Sentence examples for top of tanks from inspiring English sources

"These people came in on top of tanks," said Emad Shahin, a political scientist at the American University in Cairo.

Within hours, war tourists were everywhere, posing for camera-phone pictures in front of the destroyed vehicles or on top of tanks holding up their fingers in triumphal "V" signs.

#Egypt http://t.co/XnpnOs9L — Reem Abdellatif ريم (@Reem_Abdellatif) 7 Dec 12 Sarah El-Deeb of the Associated Press reported on Twitter that some of the protesters even climbed on top of tanks stationed around the building and stood next to the soldiers, as they did during the anti-Mubarak protests in Tahrir Square last year.

Trasnistria's birthday party was full of the tropes any grand dictatorial spectacle worth its weight in salt requires: War veterans and government dignitaries carrying a flag down the central podium; kids out in force, waving banners and spinning choreographed gymnastic routines, convoys of display floats stuttering by, and the city's prettiest young hopefuls standing on top of tanks.

Trasnistria's birthday party was full of the tropes any good grand dictatorial spectacle requires: War veterans and government dignitaries carrying a flag down the central podium; kids out in force, waving banners and spinning choreographed gymnastic routines, convoys of display floats stuttering by and the city's prettiest young hopefuls stood on top of tanks.

Girl climbed to top of tank, donned Aqua-Lung, submerged.

In this method, several prefabricated units or modules of "tube settlers" are installed near the tops of tanks in order to increase their effective surface area.

She also lived for some time at a Mujahideen training camp in Iraq, singing from the tops of tanks by way of encouragement.

In the 1930s, when Japan and Russia had a series of border skirmishes, Russia convinced a fighting force of mine-carrying dogs that all open hatches like the ones on the tops of tanks—had delicious food inside them.

Mr. Dohlin speculated that even though the floodwaters had poured into the top of the tanks, the cold ocean water must have sat on top of the tank water, "striated," as it were.

After a couple of years, the solids may come to the top of the tank, and the tank will have to be pumped out.