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Hammer
Hammer Background A hammer is a handheld tool used to strike another object. It consists of a handle to which is attached a heavy head, usually made of metal, with one or more striking surfaces. There are dozens of different types of hammers. The most common is a claw... Read more |
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Armand Hammer
Armand Hammer 1898-1990, American business executive, b. New York City. He began in his father's pharmaceutical business and then expanded it into the Soviet Union. He returned (1930) to New York, where he invested in whiskey, cattle, and broadcasting. He invested in Occidental Petroleum... Read more |
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forging
forging shaping metal by heating it and then hammering or rolling it. Forging is the method by which metal was first worked when it came into use about 4000 BC in Egypt and Asia. Modern forging is done with a power-driven hammer; Dies are usually used. These are steel blocks hollowed out or... Read more |
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Highland games
Highland games were originally meetings of clans. They developed into more formal gatherings under the influence of the revival of interest in Scottish antiquity fostered by Scott and others in the 1810s. At Invergarry in the 1820s the games included not only piping, tossing the caber,... Read more |
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psaltery
psaltery , stringed musical instrument. It has a flat soundboard over which a variable number of strings are stretched. Its origin was in the Middle East, and it is referred to in the Bible. It appeared in Europe in the 12th cent. and flourished until the late Middle Ages. The term psaltery is... Read more |
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M.C. Hammer
M. C. Hammer 1963– Rap artist Enlisted in Navy Annual Payroll of $6.8 Million World Tour Canceled Selected discography Sources M.C. Hammer was one of rap music’s biggest stars in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He did much to bring the music to a general American audience, and roosted... Read more |
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shackle
shackle. 1. A U-shaped iron closed with a pin across the jaws and used for securing such things as halyards to sails, other parts of standing or running rigging where required, anchors to their cables, and joining lengths of chain cable, etc. Shackles used in the rigging normally have a threaded... Read more |
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Hammer v. Dagenhart
HAMMER V. DAGENHART At the beginning of the twentieth century, U.S. reformers sought to end the practice of child labor. Young children were sent into factories and mines to work long hours for low wages. Aside from the physical demands placed upon children, labor robbed them of a chance to obtain... Read more |
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Fred Williamson
WILLIAMSON, Fred 1937(?)–(Fred "Hammer" Williamson, Fred "the Hammer" Williamson) PERSONALBorn March 5, 1937 (some sources cite 1938), in Gary, IN; married; wife's name, Linda. Education: Northwestern University, B.A., 1960; studied architecture.Addresses: Agent—David Shapira and Associates, 15821... Read more |
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Judas Maccabeus
Judas Maccabeus Judas Maccabeus (died 160 B.C.) was the leader of a Jewish revolt against the repressive policies of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the king of Syria. Third son of Mattathias, the Hasmonean priest of Modin, Judas received the added name Maccabeus, generally believed to mean... Read more |
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Bankrupt Hammer giving up $12 million house rap built
...house that rap built - Hammer's $12 million spread...2 million worth of marble, the indoor and the...Seated in his gray marble office - the one with customized marble niches designed to...dream house right under Mission Peak, with... |
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HAMMER SELLING HIS MANSION AFTER TAKING A FISCAL POUNDING.(LIFE & LEISURE)
...built -- M.C. Hammer's $12 million...million worth of marble, the indoor and...to-ceiling gray marble office -- the one...dream house right under Mission Peak, with...television set, Hammer has built up his...All the floors are ... |
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BANKRUPT M.C. HAMMER PUTS HOME ON THE MARKET.(L.A. LIFE)
...rap built - M.C. Hammer's $12 million spread...2 million worth of marble, the indoor and the...to-ceiling gray marble office - the one with customized marble niches designed to...dream house right under Mission Peak, with... |
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VERMONT EXHIBIT A SHRINE TO MARBLE.(Living Today)
...late, Roth said, has been marble wine coolers. "The phrase...he said, explaining that marble remains chilled longer than...has sculpted at the Vermont Marble Exhibit since 1972. Most of...with a diamond saw and air hammer, as well as conventional ... |
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World-Renowned Sculptor to Create 14-Foot Marble Horse.
...foot-wide monumental marble horse that will stand...Fairfax via Baltimore. The marble block arrived in Fairfax...primarily using small air hammers and a drill or diamond...carved 17 horses from marble to ensure that he understood...completion of 13 ... |
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State seeks hate crime charge in marble attacks
...American teens accused of firing marbles at Jews last week. Amjad Asaad...misdemeanor charges are covered under the hate crime law," said...week and accused of shooting marbles from slingshots at Jews. The...who lives near where the marble shootings ... |
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A Lifetime of Marbles and a Clean Slate; Septuagenarian Sculptor Steps Out Of...
...past half-century, she has used her hammer, chisel and intuition to liberate 500...1943, that she first took up sculpture under the tutelage of Spanish artist Jose de...Atlantis," carved from black Belgian marble. A highly polished classical head with... |
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Games athletes fired marbles.
...firing slingshot missiles at tourists. Hammer thrower Aaron Fish, 18, and sprinter...Jamaica. The two Queensland athletes fired marbles and ballbearings from their hotel window...By Alan Hardie All copyright subsisting under the Copyright Act 1968 (Commonwealth... |
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Poetry of Nature Incorporated Into Sculptures.
...southern Seoul. Held under the theme, ``The Sound...Gallery, downtown Seoul, under the theme, ``Silent...Toronto. He also worked on marble sculptures in Italy for...artist. On a piece of raw marble, Chang's hammer and chisel search through... |
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21st-century pilgrims
...when a deranged visitor named Laszlo Toth attacked the marble with a hammer. A few yards in front of the glass there is a barrier...although we've still got a projector in the cupboard under the stairs. But of course, since the inception of... |
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