(1) Shutters and balconies on building on Quai Frederic Mistral.

(2) When the mistral blew in winter, the view past Cannes revealed the peaks of Corsica; the coal stove in the kitchen yielded little hot water or heat.

(3) A mistral wind sent it south over a nearby motorway on one of the busiest travel days of the year as the French left for their summer holidays.

(4) Frederic Mistral is to Provence what Robert Burns is to Scotland, an iconic national poet who wrote in the local language - in this case Proven?al.

(5) Vessel is armed with two Simbad launchers for Mistral surface-to-air missiles, two 30-mm Breda-Mauser guns and 4 12.7 mm M2-HB Browning machine guns.

(6) Frederic Mistral, born not far from Arles, devoted his life to literature and Provence.

(7) The Mistral warship can carry 16 heavy helicopters, landing-craft and troops and can also act as a command and control vessel.

(8) "In November, the Mistral helicopter carrier will arrive on a visit to St. Petersburg, " the first deputy chief of the Navy general staff, Oleg Burtsev, told the news agency.

(9) North west winds become sporadic, except in Sardinia(sentencedict .com), where the Mistral settles in.

(10) Burtsev also confirmed that Russia was planning to purchase one of the Mistral warships and to construct a further four warships under license.

(11) Russian and French officials have confirmed Russia is in talks to buy a Mistral ship along with a license to produce at least four others.

(12) Among the first arms to be sent east will be the two Mistral helicopter carriers that Moscow agreed to buy from France late last year and are expected to arrive in Russian hands in late 2013.

(13) Putin said in an interview this week that a deal on the Mistral, which has been under negotiation for more than five months, is possible only if the vessel comes fully-equipped.

(14) Suddenly he felt the fresh and sharp night air and he knew that the mistral was blowing.

(15) In the end however, it was via the delicate art of poetry that Gabriela Mistral made her most indelible and substantive mark.

(16) Russia is currently in talks with France on the purchase of two Mistral class helicopter carriers and the construction of two others under a French license.

(17) Along the Rh ? ne Valley, occasional strong , cold , dry , north - to - northwesterly wind known as the mistral.

(18) And Mr. Obama, who took office in January, has vowed to pull U.S. troops from Iraq - and to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center by next January. Jacques Mistral.