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Sen. McConnell is leading his members into a box canyon, they staked out an unsustainable position, and they won't be able to hold it. – Adam Jentleson	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The parks do not belong to one state or to one section, the Yosemite, the Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon are national properties in which every citizen has a vested interest; they belong as much to the man of Massachusetts, of Michigan, of Florida, as they do to the people of California, of Wyoming, and of Arizona. – Stephen Mather	Found on CNN 8 years ago
They popularized the idea of the beauty of America, as Western exploration continued, and we encountered these places out West, including the geysers of Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. – John Nagle	Found on CNN 8 years ago
You're fighting against your friends; you're dogfighting in the skies; you're flying over a canyon in an X-Wing in an all-out battle, i think people will really appreciate the different types of scenarios we've brought to life that they can enjoy them whether they are playing by yourself or split screen on the couch with a friend or our larger battles. – Sigurlina Ingvarsdottir	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It'll be quiet, really chilly, the air will be still. The moon sparkles on the snow and the canyon has a moonlit glow coming from it. It makes some of the cliff walls appear to glow. – Andy Pearce	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Keyhole Canyon is a short, narrow slot canyon located on the east side of Zion National Park, a permit is required for traveling through Keyhole Canyon and individuals must complete several short rappels under 30 feet and swim through several pools of water. – National Park Service	Found on CNN 8 years ago
In the flash flooding two occupied vehicles were hit by a large wall of water and debris at the Canyon Street Maxwell Crossing and were carried into the flood. – Washington County	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In the flash flooding two occupied vehicles were hit by a large wall of water and debris at the Canyon Street Maxwell Crossing and were carried into the Flood. – Washington County officials	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The Grand Canyon fills me with awe, you cannot improve on it. But what you can do is keep it for your children, your children's children and all who come after you, as the one great sight which every American should see. – Theodore Roosevelt	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We have discovered near-pristine, sheer-drop cliffs of over 1,968 feet and mapped structures that are rarely found in other parts of the ocean, it is truly a huge canyon. – Malcolm McCulloch	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
There is a lot of politics and money in play, rich countries tend to have more World World Heritage. Also, as the obvious places have been put on the list -- Great Wall, Grand Canyon, Pyramids, etc. -- ever more marginal sites have been added. – Gary Arndt	Found on CNN 9 years ago
This is a rare occurrence that took place because cool, damp air became trapped in the lower levels of the canyon, it was literally stuck underneath a warm layer of air just above. In the meteorological world, this is referred to as an inversion when the temperature actually warms with height (as opposed to it cooling with a rise in altitude). – Van Dam	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. – Don Marquis	added by anonymous 14 years ago
With what you don't know about me, I could just about fill the Grand Canyon. – Kevin Smith	added by anonymous 14 years ago
For thousands of years, father and son have stretched wistful hands across the canyon of time, each eager to help the other to his side, but neither quite able to desert the loyalties of his contemporaries. The relationship is always changing and hence always fragile nothing endures except the sense of difference. – Alan Valentine	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Sen. McConnell is leading his members into a box canyon, they staked out an unsustainable position, and they won't be able to hold it.

– Adam Jentleson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The parks do not belong to one state or to one section, the Yosemite, the Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon are national properties in which every citizen has a vested interest; they belong as much to the man of Massachusetts, of Michigan, of Florida, as they do to the people of California, of Wyoming, and of Arizona.

– Stephen Mather

Found on CNN
8 years ago

– John Nagle

Found on CNN
8 years ago

You're fighting against your friends; you're dogfighting in the skies; you're flying over a canyon in an X-Wing in an all-out battle, i think people will really appreciate the different types of scenarios we've brought to life that they can enjoy them whether they are playing by yourself or split screen on the couch with a friend or our larger battles.

– Sigurlina Ingvarsdottir

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It'll be quiet, really chilly, the air will be still. The moon sparkles on the snow and the canyon has a moonlit glow coming from it. It makes some of the cliff walls appear to glow.

– Andy Pearce

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Keyhole Canyon is a short, narrow slot canyon located on the east side of Zion National Park, a permit is required for traveling through Keyhole Canyon and individuals must complete several short rappels under 30 feet and swim through several pools of water.

– National Park Service

Found on CNN
8 years ago

In the flash flooding two occupied vehicles were hit by a large wall of water and debris at the Canyon Street Maxwell Crossing and were carried into the flood.

– Washington County

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In the flash flooding two occupied vehicles were hit by a large wall of water and debris at the Canyon Street Maxwell Crossing and were carried into the Flood.

– Washington County officials

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The Grand Canyon fills me with awe, you cannot improve on it. But what you can do is keep it for your children, your children's children and all who come after you, as the one great sight which every American should see.

– Theodore Roosevelt

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

We have discovered near-pristine, sheer-drop cliffs of over 1,968 feet and mapped structures that are rarely found in other parts of the ocean, it is truly a huge canyon.

– Malcolm McCulloch

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

There is a lot of politics and money in play, rich countries tend to have more World World Heritage. Also, as the obvious places have been put on the list -- Great Wall, Grand Canyon, Pyramids, etc. -- ever more marginal sites have been added.

– Gary Arndt

Found on CNN
9 years ago

This is a rare occurrence that took place because cool, damp air became trapped in the lower levels of the canyon, it was literally stuck underneath a warm layer of air just above. In the meteorological world, this is referred to as an inversion when the temperature actually warms with height (as opposed to it cooling with a rise in altitude).

– Van Dam

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

– Don Marquis

added by anonymous
14 years ago

With what you don't know about me, I could just about fill the Grand Canyon.

– Kevin Smith

added by anonymous
14 years ago

For thousands of years, father and son have stretched wistful hands across the canyon of time, each eager to help the other to his side, but neither quite able to desert the loyalties of his contemporaries. The relationship is always changing and hence always fragile nothing endures except the sense of difference.

– Alan Valentine

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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