— I shifted my neck and forced my head as far back against the pillow as it would go, so that I was able to squint down the vast slope of my chest and get a look at the medal the President had devised as a token of his gratitude.
Later, in my boredom and the solitude that ground me down till my consciousness floated free Rosa, Rosa, where are you?—I shifted my neck and forced my head as far back against the pillow as it would go, so that I was able to squint down the vast slope of my chest and get a look at the medal the President had devised as a token of his gratitude.
While savoring the solitude at the summit, peer into the vast, sloping crater at your feet or scan the landscape for landmarks like the Sky Tower and One Tree Hill, another substantial volcanic mound that is crowned with an obelisk.
Many changes have been made to the ground, concrete terracing replaced railway sleepers on the vast slopes of the bowl and stands have been knocked down and rebuilt.
On his smartphone Jean Sebastien shows me pictures of the scene as he found it, smoke coming out of the vast slopes covered with debris and burned pieces of metal.
Unlike US resorts where everything on mountain is owned by the operator, the vast slopes here are dotted with stellar individually owned mom and pop alpine restaurants, many with outdoor seating, and while ski cuisine has improved immensely in the States in recent years, it is just a much more enjoyable experience and more vital part of the ski day here.
Two dozen brightly colored tents dotted the vast, crevassed slope like beach towels on the dunes of the Sahara.
Last fall, every man, woman and child in Alaska received a $1,963.86 check from the state -- the annual dividend paid from the royalties the state receives for the huge oil operations in the vast North Slope fields along the Arctic Ocean.
Now, citing the same theory of individual rights, anti-abortion forces argue vehemently, and with increasing success, for the "pre-born". Modern diagnostic technology and advances in genetics help in two ways: by showing what a fetus looks like in utero, and by raising concerns that abortion is just the top of a vast slippery slope, the bottom of which is a hell of artificially created mutants.
The Hotel Refugi dels Isards is a stone's throw from the vast, sunny slopes of Pas de la Casa.
One vast, steeply sloping roof shelters the Diele, a large central threshing floor, and the living quarters and stables are grouped around it.
