quicksands
11quick|sand — «KWIHK SAND», noun. 1. a very deep, soft, wet sand that will not hold up a person s weight. Quicksand may swallow up people and animals. 2. Figurative. »The roots of conflict, he believes, lie buried in the quicksands of human nature (Newsweek).… …
12Quicksand (disambiguation) — Quicksand may refer to:In geology: * Quicksand, loose, water logged sand which yields easily to weight or pressure * Dry quicksand, loose sand which yields easily to weight or pressureIn music: * Quicksand (song), a 1960s soul song recorded by… …
13George Periolat — Infobox actor name = George Periolat birthname = George E. Periolat birthdate = birth date|1874|2|5 birthplace = Chicago, Illinois, United States deathdate = death date and age|1940|2|20|1874|2|5 (suicide arsenic) deathplace = Los Angeles,… …
14Sybille Bedford — OBE (* 16. März 1911 in Berlin; † 17. Februar 2006 in London), geborene Freiin Sybille Aleid Elsa von Schoenebeck, war eine deutsch britische Journalistin und Schriftstellerin. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Werke …
15Howard Hawks — Nombre real Howard Winchester Hawks Nacimiento 30 de mayo de 1896 …
16quicksand — quicksandy, adj. /kwik sand /, n. a bed of soft or loose sand saturated with water and having considerable depth, yielding under weight and therefore tending to suck down any object resting on its surface. [1275 1325; ME qwykkesand. See QUICK,… …
17Aloof — A*loof , prep. Away from; clear from. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands. Milton. [1913 Webster] …
18Quicksand — Quick sand , n. Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of… …
19Gormenghast series — The Gormenghast series is a series of books written by Mervyn Peake centered around Castle Gormenghast and the character Titus Groan.Works in the seriesThe cycle consists of three novels, Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950) and Titus Alone… …
20Columbus, Nebraska —   City   Bridge carrying U.S. Highway 30 and U.S. Highway 81 across the Loup River at Columbus …
