of Thrones”: The Things We Do for Love 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z As well as a thousand other design and dramaturgical elements to satisfy the legions of fans who Disney hopes will storm the ramparts of Broadway’s St. James Theatre, where performances began Thursday. Will ‘Frozen’ succeed on Broadway with a British director and a different ending? 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Devote time to wandering the narrow, cobblestone streets or looking down into this elegant and beautiful city from the ramparts. See the light: Instead of joining the throngs on Mont Saint-Michel, go to Saint-Malo 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z And with the astounding Marshall up there on the ramparts, the playwright has a hero one can confidently describe as honest-to-God. Review | ‘Doubt’ covered child abuse in the church a decade and a half ago. It’s still relevant. 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z This was pretty somber stuff, melancholic even — and that’s not an uninteresting thought, given his 50-plus years in fashion and the crumbling ramparts of sophisticated taste. A Vision in Melancholy 2011-07-06T22:31:19Z Viktor is a transitional piece, and while still mordant – the set, a vast earthwork rampart, references Rome's excavated past but also the grave – is less existentially bleak than much of her earlier work. Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch; The Prince of the Pagodas – review 2012-06-09T23:05:57Z From the rampart above the old city gate, one could look over an expanse of roofs whose thick gray tiles were like scales. Teaching the People’s Republic 2012-09-03T13:00:00Z We hadn’t, in fact, “rammed the ramparts” as Trump seemed to say — those ramparts belonged to us. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Trumpling all over American history 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z There are two restaurants, including one waterside, and an infinity pool created from one of the ramparts. | Mallorca's Cap Rocat 2010-07-27T14:24:00Z MURTEN, SWITZERLAND: The finest medieval ramparts in Switzerland surround the town of Murten, with breezy outdoor cafes, posh shops and a romantic castle overlooking Lake Murten and rolling vineyards in the distance. The great walled towns of Europe 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The ramparts encircle most of the old town and it’s possible to walk up the inclined ramps at several points. My grandfather wrote a Moroccan travelogue in 1920. Almost a century later, I set out to re-create his trip. 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Sailing into the stony harbor of the island of Malta, surrounded by ramparts and turrets, you realize that this strategic and much fought-over rock midway between Sicily and Africa has a long and difficult history. Malta: A citadel of many cultures in the middle of the Mediterranean 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Tourists can walk along the cannon-studded ramparts of slave fortresses or pass through the points of ‘No Return’, where slaves were marched in chains to waiting ships. West Africa's historic slave sites bear witness to brutal trade 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The ramparts on the northern wall, facing the land, are much higher and the walls much thicker, nearly 20 feet in places, an indication of where the greatest threat was perceived to lie. The fantasy world of real-life Dubrovnik, Croatia A few couples roamed the ramparts, peering through the crenelations as Ms. Gonçalves filled me in on the history of the town and the structure, the largest and best-preserved castle in the Algarve. The Other Algarve 2013-07-19T16:35:02Z Framed by forests and perched on a commanding hill some 60 m above a river, Vianden's spires and ramparts conjure up fairy-tale fantasia. Five Reasons to Visit Luxembourg 2011-01-13T14:15:00Z The ruins are not much, but the panorama from the ramparts is wonderful, particularly because of the bird’s-eye view of church spires and minarets intermingling across the skyline. The most striking aspect of Europe’s newest nation: Its normalcy 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z "It was thrilling to act it in the actual locations, especially the magnificent Castel Sant'Angelo; standing on the ramparts at night – I want to bring that sky into the confines of the theatre." Prima Donnas 2010-05-13T21:45:00Z The first reason to make the trip: seeing Schlossberg’s historic fortifications and romantic ramparts, parts of which date back a thousand years or more. 36 Hours in Graz, Austria 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z At the hill fort you can see ramparts and platforms for 130 roundhouses. My best bit of historic Britain: historians' and authors' top tips 2012-08-17T21:45:07Z In Assisi, my favorite ritual is to sit quietly on the rampart of the medieval fortress high above town. Finding peace and faith in Assisi 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z It was time to build walls — "ramparts," he called them — to hold back the infiltration of "alien blood." Charles Lindbergh's unapologetic bigotry: How he became the face of the America First Committee 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z If you play it right, it’s just you, floodlit cobblestones, and romantic ramparts. Finding ‘back doors’ in today’s Europe 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z And it was while staring at those ramparts that it finally all clicked. In Argentina, Wine, Art and Altitude 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Walking on the ramparts of the heavily fortified harbor, I’m reminded of Malta’s importance — whoever controls Malta controls trade routes across the Mediterranean. Malta: A citadel of many cultures in the middle of the Mediterranean 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Strolling Murten’s ramparts is an ideal way to tap into the town’s history. The great walled towns of Europe 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z With stout watchtowers, parklike ramparts, and a creaky, drafty interior, this place was a royal hub for centuries. Sweden’s Glass Country sparkles 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The Caribbean laps right up against the street’s rampart, which on Saturday afternoons is the site of a continuously changing market. 36 Hours in Vieques 2010-02-19T03:46:00Z Soaring organic shapes vault sculpturally from the sere landscape like the ramparts of a cathedral consecrated to some wacko progressive religion. In Tucson, an Unsung Architectural Oasis 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z “There was also a strong geopolitical reason to build the city and assert royal power in what was a tempestuous region,” emphasized historian Patrick Florençon, who leads tours around the ramparts. Medieval city on the sea is a repository of French history — and unexpected U.S. connections 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z “It sounds like a medieval castle, trumpets on the rampart,” said David Newman, the composer’s son and an Oscar-nominated composer himself. 'Solo' hits the big screen minus one classic 'Star Wars' moment: the Fox Fanfare 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The smallest are in the ramparts, space once reserved for the captain of the garrison. Cultured Traveler: On the Scillies, Exotic Gardens, Windswept Ruins 2013-06-14T20:05:57Z The International Festival runs on to Sunday, ending with an explosive display of fireworks soaring and bursting from the ramparts of the castle which dominates the city center. Edinburgh Fringe shines through August rain 2011-08-30T16:20:00Z Traffic is diverted through tunnels whose stone ramparts look medieval, while back at street level, stone footbridges and balconies create a European Renaissance aura. Three Cities on the Mexican Independence Trail 2010-08-20T17:51:00Z The day before, I had walked more than a mile atop those stone ramparts, built between the 12th and 17th centuries and encircling the Old City. Kayaking through the past in Dubrovnik, Croatia 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z A signposted two-hour stroll, the Wenzel Walk, takes tourists along the city's historic ramparts, and through cobbled streets that pass churches, towers and palaces. Five Reasons to Visit Luxembourg 2011-01-13T14:15:00Z Each is either attached to the stone ramparts or across the street from them. A very Derry Halloween: a carnival of frights, fireworks and parades 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z After two monasteries, a couple of churches and a peek over Pereslavl’s earthen ramparts, we decided to stop for a quick bite. Driving Russia’s Revived Golden Ring 2012-08-31T19:01:44Z There are many passenger boats like this that troll the olive waters of the Oise on weekends from May through October, below the city’s medieval ramparts. In France, Impressions of Pissarro on a River Journey 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z And with its Elizabethan ramparts, the urge is all the greater, particularly as Rebecca Gatward's production of The Comedy Of Errors will be playing there later this week after. This week's new theatre 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z Others find charm — not easy to do in this rundown port — in the crenelated ramparts surrounding its medina. Tunisia After the Revolution 2012-04-06T18:10:20Z His son Philip III ordered the construction of stone ramparts to completely encircle the town, and today these formidable fortifications are a French national historic monument. France’s Chicest Hotel Family Has Come to Languedoc. Is That a Good Thing? 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z In the morning, a gigantic American flag was still hanging on the ramparts. God is a weapon 2012-06-21T14:00:00Z Vespasian and Titus, riding chariots, would have been two dabs of purple surging up the ramparts of the Capitoline through a sea of white togas. Rome, Through the Eyes of Flavius Josephus 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z But its ramparts, now home to an army barracks, also guarded one of the region’s most holy Hindu temples. With civil war and a tsunami behind it, Sri Lanka’s east coast is opening up to tourism 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z It’s not a provocation on the ramparts of contemporary aesthetics; it’s not a 2016 revision of R&B, particularly. Review: ‘We Are King,’ With Its Deep R&B Strategies, Is a Musicians’ Album 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z After stopping off, as was our custom, at the Jaillance Cave Cooperative for a sip of Clairette, the local bubbly, we visited the ramparts of Die that I had long admired from afar. Le Dauphiné, a French Region With a History Both Ancient and Personal 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z I punch over the first — with a victorious howl that I’m now certain obliterated the soundscape — and into a swooping downhill beneath chestnut-hued chimneys and ramparts. On mountain bikes in the Utah desert, a college reunion like no other 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z The site is managed by the French government agency Centre des Monuments Nationaux, which stages contemporary exhibitions and events along the ramparts. Medieval city on the sea is a repository of French history — and unexpected U.S. connections 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z A great-granduncle operated a ranch at the base of the Window, a gap in the mountain ramparts of the Big Bend country that is a beloved hunk of geology to scenery-starved Texans. An Unconventional History of Texas, From a Writer With the State in His Veins 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z The road winds past thousands of years of Irish history, abandoned cottages and farms, hillsides divided into a patchwork of stone walls, late-Stone Age and Iron-Age forts, defensive ramparts and ditches. Chasing Waves on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z After dining on crab cakes in the colonial Galle Fort Hotel, stop by the ramparts to watch kids dive Acapulco-style into the Indian Ocean. Next Stop: In Postwar Sri Lanka, Beaches, Temples and Military Checkpoints 2010-03-12T02:50:00Z But unlike the silence they heard at the gates of the prison and Terminus, the crew arrived at the settlement’s formidable ramparts to the sound of children playing. 'The Walking Dead' Recap: Has Rick Lost His Hold on the Group? 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z He shows how discussions of medieval ramparts and Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon are surprisingly pertinent to the architecture of mass surveillance. One Journalist’s Wary, Frustrating Relationship With Edward Snowden 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z He paced the sidelines as if they were the ramparts at Elsinore. In His Autobiography, the College Basketball Giant John Thompson Is Plainspoken and Profound 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Or do what the locals do, and grab a six-pack and sit at the edge of the ramparts for the best views in the city. Belgrade: Not only dirt cheap, but a chic party spot 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z In the late afternoon, my guide Izabela meets me outside a McDonald’s next to a historic rampart that once was part of the city walls. A former communist neighborhood showpiece offers a history lesson in Krakow, Poland 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Enjoy these time warps in Europe and become a kid on the ramparts. The great walled towns of Europe 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z More than just a simple barrier, Hadrian’s Wall was a cleverly designed military rampart manned by 20,000 troops. In Europe’s border walls, a divided history and a united future 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z The medieval ramparts one walks today, with sweeping views, were fortified many times from the sixth century to the Ottoman Empire. Beyond Kitsch in Skopje 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z One of our tour guides, Chuck Meadows, was the captain who led the first Marines across the Perfume River to the ramparts of the massive Citadel on the first day of the Tet offensive. A veteran’s son fulfills his dad’s dream of revisiting Vietnam 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z He seems altogether too cheerful to have spent nine solitary years mounting a pagan assault upon the skeptical ramparts of modernity. The Sage of Yale Law 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z "They seek the secret of the Grail," gasps carbuncular nobleman Bertrand, as swarms of rhubarbing crusaders prepare to storm his ramparts. Labyrinth is silly but enjoyable cobblers 2013-03-30T06:00:00Z Some, he reports, saw the restaurant’s stand as an important rampart in the battle against political correctness. A longtime Baltimore restaurant beefed with PETA over crabs. Who won? 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, far too many accomplished novelists retreat behind the ramparts of historical fiction, the literary equivalent of TV costume drama. Michael Arditti: why I write fiction about faith 2013-07-26T10:47:00Z Wander the extensive battlements and find an empty rampart or dome-covered lookout for incredible views over the constant tumult of Jaipur. 10 of the world’s best city views: readers’ travel tips 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z But I watched the Wall's progress from barbed wire to breeze block; I watched the ramparts of the cold war going up on the still-warm ashes of the hot one. John le Carré: 'I was a secret even to myself' 2013-04-12T20:01:01Z One of the film’s producers, Jeremy Dawson, said that Anderson was looking for a place “with nooks and crannies, corridors, passages, staircases, layers and ramparts.” When Wes Anderson Comes to Town, Buildings Get Symmetrical 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z They’re almost comically close: People with strong arms could have a game of catch between the ramparts. For nearly a quarter century, an AP correspondent watched the Putin era unfold in Russia 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The need to coordinate defense and construct such ramparts likely required a political evolution within these cultures, giving rise to an elite military class led by chiefs. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In the press notes accompanying the film, he writes, “The Ukrainians are our rampart.” Review: Bernard-Henri Lévy shows the fight for survival from the trenches in 'Slava Ukraini' 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z On top of this base, turf would have been laid to build a rampart about 2 metres high. Archaeologists discover remains of Roman fortlet near Clydebank 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Crew members with shovels and clad in snow boots, ear protectors and foul-weather clothing were logging 12-hour days clearing precarious icy ramparts off the roofs of homes and businesses. Explosions, crushed buildings and flood fears. Mammoth Lakes thrown into chaos by snowfall 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z Gillers said ordinary Americans might find it puzzling that “one half of a married couple is at the ramparts on political issues that then get translated into legal issues that her husband has to decide.” Activist group led by Ginni Thomas received nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Though O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? turned into an embarrassed hum, the crowd still cheered at the end anyway. Perspective | Even against the best of the best, Maryland can make it look easy 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z One of them, “View From the Citadel Ramparts in Copenhagen by Moonlight,” shows two sailors and a soldier standing on the rampart of a citadel that was battered during the Napoleonic Wars. Review | Scarred by defeat, they gave birth to a golden age of Danish art 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Up close, the structure, which will cost as much as $40 million, looks less like a dune and more like a rampart. As Climate Change Worsens, U.S. Weighs Which Communities to Save 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z But then, instead of “O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?” he backtracked to “What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last” before again singing “streaming” instead of “gleaming.” National anthem singer flubs lyrics at World Series opener 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Each has erected ideological ramparts to resist the encroachment of Western ideas. Review | Putin’s centuries-long march into Ukraine 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z A gun salute has been fired from the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle as the country mourns the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Castle gun salute as Scotland mourns Queen's death 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z It can be seen in a map of Belfast in 1685, however, along with the city's walls, which were ground-made ramparts that partly enclosed the town. Belfast: The hidden castles under the city's shops 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Nor did the teal wave just wash over the Liberal ramparts of Sydney. Australia election: A great shock to the system 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z That wall's ramparts were at their sturdiest in the 1960s. How Democrats dumped secularism, found God — and doomed Roe v. Wade 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z The walls of some shops are built directly into the 12th-century ramparts of the village. Welcome to a Village With More Booksellers Than School Pupils 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z In a nation whose strict policies earned it the nickname “Fortress Australia,” the last rampart has fallen. Western Australia finally reopens, uniting the country but leaving questions 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z "The highlight of it was listening to Abide with Me and hearing the chimes from the ramparts. It was a beautiful, soulful thing." Beating Retreat: British hymn 'Abide with Me' causing a stir in India 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z There are Phoenician forts, Celtic castles, Moorish minarets, Roman ramparts, granite Greek graves — all left by bygone civilizations that came here conquering, all bent on leaving something for posterity. A Spanish Mystery: Is a ‘Masked Restorer’ to Blame for a Church’s Botched Repair? 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z Zhang's last appearance was on July 1, when he was seated on the southern ramparts of the Forbidden City in Beijing for the 100th anniversary of the founding of China's ruling Communist Party. Where is Zhang Gaoli? Politician accused by tennis star Peng keeps out of sight 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Now the doors have reopened to the public, the 21-year-old lives with the soundtrack of shouting and sword-fighting from the exhibition about the Peasants' Revolt in the ramparts opposite her home. Who is the redhead living in the Tower of London? 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Friday’s announcement nonetheless blows a hole in the ramparts surrounding “Fortress Australia” and forces other parts of the country to figure out how to cope. One of the world’s toughest COVID quarantine regimes is finally ending 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, thousands of women turned out to protest in Mexico City, attacking ramparts outside the presidential residence with bats and blowtorches. Mexico City Replaces a Statue of Columbus With One of an Indigenous Woman 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z In March, hundreds of women stormed the country’s National Palace in Mexico City, attacking the rampart around the president’s residence with bats, blowtorches and hammers, demanding an end to gender-based violence. Mexico’s Supreme Court Votes to Decriminalize Abortion 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z He grandstanded about how his unalienable rights were granted not by man but by God, and then asked “all men” to join him on the ramparts, because liberty itself was on the docket. The kids are all right; it’s the adults who have gone bonkers over the pandemic 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z A third are at the ramparts for the revolution. Seattle angry? Nah, say city voters 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Such a politics must constantly maintain the ramparts between the despised and the elevated. Opinion | The Cruel Logic of the Republican Party, Before and After Trump 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z "We are a rampart, we must stay a rampart," he said. France's young voters turned off by key regional election 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z The Israeli military called its operation Guardians of the Walls, referring to the ancient ramparts of the Old City of Jerusalem. Israel and Hamas Agree to End a Brief War That Reverberated Worldwide 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z On Sunday, hundreds gathered on the bridge where Villa last manned the protest ramparts. Slain Colombian activist becomes icon of resistance as protests, deaths mount 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z The Israeli military code-named its operation Guardians of the Walls, a reference to the ancient ramparts of the Old City of Jerusalem. More Than 30 Dead in Gaza and Israel as Fighting Quickly Escalates 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z But “the modern ramparts of competition will be in technology,” he said, such as 5G networks, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, robotics and human sciences. As Biden and Xi Begin a Careful Dance, a New American Policy Takes Shape 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Television images broadcast internationally of protesters occupying the ramparts of New Delhi’s historic Red Fort and later clashing with police raised awareness of the confrontation between Modi’s government and the farmers. U.S. calls for dialogue to resolve India's farmers' protests 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Some reached as far as Delhi’s historic Red Fort, where they scaled the ramparts and hoisted flags. Protesting Indian farmers locked in stand-off with police near capital 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z They also breached the Red Fort, the iconic palace that once served as the residence of the Mughal rulers of India, and hoisted atop the ramparts a flag that is often flown on Sikh temples. Why Are Farmers Protesting in India? 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z In social media posts, heavily outnumbered policemen, some in riot gear, mingled with the crowds on the ramparts. Within hours, Indian farm protests turned from carnival to violent clashes 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Instead, they forced their way toward the center of the city, taking over a major intersection and climbing the ramparts of Delhi's famed Red Fort, built in the 17th century. Clashes erupt as angry farmers enter India’s capital in challenge to Modi 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z But looking up at the Elsinore castle ramparts, I think I see the old man nodding. Opinion | Mr. Nunes gets his medal 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z While French officials often say their country is targeted because of its reputation as the cradle of human rights and a rampart of global democracy, what distinguishes France most is its unusual attachment to secularism. AP Explains: Why France incites such anger in Muslim world 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z The political energy of recent years has come largely from ideologues — populists and rampart stormers — not the types to forgive and forget. Opinion | Biden will need partners to restore our institutions. Where will he find them? 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Even when protesters broke through two gates and climbed the ramparts, there was no sign of confrontation. Within hours, Indian farm protests turned from carnival to violent clashes 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z The second is a three-stemmed hazel tree by the city ramparts. Ypres chestnut tree battered but unbowed by wars wins Belgian award 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z Leach said during a news conference colloquy with this New York Times reporter, drawing some Mississippi State faithful to Twitter’s ramparts. Football’s Return Is Fodder for Mask Debates and an Enforcement Dilemma 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Authorities in Saint-Malo in Brittany, a popular tourist destination, said masks were mandatory inside its walled old city and on the ramparts for everyone aged 11 and above. Global report: French and Spanish Covid-19 cases at highest level in weeks 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z “Exceptionally, this year, our armies … will cede the primary place to the women and men in hospital coats who fought” the virus and who remain “ramparts in the crisis,” Macron said. France celebrates virus heroes on redesigned Bastille Day 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Several hundred demonstrators breached the outer walls of Delhi’s Red Fort - one of its most recognisable landmarks - before raising flags from the ramparts and clashing with police. Within hours, Indian farm protests turned from carnival to violent clashes 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z From the castle’s ghostly ramparts, residents contemplated their becalmed city. In Tackling Coronavirus, Scotland Asserts Its Separateness From England 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z But the Bible is filled with stories about walls, Mr. Thomas said, from the Battle of Jericho where Joshua brings down the city’s walls with trumpets to the Israelites rebuilding the ramparts around Jerusalem. The Walls of the Church Couldn’t Keep the Trump Era Out 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z “We believed our health care system would be an insurmountable rampart against the epidemic,’’ Mr. Fourquet said. Its Defenses Undone by a Virus, France Seeks Lessons From a Lost War 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z From the window of his home study, Gordon Brown looks out across the waters of the Firth of Forth, towards the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle. Gordon Brown on Covid-19, recession and Trump: 'When there’s a crisis you have to act quickly' 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Lucile’s images are a photographic introspection, one that forms a rampart against the void. Love and loneliness in the time of the coronavirus “Our army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do, and at Fort McHenry, under the rockets’ red glare, it had nothing but victory.” The most memorable political gaffes of 2019 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Among the producers at Channel One, the Kremlin meetings are known as “going behind the ramparts”—a reference to the crenellated fortress walls. The Kremlin’s Creative Director 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z This is now a frontier on which US president Donald Trump fixates, pledging a wall to run its length as a rampart against an “invasion”. Back to the border of misery: Amexica revisited 10 years on 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Yet those very risers to the ramparts for all other beleaguered minorities find myriad ways to exempt Jews as objects worthy of their defense and alliance. Seattle’s extreme liberals also pose a threat to the Jewish community 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Their weapons include bows and arrows, catapults and hundreds of gasoline bombs stacked up to ramparts — often built by the students. AP Photos: Hong Kong protesters resort to medieval weapons 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Do those workers want to follow her to the ramparts or are they happy and content toiling for the richest man in the world? Is Kshama Sawant a keeper or kaput? 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z When finished, viewed from the castle ramparts, the graves Gunn-Salie has dug will spell out the word: Justice? The imam who died fighting racism in South Africa 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z And with secular leaders singling them out as targets, ultra-Orthodox leaders said it was easier than ever to rally their voters to the ramparts. With Israel Election Results Too Close to Call, Netanyahu Appears in Peril 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z The prewar population of Terezín, a garrison town dominated by barracks and surrounded by ramparts, was about seven thousand, both soldiers and civilians. My Terezín Diary 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z At the Cape Coast Castle, rusted old cannons point out to sea from the ramparts, angled skyward, away from locals playing football on the beach below. Ghana cashes in on slave heritage tourism 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Boys climb old ramparts to get a top view and families cheer for the local troupe. AP PHOTOS: Horseback show keeps Morocco tradition alive 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Two decades after Congress tried to wall off the worst of the Internet in hopes of protecting the privacy and innocence of children, the ramparts lie in ruins. Sex, drugs, and self-harm: Where 20 years of child online protection law went wrong 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Setting the scene early in the book, he compares certain parts of “Montana’s western rampart” to coastal Washington state. Review | One man’s crusade to help humans and bears coexist 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Dozens of buses are parked sideways around the perimeter, forming makeshift ramparts. Jacinda Ardern: ‘Very little of what I have done has been deliberate. It's intuitive’ 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z You’ll need multiple visits to do justice to this park’s 77,000 feet of saltwater shoreline, three freshwater lakes and 38 miles of hiking trails traversing, old-growth forest and rocky ramparts. In winter, lowland hikes beckon — and Deception Pass delivers 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z “Nobody else is exactly storming the ramparts of the White House demanding you hire them for the toughest job in world politics,” the British television host wrote in the Daily Mail. Piers Morgan says Piers Morgan should be Trump’s new chief of staff 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Some of the gilets jaunes, ripping out metal grates from around the trunks of nearby trees, had improvised a makeshift rampart that spanned the street. Inside the Chaos of the Gilets Jaunes Protests 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z The Italian flagship store of Tod’s is embraced by concrete shadows echoing the trees that line Omotesandō; next door, the menswear shop Hugo Boss looks like a towering-yet-friendly asymmetrical castle rampart. Where shrines meet skyscrapers: Visiting Tokyo’s architecture | Provided by Tokyo Convention and Visitors Bureau 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Officials say that the rampart was once part of the former St. Louis Bastion in the city’s defenses. 325-year-old colonial French fortifications discovered in Canada 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z If the company is struggling and it’s more than triple, maybe you’ll join them on the red ramparts. Your Office Doesn’t Have Nap Time Because You Are Not a Child 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z This 15th-century palace, a bulwark of the Stuart dynasty, is astonishingly well preserved and already draws visitors who walk among its stone halls and ramparts and admire its little loch. Scotland braces for ‘Netflix effect’ as TV film about Robert the Bruce is launched 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Authorities in southern Austria have deployed hundreds of mobile anti-flooding dams as rivers burst their banks, and in the city of Salzburg a roof section from the medieval ramparts flew off in high winds. Wild weather across Europe leaves nine dead in Italy 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The singer stopped singing during the line "o'er the ramparts we watched," Time magazine reported, to peek at his hand to see what the next words were. Most controversial national anthem delivered by a celebrity 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z In a statement, the Government of Quebec said that the rampart is the first significant discovery related to Beaucours’ work. 325-year-old colonial French fortifications discovered in Canada 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z “Education is the best rampart against discrimination and racism.” AP Interview: UNESCO chief says schools must fight extremism 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z "Education is the best rampart against discrimination and racism." AP Interview: UNESCO chief says schools must fight extremism 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z It was destroyed in a fire, with the heat so intense that the stones used in the defensive ramparts melted. Ancient hillfort recreated in Lego 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Again and again summer is cast as a time when the icy ramparts of class might, just possibly, melt. Boiling point: why literature loves a long, hot summer 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z Go inside the recently restored barracks and the refurbished ramparts and get an unbelievable look around Newport. Not-the-Same-Old Insider’s Guide to Newport, R.I. 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Brantley, the Nevis premier, is fluent and passionate in his defence of the ramparts that Nevis builds for rich people looking to protect their assets from creditors. Nevis: how the world’s most secretive offshore haven refuses to clean up 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Over dinner hosted by Clark at his medieval Saltwood Castle, in Kent, Mr Davis agreed to walk along the crumbling ramparts overlooking the ruins of a chapel. David Davis - the maverick minister 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z On election night, as it became clear Ford was headed to victory, one left-leaning Toronto city councillor cheekily tweeted: "To the ramparts!" Brother of notorious Rob Ford takes over 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Americans are often suspicious of attempts to re-evaluate beliefs about free speech, as if any doubt is a chink in the ramparts of freedom into which the crowbar of totalitarianism will be forced. How the resurgence of white supremacy in the US sparked a war over free speech 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z And yet, Francis is not sounding the alarm or calling the faithful to the ramparts. As Ireland Joins Europe’s Sprint From Catholic Fold, Francis Looks South 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z Wander the massive fort’s bastions, battlements, ramparts, moats and lighthouse. The 22 best US national parks to escape the crowds, chosen by experts 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z As women storm the ramparts of the Democratic party, female Republican candidates are fewer in number. Can the wave of female House candidates lead to a 'tsunami' of wins? 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Hundreds of petitions were also sent in by the corps of abolitionists beyond the ramparts of the political elite, insisting that no money go to the perpetrators of crimes against God’s will. When will Britain face up to its crimes against humanity? 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Do we really believe that our democracy is so robust as to withstand this constant assault upon its ramparts? Opinion | Trump, Flush With Power 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z The 30-foot-tall barriers use varying configurations of steel, concrete and even spikes to create ramparts far more formidable than almost anything in place along the 2,000-mile border with Mexico. In first California visit, Trump visits border-wall prototypes, blasts Gov. Jerry Brown 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z The 30-foot-tall barriers use varying configurations of steel, concrete — even spikes — to create ramparts far more formidable than almost anything in place along the 2,000-mile border with Mexico. Trump expected to visit California to view border wall prototypes 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z The 30-foot-tall barriers use varying configurations of steel, concrete - even spikes - to create ramparts far more formidable than almost anything currently in place along the 2,000-mile border with Mexico. Trump expected to visit California to view border wall prototypes 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z And the overwhelming suspicion was that he was looking for a rampart to which he could retreat in the event of outright civilisational collapse. Why Silicon Valley billionaires are prepping for the apocalypse in New Zealand 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Among the most surprising findings was the ubiquity of defensive walls, ramparts, terraces, and fortresses. This Ancient Civilization Was Twice As Big As Medieval England 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z The hotel is right in the middle of town, close to restaurants, museums and the ramparts that protected this port for centuries. Millennials, baby boomers to spend big on travel: AARP 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z “A trade war has been in place for quite a little while. The difference is the U.S. troops are now coming to the ramparts.” GOP lawmakers condemn Trump’s tariff decision 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The figurative ramparts enveloping the Patriots’ complex here, built on secrecy and communal silence across nearly two fruitful decades, suddenly seemed fractured. Without a Word, Bill Belichick Can Say a Lot 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z Even more alarming, Brinkman pointed out a spot along the waterfront where the wall ends and all that holds back the sea is a low, crumbling concrete rampart. Can Jakarta save itself from sinking in 10 years? 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z At least 199 of these dugouts are still visible on the top of the ramparts, each big enough for between two and four men. On the Iraq border archaeological digs are a minefield – in every sense 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Jia chose Pingyao because it is near his hometown; one of his films, “Platform,” takes place there and includes an encounter between two characters on the ramparts of the city’s walls. China’s Newest Film Festival Tests the Limits of Independence 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Every year on India’s Independence Day, Prime Minister Modi hoists the Indian flag from the ramparts of the imposing Red Fort in New Delhi. Monument of love, the Taj Mahal, at heart of political storm 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z In previous years, faces and ramparts on other sides were also destroyed. In Gaza, Hamas levels an ancient treasure 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z “If this wall breaks, there’s simply no holding back the Java Sea,” said Brinkman, gesturing from the rampart toward the city. Can Jakarta save itself from sinking in 10 years? 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z So far I’ve counted 212 such vehicle emplacements within the five square kilometres of the ancient city, not including the many more which are visible immediately outside the ramparts. On the Iraq border archaeological digs are a minefield – in every sense 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z One of the boys, Juan Escutia, is said to have wrapped himself in the Mexican flag and thrown himself from the ramparts of the Chapultepec Castle to prevent the colours from falling into American hands. 'Distasteful' taco company cashes in on Mexican national history 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z So, in all likelihood, Microsoft’s Smith will keep cutting a lonely figure on his ramparts. Analysis | The Finance 202: Wall Street may slam DACA move. But it still wants a tax rewrite. 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The rampart of the southern facade was also uncovered and is slated for destruction. In Gaza, Hamas levels an ancient treasure 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z The outer ramparts were built from earth and timber. Thousand-year-old Viking fortress reveals a technologically advanced society 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z At Charax Spasinou it was the ancient city’s still imposing ramparts which led to the site being incorporated into the Iraqi defensive lines north of Basra. On the Iraq border archaeological digs are a minefield – in every sense 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked the 70th anniversary of the country's independence from British colonial rule with a speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort in Delhi. Read the Full Transcript of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day Speech 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z This ancient city claimed by Spain since the late 17th century is still surrounded by its medieval ramparts is the remnant of what was once Spanish Morocco. Africa migrants test Spain’s barriers, tolerance 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Amateur videos showed ramparts crumbling under the bulldozer’s treads. In Gaza, Hamas levels an ancient treasure 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z The cut between Grey Worm killing a few people and him striding across a rampart covered in bodies felt like a cheap elision, a maneuver motivated more by budget limitations than by directorial choices. Game of Thrones, The Queen’s Justice was about strategies falling apart 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Within an hour, we were confronted at the city ramparts by another patrol. Dodging Chinese Police in Kashgar, a Silk Road Oasis Town 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Greetings from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the auspicious occasion of Independence Day. Read the Full Transcript of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day Speech 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z An extended fireworks display from the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle will see in the New Year when the midnight hour strikes. Edinburgh's Hogmanay to include six-hour party - BBC News 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z What was surprising was the crowd's reaction, particularly when the colors and icons for Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff shot across the walls and ramparts. Hogwarts Castle gets light show; Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff fans go wild 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Most surprising of all, perhaps, is that religious progressives are being joined at the ramparts by a noticeable number of energized young evangelicals. Religious Liberals Sat Out of Politics for 40 Years. Now They Want in the Game. 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z We passed a grassy clearing by the ramparts. Dodging Chinese Police in Kashgar, a Silk Road Oasis Town 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z A giant inflatable Champions League trophy adorned the ramparts alongside a Welsh dragon. Cardiff abuzz as kickoff to Champions League final looms 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z High up on the ramparts of Mehrangarh, in one of Rajasthan's most famous forts - one of the most visited in India - a small team is dusting down a large tent. Spring-cleaning India's most magnificent tent - BBC News 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z “California’s door is closed to President Trump’s Pacific oil and gas drilling,” Newsom said in an emailed statement, adding that the commission “is unequivocally resolved to create an environmental rampart along California’s coast.” Trump order could open California coast, Arctic to new oil and gas drilling 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z “The only difference is that our troops are finally coming to the rampart.” What those papers Trump left on his desk reveal about his trade policy 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z He promised to turn Mexico’s fifty consulates in the United States into “true ramparts in defense of migrant rights.” Donald Trump Blows Up the U.S.-Mexico Relationship 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z In his remarks, Peña Nieto said, “Mexico’s 50 consulates in the United States will become true ramparts in defense of migrant rights.” Read Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto's fiery speech about Trump's order to build a wall 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z The event will be rounded off with a fireworks display from the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle. Edinburgh's Hogmanay concert with Paolo Nutini sells out in record time - BBC News 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Defenders of the university say the problem lies beyond its ramparts: schools do not send it enough poor, bright candidates. Oxford University tries a new approach to recruiting poor students 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z It meets the street not with arms wide open and a friendly smile, but with a fortified bastion wall of brown concrete, like a rammed-earth rampart. Oliver Wainwright's top 10 buildings of 2016 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Among Superintendent Cain’s attributes are her willingness to storm the ramparts and speak bluntly, sometimes without bowing to the niceties of political correctness. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Mexico’s 50 consulates in the United States will become true ramparts in defense of migrant rights. Read Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto's fiery speech about Trump's order to build a wall 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Who among us — and I don’t blame our failing schools for this — even knows what “ramparts” are? O say can you see ... a new national anthem? 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Ed Murray, a Democrat and mayor of Seattle, described his city in recent days almost like a fortress under siege, scanning for attack on the ramparts. In red tide of election map, West Coast stays solid blue 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Mayor Ed Murray of Seattle, a Democrat, described his city in recent days as almost like a fortress under siege, scanning for attack on the ramparts. Amid Tide of Red on Electoral Map, West Coast Stays Defiantly Blue 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Walking through the Locust Grove, he spied a tufted titmouse, and from the ramparts of Belvedere Castle he spotted through his binoculars a common grackle and a palm warbler. Rare Find in New York: A Teenage Birder 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z It demolished a dusty rampart along the border with Syria in an act supposedly symbolizing the smashing of colonial boundaries. How almost everyone wants a piece of Mosul 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming. O say can you see ... a new national anthem? 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z The awards taken from 16 years of manning the French basketball ramparts are nearly as numerous but no less meaningful. Basketball: No gold but plenty of golden moments for Parker 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? US anthem and flag: Etiquette and law - BBC News 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z The speech was aimed at mobilizing an angry electorate to join him in storming the ramparts of Washington. The Dark Knight 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z That would explain why last year at Camelback Ranch, the Dodgers’ spring training facility in Arizona, it took until “o’er the ramparts” line to reach a full moment of silence. Oh, say can you be quiet during the national anthem? 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Today, the fort and surrounding landscape looks much like it did to the troops who waged war from stone ramparts and woodland trails. Upstate NY fort with long history offers new ways to view it 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Lincoln himself watched the fighting from the DC ramparts, saw men shot and killed. Endless war: Trump and the fantasy of cost-free conflict 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z Right-wing protesters scaled its neo-baroque ramparts, then unfurled a banner insulting the theater’s management. Austria’s right-wing populism reflects anti-Muslim platform of Donald Trump 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z In 2014, the group posted a propaganda video online showing its members bulldozing a dusty rampart along Syria and Iraq's desert border. The secret pact that became a scapegoat for all of the Middle East’s problems 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z The mind conjures up images of caravanners resting in the cool shade of palm trees at the foot of the ramparts. These Ghost Towns Once Thronged With Life The ramparts of the Gaoligong challenged World War II pilots who flew over the Hump, transporting military goods from Indian bases used by the United States and its allies to Chinese forces battling the Japanese. Chinese Modernization Comes to an Isolated People 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Ornate stained glass windows, cornices, ramparts, balustrades and Potomac blue stone gave Eastern its grandeur. President Wilson and Marion Barry attended this Capitol Hill church. Now it could become condos. 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Before the tourist attraction opened in the summer of 1954, the fort's owners sought Colonial-era cannons to display on the ramparts. A research project has determined nine historic cannons displayed for the past 60 years at a recreated French and Indian War fort in upstate New York were originally aboard a British warship that sank in the Florida Keys in the 18th century 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Before the tourist attraction opened in the summer of 1954, the fort’s owners sought Colonial-era cannons to display on the ramparts. Project confirms NY fort’s old guns came from Florida wreck 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Privately, Clinton backers concede that “the math is on my side” is not a very compelling message when compared with Sanders’s call to the ramparts for economic justice. For Clinton, it’s 2008 all over again — but in reverse 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z He said he knows this because readers send him fervent letters of support, what he termed testament to “the power of truth to break through the bronze walls and iron ramparts constructed by the government.” China’s Censors Battle Mounting Defiance 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z The right has a task: against a revolutionary or reformist left’s claims of freedom and equality, it must reinforce the ramparts of privilege. This is why the right hates Donald Trump: He doesn’t question their core beliefs, but they still see the danger 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z An easy 15-minute walk brought us to a viewpoint with a free, permanently installed viewing scope, looking down on the river flowing through a rocky gorge and ramparts that once supported the Elwha Dam. $99 Road Trip: Soothing sights on Olympic Peninsula 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z They are not revolutionaries storming the establishment ramparts. Bernie Sanders is no revolutionary 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z It will require politicians who call Americans to the ramparts of an evolution — educating and equipping all our citizens, one by one, for a different and difficult economy. Despite what Trump and Sanders say, the American Dream has not been stolen 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Thirty yards away, concrete ramparts loomed in the middle of the street. Kabul’s blast walls protect a powerful few while causing misery for many 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z For a century, explorers and prospectors in Honduras told tales of the white ramparts of a lost city glimpsed above jungle foliage. Archaeologists Begin Excavation Of Honduran “Lost City” 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Small holes sized precisely for rifle muzzles had been made in the patchwork rampart. The Fight for Mosul 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Related: How Google's antitrust headache began not from castle ramparts An investigation by the Guardian into Google’s multifaceted lobbying campaign in Europe has uncovered fresh details of its activities and methods. Revealed: how Google enlisted congressmen it bankrolled to fight $6bn EU antitrust case 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z "I also want to thank the voters of the Left who clearly voted to create a rampart" against the FN. French far-right fails to win any regions in upset for Le Pen 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z When Vin Scully first said in August that next season would realistically be his last broadcasting the Dodgers, willful thinking became rampart. Dodgers' Vin Scully can't imagine he would return after next season 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z As she often does, Ms. Le Pen portrayed herself as the rampart against what she depicted as a state capitulating in the face of an alien invasion. Marine Le Pen, French National Front Leader, Speaks at Her Hate-Speech Trial 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z The talking points emanating from the political ramparts in Madison are predictable. Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z His memories of the town are still vivid and filled with ramparts and red roses, which grow in profusion and were originally brought back from the Middle East during the Crusades. The Day Trips Parisians Take Themselves 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z In a 90-minute speech delivered from the ramparts of New Delhi’s Red Fort on Saturday, Mr. Modi didn’t focus on sweeping policy changes or big, new plans. India’s Narendra Modi Puts Spotlight on Efforts to Drive Out ‘Termite-Like’ Graft 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z When she gets to “ramparts,” we hear the first screech. Roseanne on the day she shrieked ‘The Star-Spangled Banner,’ grabbed her crotch and earned a rebuke from President Bush 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Moniz finished the nuclear details, often in meetings in the impressive stone basement of the Coburg, built from the ramparts of old Vienna. Clearing Hurdles to Iran Nuclear Deal With Standoffs, Shouts and Compromise 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Like dictators from Uganda to Uzbekistan, Putin defends his bigotry as a rampart against permissive “Western values.” The international war on LGBT people 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Workmen on scaffolds patch the 800-year-old ramparts as, in the distance, tractors growl across the plain. The Day Trips Parisians Take Themselves 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Photograph: gallicalabs.bnf.fr Consisting of a thick wall, 10 metres high and protected by a wide ditch, the ramparts were also granted a 250-metre wide non-building zone. Dirty boulevard: why Paris's ring road is a major block on the city's grand plans 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z It’s conservatives, after all, who man the ramparts to protect capitalism and big business. Wingnuts’ Confederate flag crisis: Why they can’t admit who’s really responsible for Dixie’s latest defeat 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Paul was always more comfortable on the Snowden side of the national security ramparts. The romance with Rand Paul is gone 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Irish was the first of many languages that English would violently suppress, and Ukrainian is shoring up its ramparts to avoid the same fate from Russian regional control. Why a made-up language from 1887 is making a digital comeback 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z From a distance the mountain is an awe-inspiring and mystical sight, its rugged granite ramparts rising majestically a few miles from Kota Kinabalu in the Malaysian state of Sabah. The Middle-Kingdom Comes To Middle-Earth 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Perhaps the last wall that will bring down the “invisible rampart” is in fact a psychological one. Dirty boulevard: why Paris's ring road is a major block on the city's grand plans 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z We owe a lot to the young men who wielded bugles, fifes and drums, as well to those who fired weapons and charged the ramparts. There Is One More Thing We Need to Remember About the Civil War 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z “Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight! O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming.” CHARLES HURT: Baltimore riots evoke spirit of ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Without Mr. Déby and his battle-hardened soldiers, analysts and diplomats say, there would be nobody on the ramparts in this vulnerable part of Africa. Chad Strongman Says Nigeria Is Absent in Fight Against Boko Haram 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z So it was a little surprising how quickly Washington’s perennial partisan bedwetters leapt to their safe ramparts 6,320 miles away from Tehran with Sturm und Drang against Mr. Netanyahu’s speech. CHARLES HURT: Benjamin Netanyahu believes in American Exceptionalism, too bad Obama doesn’t 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Yet, Anis, from the 17th arrondissement, says: “The périphérique, it’s like a rampart, like a wall – but more or less invisible.” Dirty boulevard: why Paris's ring road is a major block on the city's grand plans 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Roman ruins overlooked the intersection, and the crumbling gypsum ramparts provided ideal cover for ambushes. Terrorist or Freedom Fighter? 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z On our way we passed the imposing ramparts of the castle at Kerak, one of the largest fortresses in the Middle East. The brutal killing that hardened Jordan's hearts against IS 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z Despite Martu’s plea, two days later West Point’s exits were blockaded with metal ramparts and barbed wire. Surviving Ebola 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z It was there that Major General Andrew Jackson—then best known for killing Red Sticks Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, in 1814—marshalled his troops to the edge of some ramparts. How the Battle of New Orleans Birthed the American Character 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z I mean, when they were deciding whom to send over the burning barricades, whom to catapult over the ramparts, how did they settle on this guy? CHARLES HURT: John Boehner elected Republican speaker with Daniel Webster in the House 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z The West had helped Poland financially and diplomatically because Poland would become the Eastern ramparts of an expanding Nato. How much was 1989 like 1919? 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Passageways from the castle, the ramparts and the streets flow around the space above and below. A Luxury Hotel Inside A Walled Medieval City: Hôtel De La Cité 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z If he learns some humility, admits his limitations and is prepared to go back to the drawing board and build those high walls, ramparts and moats, Eubank Jr could become a world champion yet. Back to basics for Eubank Jr 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z Climbing the ramparts, Matt and I took in the sweeping vistas, the horizon replete with skyscrapers under construction. How Strong Is the U.S. Friendship with the Kurds? 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Pro tip: It’s best to stealth-eliminate any snipers on the ramparts first, else you’ll find yourself ended moments after alerting the guards to your presence. The 10 Craziest Things I've Done in Far Cry 4 So Far 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z But an announcement a day earlier caused a flood of East Germans to rush the wall on Nov. 9, with shocked guards watching on as scores of civilians scaled its ramparts. Berlin Wall fall anniversary: Partying like it’s Nov. 9, 1989 One thing not to miss — many of the walkways between the ramparts are accessible at night. A Luxury Hotel Inside A Walled Medieval City: Hôtel De La Cité 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z A pro should spend his early years constructing high walls, ramparts and moats, so that he feels secure when a dangerous foe is at the drawbridge. Back to basics for Eubank Jr 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z Seven centuries as an estate brings a great serenity to this old house, its rampart, its garden, its remnants of moat. The Count de Coral Is Your Host: Book Into His Medieval Chateau-Fort on the Cote Basque 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? From star-spangled to estrellado 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Passing under the ramparts of the fortified old city were mock-ups of the sailing ships that arrived here in the early 17th Century to found a French colonial outpost. Quebec's neverendum referendum 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z For that the people must sacrifice, do as they are told, never question the man who looks down in stony silence from the Kremlin’s red ramparts. In St. Petersburg, the Ghosts of Petrograd For modern-day outlaws, you can visit Freetown Christiana, the former army barracks and city ramparts claimed by hippies during the 1970s. Trip Tips: Tour the dark side of Copenhagen's fairy tale 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Over the years, I have heard many speeches being delivered from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort which most prime ministers have used to issue warnings Pakistan and for tedious grandstanding. Five unusual messages from Narendra Modi 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z They were built as fortresses and were often surrounded by deep ditches and large walls or ramparts. Iron Age hill fort bought for £450k 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z For the closing, there is a Virgin Money Fireworks Concert with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra playing on the ramparts of stunning Edinburgh Castle, overlooking the old town. Edinburgh's Fringe, The Biggest Arts Festival In The World, Turns A City Upside Down 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z He can stand on the centuries-old ramparts and gaze across the border at Scotland just two miles away. Scotland's expats want a say on independence from Britain 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z There will be appearances by an actor dressed as President Abraham Lincoln, who, during the battle, watched from the ramparts at Fort Stevens and came under enemy fire. When the Civil War came to Washington: Reliving the Battle of Fort Stevens We see dead bodies all around, the choking effects of chlorine gas and rampart destruction to landmarks such as St. Martin’s Cathedral. Zadzooks: Valiant Hearts: The Great War review 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Set atop a large hill in the center of the city and fortified with massive stone ramparts, the castle is the most easily defended terrain in Tal Afar. As Iraqi city faces new battle, ex-mayor tries to keep the peace — by phone from the U.S. For 70 years, America has been on the ramparts of freedom. Obama's Foreign Policy Is Waffling and Timid 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Long before the “tower defense” genre existed, developer Firefly Studios was building games about constructing actual towers and ramparts with elaborate fortifications, then hurling waves of attackers at you to test your architectural mettle. 20 Video Games to Watch for Summer 2014 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Protesters carried it up to the ramparts of the square's landmark red fort before hurling it over. Rogue general divides Libyans 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z Owned by the Italian government, it been closed to the public for the past five years for security upgrades after two young Italians fell to their deaths from its ramparts. Versailles, Valentino: Big day for Kim and Kanye 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Despite Domenech's best efforts to keep the media at bay every day, L'Équipe and other publications painted a disquieting picture of what was happening behind the ramparts of France's fortress. World Cup: 25 stunning moments … No17: France implode in South Africa 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Perhaps up on the broken ramparts the ghosts of legionnaires still stand guard. Rome's international community of the dead 2014-04-22T00:14:42Z Putin's open assertion of the right to send troops to a country of 46 million people on the ramparts of central Europe creates the biggest confrontation between Russia and the West since the Cold War. Putin ready to invade Ukraine; Kiev warns of war 2014-03-02T00:07:21Z When she saw horror, she climbed the ramparts to demand action. US envoy to UN's twitter diplomacy 2014-02-14T00:02:08Z "I think Tunisia will set up this democratic state that is transparent, not corrupt, that will also be a rampart against terrorism," Marzouki said, describing recent events as "a tough period". Tunisia president says hopeful despite suspension of government talks 2013-11-05T18:51:55Z The mission was announced in August last year by India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his, delivered from the ramparts of one of New Delhi's most iconic buildings - the Red Fort. India Mars launch stokes space race 2013-10-20T21:50:02Z As emerging markets built ramparts of foreign-exchange reserves to shield themselves from fickle capital new problems arose. The great crash: The meaning of Lehman (take 2) 2013-09-16T07:27:37Z By Independence Day in 2006, Prime Minister Singh could stand upon the ramparts of the Red Fort in New Delhi and celebrate an economy that was among the fastest-growing in the world. The Economic Crisis India Needs 2013-08-22T10:00:37Z Prehistory enthusiasts are being asked to identify and record features such as ramparts, ditches and entrances. Volunteers drafted to map hill forts 2013-07-08T01:44:52Z The federal government spends $18 billion a year manning the ramparts, more than it does on the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration put together. Immigration: A big wall of money 2013-06-27T15:06:41Z "Anything said from the ramparts of the Red Fort is always replete with national pride and national pride is written very largely and boldly on this mission," according to Mr Bagla. India Mars launch stokes space race 2013-10-20T21:50:02Z You can’t just build walls of secrecy around vast provinces of government, and rain death from the ramparts on people who try to get around them. Why Leak Investigations Don't Stop Leaks 2013-06-07T16:32:45Z Bulldozers and backhoes were carting stones and piling sand, assembling what appeared to be ramparts. Southampton Homeowners Build Barricades to Hold Back Sea 2013-04-18T02:30:39Z In the regional centre Diyarbakir, a city of anonymous apartment blocks ringed by centuries-old ramparts, the conflict eats into the heart of families and friendships. Turkey's Kurds see best hope yet of end to three-decade war 2013-03-14T06:07:37Z The business community once again took to the ramparts and collectively said “no” to being tied to their desktops. The Bring Your Own Software Trend - And Why It Will Be Brief 2013-03-07T17:37:56Z But armoured fleets bear aloft on their decks a rampart of towers, so that fighting may like place even at sea as from the walls of a fortress. How the sharksucker got its suction disc 2013-02-04T15:45:05.517Z When she was supposed to sing the words "O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming," Aguilera instead repeated an earlier line, with a slight variation - drawing plenty of attention on Twitter. AP Source: Alicia Keys to sing Super Bowl anthem 2013-01-18T16:42:26Z The president’s Asia, however, lies not on the wind-swept ramparts of the Great Wall of China but in the tropical swelter of Singapore and Indonesia. Obama’s Evolution to a Tougher Line on China 2012-09-20T21:30:16Z Buried in woods, he found the remains of an ancient rampart wall. France's ancient Alesia dispute 2012-08-27T00:15:47Z For them, the indispensable-man theory had kicked in, the notion that all would be lost without the familiar ruler on the ramparts. City Room: The Day: Trying to Imagine City Hall After Bloomberg 2012-08-07T13:11:59Z He took a treacherous shortcut, galloping up the long, steep, grassy sides of the tee box as if attacking a rampart. U.S. Open: 2012 U.S. Open: Woods Plays With Precision 2012-06-15T01:26:20Z Little remains today of the original ramparts, apart from two massive stones, housed in a museum. Euro 2012: A soccer fan's walking guide to Kiev 2012-06-04T09:10:04Z “No enterprise or individual is allowed to use the city ramparts in Nanjing for commercial purposes,” Nanjing Cultural Relics Bureau captain Wu Jing told the BBC. Ferrari Apologizes For Damaging Ancient Chinese Wall 2012-05-11T04:40:00Z The slaughtered flocks show that a great number of my disciples will die; and the breastplate near me symbolizes the ramparts of Al-Madinah which alone can save us from disaster. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z I met Cl�mence upon the stairs just now, and she told me that I should find you here, tasting the morning air upon the ramparts. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z Of the Gibraltar militant, the fortress and the key to the Mediterranean, you can see but the little that lies open to you and to every one along the ramparts. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z It is an enclosure measuring 112 ft. east and west by 198 north and south, surrounded with high rampart walls of masonry similar in size and dressing to that of the Jerusalem Haram walls. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Its earthen rampart must have been of a good height, when it served as a sepulchre for Laoghaire with his body in an erect position, with its face turned southward, against the Leinstermen. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Scarcely had they passed the ramparts, when they were rejoined by a troop of six hundred men, all well-armed. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z He walked on then towards the ramparts with his arms crossed upon his chest, and his eyes bent upon the ground. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z To further protect the north from a land attack there is at the base of the Rock and below the ramparts a great moat, bridged by an apparently solid piece of masonry. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z These ramparts are ascribed by architectural authorities to the Herodian period. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z During the writer’s last visit to this historic spot he met a small farmer whose potatoes were planted over part of the obliterated fosse and rampart of this famous stronghold of Ulster. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z On our behalf, its inhabitants abandon their tools that will serve to undermine their ramparts and dig their graves.' The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z The city gates truly were thrown wide open, but not a soldier could be seen either there or upon the ramparts, neither was there any sign of defence whatsoever. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z Houses reach up to it from the first level of the ramparts, and continue on up the hill from its other side. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z The night was dark, the stars being constantly hidden by dense masses of drifting clouds, while the wind howled mournfully amid the trees that lined the roadway within the ramparts. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z There is hardly a vestige of antiquity to be seen on the summit of Knock Aillinn save the vast earthen rampart. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z A small market-town, surrounded by ramparts, stands now upon its site ... The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z I had forgotten all about the dog, but when we came to the rampart, above the Bastion du Matte, I suddenly saw exactly such an animal as the one described, trotting beneath us. Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas 2012-04-21T02:00:22.650Z And in this forbidden territory are great cannon which are worked from the lowest ramparts. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z The Ville Close, surrounded by ramparts and entered by a massive gateway flanked by machicolated towers, consists of narrow quiet streets bordered by houses of the 16th and 17th centuries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z But no vestige of house or rampart can be traced on the hill of Allen. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z From the top of their ramparts, the dwellers in Al-Madinah looked down on a sight that made their agriculturists' hearts bleed. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z Since dawn I have been on the ramparts to marshal the defence, and you meanwhile are raising a tumult at our backs. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z Some of them, as Glacier Peak and Shuksan, are so environed with mountain ramparts and almost impassable cañons as to be practically unknown. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z The gigantic rampart was unflanked, and the covered ways in the face of it subject to enfilade from end to end. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z There were two lines of earthen ramparts round it, but they have nearly disappeared. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Urged on by the spur of victory, the Prophet pursued the fugitives to the foot of the ramparts of Taif and tried to take the town. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z For eleven months he has been breaking his teeth against the ramparts of the city, and he would dismiss us with a smile. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z As soon as the season arrived when the moths terminate their short lives, the bees, no longer fearing an invasion, pulled down their rampart. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Under a heavy fire Corporal Rosenfeld, of the Bechuanaland Volunteers, and myself undertook and accomplished the one, while at night the work upon the rampart was begun. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z A dun through which ran roads under heroes through five ramparts. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z He tore from its hinges the heavy door of the ramparts and it served him as a shield in place of the one broken in the fight. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z The ramparts are crumbling, The gates broken down. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z Some of the old fortifications of the town remain, but the ramparts and ditches have been laid out as promenades. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Possibly it is the sturdy appearance of our ramparts which have caused the Boers to bring their heavy artillery to bear upon our mud brick walls. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z In his poem in praise of the prowess of Leinstermen, he says, that they “unyoked their horses on the ramparts of clerical Cashel.” Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z The sight of the ten thousand sparkling spears that made the plain look like a field of darts, produced, nevertheless, a great impression on the Believers lining the ramparts. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z The two sentries stand at the extreme edge of the ramparts to leave room for the king and his train to pass. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z The town consists of an old and a new part, and is surrounded by ramparts which have been converted into promenades. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z And still we live, with just sufficient spirit to jeer across our ramparts at the enemy. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Long ago as it is since Rathcroghan was the seat of kings or queens of Connacht, some traces of the surrounding ramparts would almost certainly be yet visible had they ever existed. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Mohammad having accepted the offer, seized upon Sa'b easily, and thanks to the machines he found therein, which he used to destroy the ramparts, he captured the remaining fortresses of Natha, one after the other. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z On the ramparts, last night, this man heard Jeremiah inciting Baruch to desert to the enemy. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z Even now, they had come forth upon the ramparts to berate her with her sin. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Eventually a rampart of ice was erected about the little vessel, which had to be continually watched and repaired, on account of the damage received from the pressure of surrounding ice. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z The whole top of the hill is surrounded by a mighty rampart of earth, four hundred yards in diameter, that encloses over twenty acres. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Ali went towards the fortress, planting in the ground, close to the ramparts, the white flag on which stood out in bold relief, embroidered in black letters, the Islamic profession of faith. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z Other black dots were unceremoniously pitched off the lower ramparts into the ditch below. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z They passed me with averted eyes, and hurried towards a little postern which flanked the old tower, and opened on the ramparts. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z Pistols cracked, sabres gleamed, and deadly blows were dealt on either side, till a rampart of the slain and wounded was raised high between the furious combatants. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z Old men living in the locality say that the ramparts were for many years planted with potatoes. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z And rider after rider spurred round his snorting horse; The lady Kunigunde Saw him vanish o'er the rampart, and never felt remorse. In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z For not only did the robber chieftain provide her with an escort, but he ordered the ramparts to be manned, and a general salute to be fired in her honour. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z It was an old walled city, the ramparts and gateways of which must have been built centuries before, in the days when China was harassed and ravaged by continual internecine wars. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z When a gallant English volunteer died on the ramparts, he exclaimed that he lost his life gladly in a cause so just for a nation so heroic. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z It was a strong fortification, with ramparts of earth, faced with brick on the side looking down the Ohio. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Through the doorway, above the rampart of the stockade, he could see the march of the tropical stars, as the Southern Cross dropped lower and lower in the heavens. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z Originally, a bulwark or rampart of fortification or fortified town. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z |
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