| There was a sense of urgency today as cleanup workers tried to head off oil slicks before they reached Spanish beaches and the fishing grounds. |
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| An unassuming and quiet woman from Norway runs a coastal rehabilitation unit that rescues beaches from oil slicks. |
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| To the north and south are sandpits and marshes so thick they resemble oil slicks. |
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| The dastardly arsenal ranges from missiles, flares and flamethrowers to mines, barrel bombs and chaos-causing oil slicks. |
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| The surface was like a thick clay which clogged up the tyre treads, turning them into slicks. |
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| In the last couple of days new slicks have been spotted off the northern coast of Asturias and the area has been put on high alert. |
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| This produced frantic activity on the grid as drivers decided whether to stay with wet tyres or change to slicks. |
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| It's never much fun driving over snow or ice on slicks, although I have gained a lot of experience and confidence in this sort of situation. |
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| Although the stories are not his best work, he and his agent must have been pleased to receive the higher rates that the slicks were paying. |
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| Before, she allowed herself to be pulled like a wishbone by sponsors, agents and other corporate slicks. |
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| What looks like oil slicks slither across the surface, multiple colors twisting over each other. |
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| Information on the Web can be more timely, he adds, and cuts down the lead time the network needs for preparing bill stuffers and ad slicks. |
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| Spain said yesterday it had spotted four oil slicks, including one near the wreckage, about 150 miles off the Galician coast. |
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| Two oil slicks have already washed ashore in the Galician region of Spain, contaminating one of the most productive ocean fisheries and shellfish beds in Europe. |
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| Seeing the eerie slicks and eddies of the water racing through at seven knots while a lonely cormorant beats its way up the sound is almost sinisterly memorable. |
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| Northerly winds and currents will tend to drive oil slicks towards the spectacular seabird and seal colonies of Cape Terpeniya and Tyulenniy Island. |
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| Picturesque coastal areas hit by the Prestige oil tanker spill were facing a fresh deluge of sludge yesterday, with fierce winds blowing slicks in from the Atlantic. |
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| A naked dancer held a towel around his waist as he slicks back his hair in the ladies toilets. |
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| A shadow slicks its way across the pavement and up the closed front door of the hotel, hinting at the coolness within, a place of retreat and withdrawal. |
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| This food comes minus the usual slicks of oil and unnatural colourings. |
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| The high-cheekboned actor wears a leather jacket and turtleneck and slicks back his hair in Out of the furnace. |
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| Slicks have no tread and are used for best traction on a dry track. |
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| The floating oil slicks put the shoreline at particular risk when they eventually come ashore, covering the substrate with oil. |
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| As the geanticline rose upwards, nappes glided off like slicks from the back of an emerging whale. |
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| The standardized slicks supplied by premium manufacturer and title sponsor Hankook impressed on the sand-strewn surface at the Dubai Autodrome. |
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| Jovino slicks up the action on these six-guns and the DA pull was very smooth. |
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| The subsequent oil slicks that reached the coast resulted in severe ecological and economic consequences for the Galician coast and the Bay of Biscay. |
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| And lastly, Heath Kirchart is said to have a Spy Hunter car that emits smoke screens and oil slicks against any van filled with handrail-hungry youngsters. |
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| The Flower Box features two bright and bold spring batik designs and contains 14 Slicks chocolates, thin chocolate disks filled with an assortment of chocolate ganaches. |
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