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In the late 1980s, there was a dramatic step-like drop in the amount of snow falling in the Swiss Alps. Since then, snowfall has never recovered.
Gazex® 2008
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An example from the monastery of Seeon, produced in Salzburg (1400) and now in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich depicts Mary's body in a more prominent slouching S-form, while Christ's upper body falls backwards over the Virgin's outstretched arm, although his entire body retains some of the step-like form.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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These sculptures ranged in size, with the earliest tending to be monumental, and may have originated as a genre in the Middle Rhine and Swabian regions of Germany. 51 The early examples are distinguished by the upright posture of the Virgin and the rather rigid step-like position of Christ on her lap.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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A long white loincloth wraps most of his lower body, which is arranged in a step-like form much like the sculptural depictions.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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It is a relatively young mountain system, whose "step-like" morphology was contoured by the Pleistoceneic glaciation.
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In the late 1980s, there was a dramatic step-like drop in the amount of snow falling in the Swiss Alps.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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In addition to burning less fuel and producing less pollution than normal approaches which involve a succession of step-like descents, the new routes could help alleviate nagging environmental concerns from businesses and residents around main big airports.
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Dissected Ordovician dolomite and some sandstone, with step-like topography of level-crested buttes, lower benches, and bottomlands are common.
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Semi-circular pools occur in a step-like arrangement down the upper one-third of the slope; the steps range from 1-6 m.
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In the background, the step-like "counter" is clearly visible.
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