• But the hills used to be sown with maize and the wildflowers are a sign that the workforce has left the fields fallow to toil in more profitable ones in the United States.

    ECONOMIST: The recession up north bites in rural Mexico

  • S. Storrs orated at the unveiling, "but while the hills remain on their ancient foundations!"

    WSJ: In Brooklyn, G Marks the Spot

  • We went hunting, but now the hills are logged, the rivers are dry and soon there will be nothing left.

    BBC: Battling Siberia's devastating illegal logging trade

  • Only time will tell if Chu's faith in the project proves founded, but the Mission Hills group has already established itself as a host venue of leading professional tournaments.

    CNN: The world's craziest crazy golf course?

  • The race was expected to be settled not in Manhattan but in the rolling hills of upstate New York, where 45 percent of New Yorker voters live.

    CNN: Hillary Rodham Clinton scores historic win in New York

  • Whitaker's house is nice, but the rest of the Peachtree Hills subdivision looks older than its five years, with ragged lawns, boarded-up windows and scrawny playground equipment.

    NPR: An Achilles' Heel In Charlotte's Housing Market

  • More snow is likely in the Pennines and Scottish and Welsh hills but the Environment Agency has warned about flooding in some areas.

    BBC: Motorway crash in Oldham amid further ice warnings

  • But the deal unraveled after the Beverly Hills oilfield, since sold, returned to haunt Gibbs.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Far off the main roads, tourism here is even sparser than the route from Lushoto to Mtae, but the violet-covered hills and butterfly-filled cloud forests do lure some visitors, who can access the park independently or through a tour.

    BBC: A tranquil slice of Tanzania

  • The Rwandan Interahamwe may still be at large, killing people in the hills, but they do not rate high in the townspeople's priorities.

    ECONOMIST: Congo and Rwanda: Get out of our country | The

  • Michael Hills held Steenberg up as Etlaala and Beckermet set a furious pace considering the good to soft ground but as the leaders began to fade, Hills unleashed his mount with his run.

    BBC: SPORT | Other Sport... | Horse Racing | Musidora success for Short Skirt

  • President Castro reminded Grenadians that Cuban workers had not only built the island's first international airport but razed several hills and reclaimed land from the sea to build it on.

    BBC: News | Americas | Castro welcomed to Grenada

  • The shape was carved into the hills in the early 19th Century but has been gradually "degraded" over time, according to Ordnance Survey.

    BBC: Osmington White Horse undergoes turf cutting

  • The beams of my headlights lit up hedges, hills, obelisks, but the girl, Diana, was nowhere to be seen.

    NEWYORKER: The Daughters of the Moon

  • It had not only the world's second-highest waterfall but also the wondrous Valley of a Thousand Hills, which had been created, said the Zulus, when God crumpled the world in his hands just at the point of discarding it in disgust...before deciding against it and over the years, even into its declining days, it had remained a haunting source and setting for the storytellers of the country.

    NPR: One Boy's Heroism in the Face of AIDS

  • Mr. Lyle won't say how much he pays Three Hills, but the interest rate is in the double digits.

    WSJ: Dialing Up Dollars for Divorce

  • The A9 was closed in both directions for part of Thursday afternoon between Ballinluig and Dunkeld after water flooded down from the hills, but has reopened.

    BBC: Scottish flood alerts as rain hits travel

  • One study comparing northern Scotland with the Chilterns, both areas where red kites (one of Britain's rarer raptors) were reintroduced in 1989, found only 41 Scottish pairs by 2006 but 320 in the southern English hills.

    ECONOMIST: Technology to the rescue

  • His blog that night complained about the cross-country course's hills but promised to begin training for a half-marathon the next day.

    CNN: 'The Beast' races to lose 100 pounds

  • McDowell's final round was the highest score by a US Open champion since Andy North's 74 at Oakland Hills in 1985 but he joins the illustrious list of Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Tom Kite and Woods as US Open winners at the iconic California course.

    BBC: US Open: Graeme McDowell triumphs at Pebble Beach

  • But the Northeast has long, winding hills that locals call Little Switzerland.

    WSJ: A Ride Across Iowa

  • This end was left deliberately open not only to provide views of the hills close by but to allow the strong mistral wind to ventilate the pitch.

    BBC: Stade Louis II

  • Curley and his team needed the permission of the owners of the complex before committing to the costly project, but Mission Hills' chairman Dr. Ken Chu is an enthusiastic backer.

    CNN: The world's craziest crazy golf course?

  • It was a good deal less welcoming now, as a silhouette against a gunmetal sky, but there was something high in the hills that beckoned him: an orange glow between the trees.

    NEWYORKER: Max at Sea

  • In a celebrity-saturated culture, it can be difficult for adults to draw the line between what is acceptable behavior and what may work in the fantasy land that exists in the Hollywood Hills, but isn't actually real-world appropriate.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Given that odours can cue recall of a memory - an "earthy" flavour might evoke the joys of the hills and valleys to one person, but an unpleasant damp-in-the-basement experience to another.

    BBC: Is there really a north-south water taste divide?

  • We were a little wary at the first when we heard about tying RFID so closely to our monies, and that Chase Bank blink card of ours has been collecting dust ever since it showed up in the mail, but the latest failings of RFID "security" have us running for the hills -- tin foil hat in tow.

    ENGADGET: UK's ATM cards thoroughly trounced by ID thieves

  • One day, on one of our trips, Corky went to visit a friend in the hills above West Hollywood but missed a turn.

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  • According to Pacifico she first bought a Prodeco to help her bike the hills of her town but she soon found herself bicycling the 20 miles to work, and back, every day.

    FORBES: Green Gear Test - Folding Electric Bikes

  • The road petered out in an area with little valleys, ridges, hills, and peaks, but it was not the contours of the land that created the uneven surface but, rather, the layers of things that had been thrown away: everything that the consumerist city had used up and expelled so that it could immediately enjoy the pleasure of handling new things had ended up in this unprepossessing neighborhood.

    NEWYORKER: The Daughters of the Moon

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