A ha-ha is a little landscape trick from 18th-century England: a sunken fence or ditch used to keep the cows at a picturesque distance from the manor house.
The letter, which went on to describe the plight of birds in that region, was simultaneously erudite, colloquial, mocking, and sincere; it contained a reference to Pierre Bourdieu's "Les Règles de l'Art," an aside on the Balkan war, an untranslated passage in German, armed Italians, alarmed park rangers, great bustards, spotted crakes, "ditch" used as a verb, and the phrase "fucking it up".
Harlech is built from local grey-green sandstone, with large, regular blocks used for the towers and irregular material, possibly taken from the ditch, used for the walls.
After a review of only seven weeks, the shortest ever for a cancer drug, the Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a new drug for last-ditch use by patients with colorectal cancer.
C1 F.D.A. Approves Cancer Drug After the shortest review ever for a cancer drug, federal regulators approved Eloxitan, a drug for last-ditch use by patients with colorectal cancer.
Likewise, they provide farmers and action agencies with supportive data for selection of vegetation in drainage ditches used as management practices.
Lower elevation Waipā contains streamflow diversions and water transport via ditches used to irrigate the vegetable taro (Colocasia esculenta [Linnaeus] Schott).
In theory, this should be used with consent — to make it faster to add new connections and ditch the use of business cards.
Several big poultry producers, such as Perdue Farms and Tyson Food, have promised to reduce or ditch antibiotics use.
In Birmingham, the police responded to concerns from sex workers by ditching the use of asbos and aggressive policing tactics in favour of "softly-softly" tactics.
Yet if, even after all the tinkering, you still find your relish, sauce or compote too standoffish, here's a last-ditch suggestion: use it as a dessert accompaniment served over, say, ice cream or pumpkin pie.
