The narrative spirals outwards and backwards to evoke, first, a world without seasons or colour, then the emergence of plant and animal life, then the time of human habitation, ending with a series of "prospects" of Britain which I think are among the best 20th-century nature writing.
The international community should not look the other way as violence spirals out of control.
He gazes softly, wisely, from falling curly locks – another Leonardo trait is a love of ringlets and spirals – and raises his right hand in benediction.
The more powerful they get, the more star players they buy and the more popular they become, the more money they make and the more they must maintain that popularity... and so it spirals.
Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 9.51pm AEST12:51 65 min: Hayne claims a devilish Thurston bomb, that spirals like a helix, and NSW are in all sorts trying to get out of their half.
But by pairing cylinders so their power strokes do not interfere with one another, the two exhaust streams can be injected into separate spirals (scrolls) in the turbocharger, causing it to spin more smoothly.
He placed her in a swirling gown within a blaze of gold rectangles, spirals and Egyptian symbols from which she looked out in nervous loveliness, the epitome of Vienna's Golden Age.
Thus when the currency falls, a one-off jump in import prices tends not to result in ongoing price-wage spirals.
A small mountain has a path that spirals down its slope, passing flats tucked neatly into the hillside.
Nevertheless, a more standard structure is a good test of Mr Mitchell's literary prowess, one that puts the distracting spirals of complex temporal leaps and multiple story lines deliberately out of reach.Mr Mitchell's facility proves as agile as ever.
Similar spirals of violence have been seen in the wake of interdiction efforts in Colombia.
