Dust drifts over the fields from the dry roads, the corn stubble begins to poke through, and the plows have left a margin of gritty slush and knocked down a mailbox or two.
I didn't put much effort into excelling in my studies until my final semester, when I rallied every ounce of give-a-shit I had left and plowed through my capstone courses.
In the Civil War, the sons of affluent merchants fought alongside field hands who had left their plows.
The money that the public company had left is then plowed into developing the formerly private company's products.
Now, advances in forecasting storms and removing snow -- backed by a battalion of sanitation workers, plows and salters -- have left Mayor Michael Bloomberg feeling so good about the job being done that he appeared Tuesday on "Late Night With David Letterman," touting the top 10 reasons to love the snow.
Charles Keener, a neighbor who moved to the area in 2009 unaware of the road-widening plans, said the last thing residents want is a bike path plowing through what little green space they have left.
One resident across the street from a post office put small American flags on top of a huge mound of snow that had been plowed into a parking space and left a note: "Thanks, U.S. Postal Service!
Stiefvater says crews had to use a plow to remove fries that spilled onto the road.
One of the more experienced climbers broke trail, plowing through 18 inches of fresh, sticky powder, which left a distinct path down to where the group had camped.
And for plowing here they use the spade or the old Scotch plow, though there has been a better plow in other places for fifty years.
