Double Eagle I — was a helium balloon piloted by Ben Abruzzo and Maxie Anderson in a failed attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 1977. The balloon launched from Marshfield, Massachusetts on September 9. After being blown off course by stormy weather, the team… … Wikipedia
ditch — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abri, abysm, abyss, adit, alight, approach trench, aqueduct, arch dam, arroyo, backstop, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier, bear trap dam, beaver dam, beg, boom, box canyon, breach, break, breakwater … Moby Thesaurus
double — Synonyms and related words: Doppelganger, Janus like, Machiavellian, Photostat, Xerox, aberrancy, aberration, accelerate, act for, actual thing, agent, aggravate, alternate, alternative, ambidextrous, ambiguous, amplify, analogy, artful, at full… … Moby Thesaurus
Double Bloob — Infobox VG title=Double Bloob developer=Nibris, Blobber Team publisher= released= TBA 08 genre=Puzzle Game modes= ratings= platforms=PC, Wii, Nintendo DS, XBLA requirements= input=Double Bloob is an upcoming title for the Nintendo DS to be… … Wikipedia
Grim's Ditch — or Grim s Dyke (also Grimsdyke in derivative names) is a name shared by a number of bank and ditch earthworks. Enigmatic in both their naming and original function, examples are found across the chalk uplands of southern England. [See table]… … Wikipedia
Crossing the Ditch — Route of the trans Tasman kayak crossing Crossing the Ditch was the effort of adventurers Justin Jones and James Castrission to become the first to cross the Tasman Sea and travel from Australia to New Zealand by sea kayak. Setting off from… … Wikipedia
Motte-and-bailey — A motte and bailey is a form of castle, with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch an … Wikipedia
Scots' Dike — The Scots Dike or dyke is a three and a half mile / 5.25 km long linear earthwork, constructed by the English and the Scots in the year 1552Mack, James Logan (1926). The Border Line. Pub. Oliver Boyd. P. 94.] to mark the division of the Debatable … Wikipedia
Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… … Universalium
Saalburg — The Saalburg is a Roman fort located on the Taunus ridge northwest of Bad Homburg, Hesse, Germany. It is a Cohort Fort belonging to the Limes Germanicus, the Roman linear border fortification of the German provinces. The Saalburg, located just… … Wikipedia
