— like "a hard gale at sea, passing through the rigging of a close-reefed vessel".
By 1910, Martha was the sole survivor, an extraordinary fate for a bird whose ancestors had, in Audubon's words, sounded from a distance!—like "a hard gale at sea, passing through the rigging of a close-reefed vessel".
His decision is a blow to HSBC – the UK's largest bank – which faces a string of multimillion-pound fines from ongoing investigations in at least a dozen jurisdictions, spanning the rigging of benchmark interest rates to the manipulation of gold and silver prices.
The Green Movement is the name given to a loose and assorted collection of people who rose up spontaneously in 2009, angry at what they believed to be the rigging of the results of elections.
A previous demonstration in December, to protest at the alleged rigging of parliamentary elections, was broken up by police.
Open image in new window Fig. 13 Modular layout of the hydropower-driven water supply system (left), module setup at the test rig of the German pump manufacturer KSB AG (right) Open image in new window Fig. 14 Impressions of Bribin's construction phase.
Most of the Ogoni Nine's defence lawyers resigned at what they protested was the outrageous rigging of the trial; a number of prosecution witnesses later admitted they had been bribed to provide incriminating testimony.
The blowout preventer is at the top of the casing at the rig where it can be constantly observed and monitored.
There's something gleefully satisfying about the scene in BTTF Part II when Marty must clamber over the rigging at the top of the stage where he – the version of Marty from the first film – is playing Johnny B Goode to startled 50s teens, lest Biff's goons beat him up, thus preventing him returning for the first time to 1985 and so being erased from the world … again.
The sound of the rigging at night, when the sea is as still as a millpond.
