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Ferris Wheel
Ferris Wheel Background A ferris wheel is an amusement park ride consisting of a large vertical wheel with places for people to sit or stand spaced evenly around the outer circumference. In operation, the ferris wheel revolves about a horizontal axis, and the riders are... Read more |
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Catherine Wheel
Catherine Wheel Rock band Signed after Their First Gig Style Change Found a Sense of Place Selected discography Sources Commented Catherine Wheel’s.... Read more |
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wheel
wheel Through the many millennia of the Paleolithic period and the Neolithic period no use of the wheel was known to humans. Its use was not known to the Native Americans until the Europeans introduced it. In the Old World it came into use in the Bronze Age, when oxen and horses were first used as... Read more |
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water wheel
water wheel device for utilizing the power of flowing or falling water. The Norse wheel is the oldest type known. Despite its name it probably originated in the Middle East, where the swift stream required by this type of wheel is common. The Norse wheel has a vertical shaft directly connected at... Read more |
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Asleep at the Wheel
Asleep at the Wheel Country band For the Record |
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bicycle
bicycle light, two-wheeled vehicle driven by pedals. The name velocipede is often given to early forms of the bicycle and to its predecessor, the dandy horse, a two-wheeled vehicle moved by the thrust of the rider's feet upon the ground. Probably the first practical dandy horse was the draisine,... Read more |
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Unicycle
Unicycle Background A unicycle is a single-wheeled vehicle traditionally used during circus performances. It consists of a spoke wheel, pedals, and a tube shaped body attached to a seat. Unicycles are made like bicycles; individual parts are produced separately then pieced... Read more |
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wheel and axle
wheel and axle simple machine consisting of a wheel mounted rigidly upon an axle or drum of smaller diameter, the wheel and the axle having the same axis. It is fundamentally a form of lever , the center common to both the wheel and the axle corresponding to the fulcrum, the radii of the two... Read more |
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Meals on Wheels
MEALS ON WHEELS MEALS ON WHEELS. A change in the 1965 Older Americans Act (OAA) allowed prepared meals to be delivered to qualified individuals assessed to be homebound or otherwise isolated. In 1972 the OAA, which initially addressed the needs of the elderly to promote independence and... Read more |
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Pier 57 owner hopes Ferris wheel helps to ride out Viaduct mess.(NWFriday)
...disruption. A Ferris wheel...waterfront." The Ferris wheel, at...to a 17-story building...S. The first is in Myrtle...Griffith's big wheel wouldn...of giant Ferris wheels ... |
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'Dwarf' is not short on talent; Ferris' big wheel, Matthew Broderick, is off...
...his boss - even his super - who implore...that this is a story of a couple who...luck and having a head start - you know...career since he made his stage debut some...for which he won his first Tony. Since ... |
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CHICAGO'S BIG WHEEL
...the 15-story structure...turn your head to see the...constructed. The first Ferris Wheel ever...tall Giant Wheel (Navy Pier...construction. First the 200...like most Ferris ... |
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Jacko in tears as Bashir is first to take the stand; Face to face again, star...
...became the first witness in...children sleep in his bed. Screened...investigate stories.' Bashir...putting his head on his shoulder...children.' In his opening statement...boy reading his ... |
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REGION STORIES HIT IT BIG ON INTERNET; Wrangler who turned away grizzly tops...
...Review news stories on Facebook...Review stories that found...The heroic story of how Montana...the news to his employees...was the first in Spokane...mechanical Ferris wheel. Many were...Thompson was the ... |
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Pictures tell story of evolving culture
...and the stories that accompany...on every head. In another...shared wartime stories with her...history. A first communion...with the story of how the...spokes onto a Ferris wheel is identified...city's ... |
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A Tangled web; Spider-Man's third tale is a mess of story strands and...
...of half-formed story lines, romantic...trying to balance his private life with his superhero duties...Adulation has swelled his head. He scarcely registers...pogo stick atop a Ferris wheel attached to a ... |
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A TANGLED WEB; Spidey's third tale gets wrapped up in a mess of story...
...of half-formed story lines, romantic...trying to balance his private life with his superhero duties...Adulation has swelled his head. He scarcely registers...pogo stick atop a Ferris wheel attached to a ... |
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All sighs point to this sweet story.(VARIETY / FREETIME)
...outlines of his foolproof...interweaves two stories: a youthful...contemporary story of an unnamed...For the first 10 minutes...oarsman rows his skiff across...your-head overwhelming first love. ... |
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The man from nowhere.(Short story)
...since the first time I studied...decision to head out of our...had when I first arrived, back...the twinkling Ferris wheel in the amusement...flashing his stained teeth...the love stories that made ... |
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