Planks

Above the Planks were the bathing-places for the smaller boys — Sleath's, the first bathing-place, where all new boys had to begin, until they had proved to the bathing men (three steady individuals, who were paid to attend daily through the summer to prevent accidents) that they could swim pretty decently, when they were allowed to go on to Anstey's, about one hundred and fifty yards below.

Tom Brown's Schooldays Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 1971

Planks of pigeon breast cooked sous-vide had that gelatinous texture which, whatever the reality, made it feel uncooked.

Restaurant review: Viajante 2012

Planks from an 18th-century ship stuck out of the mud at the World Trade Center site in New York City on Thursday.

Sailing Under the World Trade Center? 2010

Heard an excellent fellow on CBC this morning talking about his history of skiing, Two Planks and a Passion.

A Curmudgeon reports on the Opening Ceremonies 2010

The Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto have now all been fulfilled in the USA thanks to the Socialist Democrats….. just read it an weep.

Belmont Club » Double Down 2010

RARE DISCOVERY: Planks stick out of the mud of a 32-foot-long, 18th century boat that was found during construction at the World Trade Center site on Thursday.

Pictures of the Day: July 15 2010

Planks of pine and beech are stacked to season, and a few old army lorries with cranes mounted behind stand about in the wood yard before a small mountain range of sawdust piles.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

Planks of wood may have inscribed on them marks such as these: if there is any time when it does not harbor them, that means, according to Dummett, that the matter and energy within it do not exist at that time, and that it is therefore indistinguishable from a non-existent universe.

Backing Into an Evidentiary Standard for ID 2007

Planks of pine and beech are stacked to season, and a few old army lorries with cranes mounted behind stand about in the wood yard before a small mountain range of sawdust piles.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

Time as we know it is measured in a forward direction and will continue until the point of critical velocity … at which point time starts to reverse … and for a brief moment … the point where the Universe changes from expanding to contracting … time will again be zero … as in Planks Quantum.

Think Science, Cosmology and Philosophy 2007