Thus, when the Americans built the levees, they exchanged a large risk of small floods for a small risk of large floods. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
The world -- the word levee comes from the French word "to raise.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 18, 2008] Reference
Water flowing over a levee is not a breached levee. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » After Levees Failed, Bush Had “A Sense of Relaxation”] Reference
The bile that spills over their levee is unimpeded. From Wordnik.com. [No one is in charge « BuzzMachine] Reference
Unlike a dam, a levee is breached when it is overtopped. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » After Levees Failed, Bush Had “A Sense of Relaxation”] Reference
“Water flowing over a levee is not a breached levee.”. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » After Levees Failed, Bush Had “A Sense of Relaxation”] Reference
I write this column a week and a day after the main levee protecting New Orleans breached. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Brit Hume: Governors Wanted FEMA To Be Incompetent] Reference
Question: The new portion of the "levee" -- What are the dimensions and how deep is it?. From Wordnik.com. [Georgianne Nienaber: The Floods: Army Corps Says PR Firms Transform "Babblers" into "Spokespersons"] Reference
Last time I checked, a levee was a human structure. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » New Orleans Two Years After Katrina:] Reference
When the boats arrived the scene on the levee was a very animated one. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Immigrant] Reference
Mr Wiebusch said the Ovens and King rivers threaten to break a levee at Wangaratta. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
The levee is the crowning work of bank revetment, although not necessarily in immediate connection. From Wordnik.com. [Life on the Mississippi] Reference
The rodents dug holes through the levee, which is the 36th in the region to fail in the last two weeks. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 27, 2008] Reference
State Emergency Service (SES) spokesman Lachlan Quick says the levee is a major concern for authorities. From Wordnik.com. [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
Everything wet is run by the levee Board (including the graft) and everything is called a levee - by folks. From Wordnik.com. [Dvorak Uncensored] Reference
River Road levee, which is about a half mile downstream from the Guide Meridian bridges along the north bank. From Wordnik.com. [The News Tribune - Tacoma - - HOMEPAGE] Reference
The rodents dug holes through the levee, which is the 36th in the region to fall -- to fail in the last two weeks. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 27, 2008] Reference
Thus was born the almost laughable spectacle in Versailles of the daily royal dressing, know as the levee (rising). From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Status Symbols and the American Express Black Card] Reference
Now, another section, of course, that was badly flooded because of the overtopping of the levee is the lower 9th Ward. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2005] Reference
The levee was the centerpiece of plans to make the 900-acre swamp a winter home for ducks and other migratory waterfowl. From Wordnik.com. [Eyewitness News] Reference
Did they ever stop to consider that superglue might have better long-term levee strengthening abilities than paper mache?. From Wordnik.com. [Your Right Hand Thief] Reference
Some owners found willing buyers who based their purchase decision on the assumption the levee was a trustworthy, permanent installation. From Wordnik.com. [IdahoStatesman.com News Updates] Reference
But both Sewell and City Manager William Whitson warn that building a levee is a very detailed process and could take up to twenty years. From Wordnik.com. [WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga News, Weather, Radar, Sports, Lottery : News] Reference
The levee is about to break. From Wordnik.com. [Three more superdelegates for Obama] Reference
We cast off from the "levee" on Sunday, April the 20th. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner] Reference
So this is the 17th Street Canal levee which is doing quite well now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 9, 2005] Reference
The term "levee," as originally used, meant literally a king's getting up. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
COOPER: Well, when you heard the word "levee," you think protection, safety, security. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 3, 2006] Reference
I always notice when the ads stop the music after "levee," and I always sing the end of the chorus. From Wordnik.com. [Chevys Kill Me] Reference
A second earthwork inside the "levee" creates a ramp up to the ferry. From Wordnik.com. [New Orleans Saints Central] Reference
I asked him publicly if there is any "levee," that is, a vice district, in Jerusalem. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade] Reference
About a score of resorts in the same "levee," all of them extremely flagrant, are managed by Jews. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade] Reference
The streets nearest the levee were the worst hit. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
We have not breached the levee at this point in time. From Wordnik.com. [Who Knew What?] Reference
A bulldozer operator says he saw a man walking on the levee shortly before it burst. From Wordnik.com. [Sabotage?] Reference
Patchworked and aging, the levee system was originally built to withstand a Category 3 hurricane. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost City] Reference
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