There was a crunching, grating shock and the vessel was thrown into a dizzy spiral, from which Costigan finally leveled it into headlong flight away from the scene of battle.

DirecTV, a division of the Hughes Electronics subsidiary of General Motors, calls the legislation a tremendous victory for consumers, "finally leveling the playing field between satellite and cable."

A falcon mounted the air, higher and higher, in a fierce, blazing flight into the rain and sunlight, then he levelled finally, began circling.

The man threatened the group, and finally leveled his gun at seventeen-year-old Ruby Sales.

"What happened today is that E.P.A. finally leveled the playing field," said Thomas C. Jorling, Commissioner of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation.

An earthquake finally leveled it, and for centuries the once-great city was forgotten.

The dollar fell to new lows after each of the Fed's first two interventions and, after the third attempt, it finally leveled off - but without regaining lost ground.

Maybe five minutes before Lieutenant Tyson finally leveled his rifle at the man and ordered him to do something for Peterson.

Reeves shouted, bending down and putting his fingers in his ears as the gun finally leveled on the C-Dec.

"I think it's finally leveling off-five lousy days," he responded.