The novelist, who died this week, wrote sentences that slammed across the page.
Then, the tsunami slammed across the Indian Ocean from Indonesia to Sri Lanka.
Middle Eastern winters can be bitter, with snow in some areas and chilly winds slamming across the deserts.
The saba tree, Ms. Harris said, woke her up at 4 30 Sunday morning, slamming across her yard and onto her porch roof.
The slam poetry movement inspired hundreds of poetry slams across the United States, Canada, parts of Europe, and Japan, and slam poets influenced many aspects of modern culture, such as political movements, art, media, literature, and entertainment.
Amy Shuler Goodwin, director of communications for the office of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin of West Virginia, said "without question we are better prepared this time around than last time," referring to the freakishly powerful "derecho" line of storms that slammed across 700 miles of the Midwest and the mid-Atlantic in July.
In the week since comments surfaced from D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. suggesting that shady Jewish financiers control the weather and the federal government, White has been slammed across social media in the United States and around the world, and asked by some to resign.
In an open letter, published on the Atlantic Web site after he was slammed across the Internet, Parker mounted a vigorous defense of his special day—"none of the usual tasteless crap that rich people do at their weddings was present here"—disputing accusations of reckless mismanagement, and highlighting his ongoing efforts in "conservation work".
Predictably, the operation was immediately slammed across social media, and an impromptu rally was organized at Flinders Street Station.
