As always, Grass is interested in how the past inundates the lives of ordinary people as they try desperately to swim with or against history's treacherous tides.

She had not bargained on this-this treacherous warm tide of feeling that made her want to run her hands through his hair, to feel his lips upon her mouth.

For "Swish, Twirl, Twist and Whirl," he has woven the rhythms of treacherous tides and currents into a gently undulating linear pattern punctuated by staccato whitecaps.

The article goes on to say that "despite all her misdeeds, Sydney invariably became sympathetic when the show's treacherous tide turned against her."

Its engine is mighty, and its pilot knows not just the treacherous local tides and currents but the tiny adjustments necessary to keep a chain of barges from going astray.

After the race, Hanlan could not accept the fact that his long reign had ended, blaming the Australian climate, the treacherous tides and an excess of hospitality for his defeat, which he took very badly.

The wreck was located an area of mudbanks with treacherous tides and at the end of a narrow channel which was supposedly mined, ca. 160 km behind the front lines.

To feel it seething through him, feel the treacherous tides and shifting ground that could destroy him in a heartbeat, to feel that without being able to fight or control was an agony in itself.

Upon the beach he stood and sighed Unheedful of the treacherous tide; Thus sang he to the listening main, And soothed his sorrow with the strain!

Originally aiming for Hunstanton she finally came ashore at Heacham after battling treacherous tides for over 13 hours.