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Revolving Door
Revolving Door Background A revolving door is used to control traffic or heating and air conditioning in a building. The revolving door structure consists of individual door panels (or wings), a center shaft with the hardware needed to support the door wings, a circular... Read more |
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Doorknob
Doorknob Background There are 114 million existing doorways in the United States, with about two million new ones added every year. Doors equipped with suitable hardware are used to close off these openings and protect the interior of the building from the environment. Very... Read more |
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Antenor
Antenor in Greek mythology, wise elder of Troy who urged that Helen be returned to Menelaus. The Greeks spared him and his family when they sacked Troy. A later myth portrays Antenor as a traitorous spy who opened the door of the wooden horse.... Read more |
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lintel
lintel in architecture, the horizontal member that spans an opening, such as a door or window, or that connects two columns. The post-and-lintel, or trabeated, system of construction, with spans limited to the length of available wood or stone beams, is the basis of the Egyptian and Greek styles of... Read more |
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Cyberia
CYBERIA London's Cyberia Internet cafe opened its doors in 1994. It offers food, coffee, and tea along with access to the Internet and e-mail. Cyberia also provides photocopying, fax, scanning, and CD burning services. Other Cyberia locations include Bangkok, Thailand, and ... Read more |
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fanlight
fanlight. 1. Glazed light over a door, often with a semicircular or other type of curved top, with radiating glazing-bars suggesting the shape of an open fan, also called sunburst-light, common in British C18 houses. From c.1800 batswing and tear-drop designs were introduced.2. Any glazed light... Read more |
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air lock
air lock compartment connecting two different environments, usually at different pressures, that enables personnel to transfer from one environment to the other. Space capsules have air locks to enable astronauts to move between the pressurized cabin and the near vacuum of space. A more common... Read more |
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Rochin v. California
ROCHIN V. CALIFORNIA In Rochin v. California, 342 U.S. 165, 72 S. Ct. 205, 96 L. Ed. 183 (1952), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for police to pump a criminal suspect's stomach and use the resulting evidence at trial. The Court held that such conduct was "shocking to the... Read more |
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holy
holy sacred (often in Christian phraseology).Holy City Jerusalem; (in Christian tradition) Heaven.Holy Cross Day the day on which the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross is held, 14 September.holy day a day consecrated or set apart for religious observance; also called holy day of obligation.Holy... Read more |
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Bluebeard
Bluebeard nickname of the chevalier Raoul in a story by Charles Perrault. In the story Bluebeard's seventh wife, Fatima, yielding to curiosity, opens a locked door and discovers the slain bodies of her predecessors. She is saved from death by the timely arrival of her brothers, for whose coming her... Read more |
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New college opens doors to future students.
...and support agencies in the borough - offers full-time courses in vocational subjects like hairdressing and motor maintenance. Doors open between 5pm to 8pm on November 22, when lecturers will be available to discuss courses... |
 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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Jobs: Leanne cuts it in hairdressing.(News)
A HAIRDRESSING apprentice from Henley...NVQ level 2 and 3 in hairdressing at the college for the...Dennis Road, Wyken - opens its doors to the public this month...men's and women's hairdressing, including cutting and... |
 "Eastbourne Herald (Eastbourne, England)")
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Luxury complex opens its doors.
...complex for the elderly has thrown its doors open to the public. Sunrise Senior...as well as lounges, a bistro, a hairdressing salon, activity rooms and garden...of facilities such as the bistro and hairdressing salon, where or resident will be able... |
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Studio opens doors.(News)
A NEW hairdresser's studio has opened in Coventry's mediaeval Spon Street. Enigma has taken over the former Changes salon. Owner Christian Page-Brown said: "I've been hairdressing in Coventry for 17 years. But this is my first place so it's quite exciting." |
 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Spa development opens doors to public.(Business)
...of a lifelong dream. Facilities at the new spa include a hydrotherapy pool, sauna, steam room and ice fountain, gym, hairdressing studio, sun shower and six treatment rooms. St Dyfnog's and Leonardo's Deli and Outside Catering company, of Ruthin... |
 "Birmingham Evening Mail (England)")
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Designer shop opens doors for jobless.
...months ago when she found she couldn't get on with her folks. Interest "I've done some work experience in retail and hairdressing but felt I wasn't treated very well," she says. "I'm hoping that by working at Adrenalin I'll learn the business... |
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Designer shop opens doors for jobless
...months ago when she found she couldn't get on with her folks. Interest "I've done some work experience in retail and hairdressing but felt I wasn't treated very well," she says. "I'm hoping that by working at Adrenalin I'll learn the business... |
 "Buxton Advertiser (Buxton, England)")
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[pounds sterling]3m des res for the Peak's older folk opens its doors.
...use by a couple wishing to share. The Derbyshire County Council run home, which took a year to build, features its own hairdressing salon, a hobbies and activities room with a computer suite, a rehabilitation and residents' kitchen, a treatment room... |
 "Birmingham Mail (England)")
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Have a good hair day!(News)
...knowledge of a professional hairdressing salon, at A fraction of...Birmingham College's hairdressing salon in Hall Green opens its doors to the general public for...Redditch, was awarded Hairdressing Student of the Year last... |
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Have a good hair day!
...knowledge of a professional hairdressing salon, at A fraction of...Birmingham College's hairdressing salon in Hall Green opens its doors to the general public for...Redditch, was awarded Hairdressing Student of the Year last... |
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