There was rarely a phone signal in the regions where we ventured, though at one of the high passes the young Nepali men in our expedition lined up to make calls, looking like regulars at a bar three miles high, scoured by wind, with hundred-mile views.
High winds scour away thin soils through erosion, as well as damage limbs and twigs.
The next day found us chewing up road like Grant took Richmond and about an hour into Arizona, tearing along at right near 100 miles per hour, one monster of a haboob decides to raise itself on high and scour the earth in hell sand.
Taking a page from China, the United States is now scouring high schools for hackers, identifying recruits with contests that aim to get students excited about cyberdefense.
Some tube hobbyists get around the high cost by scouring yard sales for old gear or by building their own sets from scratch.
Ms. Newman, who was appointed to a federal regulatory board by President Bush, said many of the alternative approaches suggested by Mr. Bush, including scouring high schools for minority candidates, would be more costly and time-consuming than using a formula.
But then again, Ryan added, he never imagined he would already be seeking a second Super Bowl title, particularly because it was only six years ago that he was spending much of his time scouring high school scouting reports in search of the rarest of football prospects — the ones with grades good enough to get into Harvard.
Scouring high and low for turtles, snakes, and frogs, he often turned up with rare species, which excited museum staff and provided new records for species distributions in southwestern Quebec.
In addition, diamicton from areas of high-intensity iceberg scouring tends to show a wider variety, higher frequency and distribution, more abundant and better-developed deformation structures than diamicton from areas of intermediate- and low-intensity iceberg scouring.
Cruise companies increase cleaning and disinfecting procedures if there is an outbreak, including scouring "high-touch" areas of ships, like banisters and elevator buttons.
