ЭТИМОЛОГИЯ СЛОВА HORSE LATITUDES
Referring either to the high mortality of horses on board ship in these latitudes or to dead horse (nautical slang: advance pay), which sailors expected to work off by this stage of a voyage.
КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «HORSE LATITUDES»
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Meet Chester Sprockett, former golden boy high school football star, now facing the prospect of middle-age alone, unemployed and stuck in a quagmire of personal and literary impotence as he pursues his lifelong ambition to write the great ...
Readers follow in the search for a beautiful but amoral woman by a husband who is determined to redeem her. In a series of dazzling flashes from the Southern California underworld, an extraordinary carnival of characters appears.
Paul Muldoon's new collection opens with a sonnet sequence, 'Horse Latitudes', written as the U.S. embarked on its foray into Iraq.
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Looking for the
Horse Latitudes
Looking for the Horse Latitudes is a poetry collection from poet and translator Miguel Gonzalez-Gerth.
Miguel Gonzalez-Gerth, 2007
Whenever you find yourself becalmed in the Horse Latitudes, It simply doesn't
pay to cop an attitude. Just trim your sails and sluggishly drift While giving
yourself over to introspection And the homeopathic healing of psychological rifts
And the ...
Sometimes the Horse Latitudes were carpeted for miles with a floating rictus of
palominos and Arab stallions, buoyedup bythe immense floating kelp beds and
their own churning internal gases.The HorseLatitudes were nota placeyou visited
, ...
As a consequence, this region is sometimes called the horse latitudes. From the
horse latitudes, some of the surface air moves back toward the equator. It does
not flow straight back, however, because the Coriolis force deflects the air,
causing ...
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Essentials of Meteorology: An Invitation to the Atmosphere
As a consequence, this region is sometimes called the horse latitudes. From the
horse latitudes, some of the surface air moves back toward the equator. It does
not flow straight back, however, because the Coriolis force deflects the air,
causing ...
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The Encyclopedia of World Climatology
John E. Oliver. HORSE LATITUDES Horse latitudes is a term used to describe
north and south Subtropical High atmospheric pressure belts. The term is now
used only rarely in modern studies. Marked by dry sinking air, these Subtropical
High ...
Escaping the wreckage of his old life, Ethan flees to Central America where he meets a woman whose sister he promises to rescue from a country on the brink of revolution.
НОВОСТИ, В КОТОРЫХ ВСТРЕЧАЕТСЯ ТЕРМИН «HORSE LATITUDES»
Здесь показано, как национальная и международная пресса использует термин
horse latitudes в контексте приведенных ниже новостных статей.
Altork: Down in the horse latitudes
They are named the horse latitudes because, much like in the doldrums, the sailors would find themselves unable to propel their boat, and they ... «Randolph Leader, Июл 15»
Life in the horse latitudes
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Always Nostalgic: John Rayburn
He wrote such best-selling books as “Low Man on a Totem Pole,” “Life in a Putty Knife Factory,” “Lost in the Horse Latitudes” and “Rhubarb,” the ... «Valley morning Star, Июл 15»
What We Do, Explained by Others
What will trigger rapid moves in either direction and out of the current financial horse latitudes is anybody's guess. There's a big vote in Greece ... «Town Hall, Июл 15»
H is for Horse
At the pub, my friend offered 'Horse Latitudes' by The Doors. Which, obviously, prompted a Jim Morrison impersonation, ably aided by the most ... «Hindu Business Line, Июл 15»
by: AUSTRALIAN POETRY: AIDAN COLEMAN
... source of consciousness is dissipated and ecological themes are foregrounded with millennial foreboding, as in Horse Latitudes: ''The gyre. «The Australian, Июл 15»
Doors guitarist Robby Krieger, coming to Bethlehem, still rocks the …
Some tracks are being recorded at Krieger's new studio Horse Latitudes. The studio's name is inspired by the little-known Doors song of the ... «Allentown Morning Call, Июн 15»
Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carrabba Reviews the Emo Revival
When I heard the stringy guitar I was expecting something like early Promise Ring circa Horse Latitudes, Texas Is The Reason, or Recess ... «Noisey, Июн 15»
Catching up on Iowa's TV times
Football and when football is on TV always are kind of big deals, but become really big deals, at least to me, during the horse latitudes. «The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines, Июн 15»
Playing it safe
Meanwhile, to stretch one last metaphor to the breaking point, the studio execs sit there, reeling in their self-created horse latitudes, gathering ... «Arkansas Online, Июн 15»
