It stops, and raises its long, sharp bill upwards, to look out across the water.
THE most graphic measure of the Iraq war's gravity is the body count, which has taken a sharp move upwards in recent weeks.
Or a sharp spike upwards in the price of oil could slow world growth.It is possible, too, that companies will look elsewhere for something to take the strain, perhaps by cutting back their stock-repurchase programmes, for example.
But there is also a rhetorical barometer the "Vietnam count"—and it too has made a sharp move upwards, with Ted Kennedy dubbing Iraq "Bush's Vietnam", Newsweek splashing "The Vietnam Factor" on its cover, and George Bush, in a rare press conference, dismissing the comparison as unhelpful.
Attendance took a sharp turn upwards during the 2001 season, Malmö FF's first season back in Allsvenskan after a season in Superettan.
Get a slightly wet brush and make several sharp strokes upwards.
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A dam of nonconductive plastic (3) was bonded onto this line, to divert the current upwards, thus creating a sharp transition in electric field intensity between electroporated and non-electroporated sections.
But the place lacks the commercial vibrancy that has propelled Dubai's sharp-elbowed aviation industry onwards and upwards.
In motocross events, children drive motorised vehicles, at upwards of highway speed, navigating sharp curves and flying over jumps.
