Jones followed him into the front room, closing the door behind him.

He bounced exuberantly on the sagging bed and was even more delighted when Madame Lalaurie -- after closing the door -- showed the slave that the bed was designed for something other than slumber.

He jumped up and turned around to see the metal door closing.

Then he heard the outer door closing.

In some custom millwork ( or with some master carpenters ), the manufacture or installer will bevel the leading edge ( the first edge to meet the jamb as the door is closing ) so that the door fits tight without binding.

The purpose of door guards ( also known as hinge guards, anti-finger trapping devices, or finger guards ) is to reduce the number of finger trapping accidents in doors, as doors pose a risk to children especially when closing.

This case is often seen as effectively closing the door on the practice of involuntary deprogramming in the United States.

The Passover Seder meal is full of symbols of salvation, including the opening of the door for Elijah and the closing line, “ Next year in Jerusalem ,” but the use of matzah is the oldest symbol of salvation in the Seder.

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If the wipe proceeds from two opposite edges of the screen toward the center or vice versa, it is known as a barn door wipe ( named for its similarity to a pair of doors opening or closing ).

In case of power outage the coiling fire door does not need to close, but must be capable of automatic closing when given a signal from the building alarm systems or smoke detectors.

" ( referring to the earlier spat with his one-night stand when Shaft asked the woman to close the door on the way out, a remark Vic overheard and teases him with ), howling in mockingly laughter and walking away as the closing credits begins to roll.

In the 2007 film adaption and many of the musicals of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Sweeney Todd throws Mrs. Lovett into an oven and watches her burn briefly before closing the door, as revenge for leading him to believe that his wife was dead.

There are also customs regarding the changing of clothes ( such as on a beach with no enclosed facilities ), and the closing or locking of the door when changing or taking a shower.

... a dark figure stole forth, closing the door behind him quietly, and with an air of the deepest dejection .... His face was very long and was olive coloured.

One of the features most commonly associated with footie pajamas in the public imagination, the drop seat ( also known as a trap door or butt flap ) is an opening in the buttocks area, traditionally closing with buttons, designed to allow the wearer to use the toilet without removing the sleeper.

There is generally greater latitude for Shia ulamā, insofar as the principle of independent reasoning ( ijtihād, from the same root as mujtahid ) in matters of religious law remains valid in Shi ' i jurisprudence, whereas it is deemed to have ended in Sunnism as far back as the 10th century ( though it is now reckoned that this perception of the desuetude or " closing of the door " of ijtihad did not always apply ).

Janus as the Gatekeeper has jurisdiction over every kind of door and passage and the power of opening or closing them.

According to Medak, the project got started one night that he and O ' Toole were returning from the theatre, which " meant stopping at every pub between Soho and Hampstead, and it didn't matter if it was after closing hour because he would knock on the door and just say ' Peter's here ,' and every door opened for him "; Later on, at O ' Toole's apartment, the deeply inebriated actor phoned his manager and said, " I'm with the crazy Hungarian and I know I'm drunk but I give you 24 hours to set this movie up.

The two were seen heading into the Grand staircase closing the door behind them.

Mendes machines are easily spotted for its shield that descends on a hinge like a closing door.

However, his ultimate fate is not revealed and in the closing credits as he enters his original house, the hearse — seen in the opening credits when the occupant gets out and gasses the Prisoner through his door letter box — appears to drive by again.

But if anything can bring home to Mr. Khrushchev the idea that he will not really get much enjoyment from watching this Braddock-against-the-Indians contest, it will probably be the fact that SEATO forces are ready to attempt it -- plus the fact that Moscow has something to lose from closing off disarmament and other bigger negotiations with Washington.

Instead of closing the house in first ( as most builders do ) you can now cut your costs by not closing it in until you have to ( see p 121 ).

Metallica's Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich can be seen dancing to " Hit That Perfect Beat " during the closing credits of the Metallica video " A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica ".

The air flow can be controlled by opening or closing the slot openings at the base of the barrel, similar in function to the choke in a carburettor.

By varying the air pressure, a flute player can also change the pitch of a note by causing the air in the flute to resonate at a harmonic other than the fundamental frequency without opening or closing any holes.

While dictatorial regimes can preempt opposition nationalist or socialist campaigns by closing down their networks and headquarters, the centre for Islamist political organizing is the mosque.

Clients can abort a session by simply closing the connection, but they should use Unbind.

This is particularly correct when closing the action on the river in Texas hold ' em or on the 7th street in stud poker, where a player can make calldowns with hands that are unlikely to win simply because of the pot odds he is getting and the fact he cannot be bluffed out of the pot.

Project managers can have the responsibility of the planning, execution, and closing of any project, typically relating to construction industry, engineering, architecture, computing, and telecommunications.

First, immersion allows controlled, even constriction around all muscles, effectively closing microscopic damage that cannot be felt and numbing the pain that can.

Relays can be modified to delay opening or delay closing a set of contacts.

The research led by Professor Jean-Pierre Colinge was published in Nature Nanotechnology and describes a control gate around a silicon nanowire that can tighten around the wire to the point of closing down the passage of electrons without the use of junctions or doping.

; Vibrato: Vibrato can be achieved on most notes by opening and closing one of the open holes, or by variation of breath pressure.

The hallucinations can usually be dispersed by opening or closing the eyelids until the visual images disappear.

In addition, the choke can be connected to a cam ( the fast idle cam ) or other such device which prevents the throttle plate from closing fully while the choke is in operation.

Jimmy Page's girlfriend, Charlotte Martin, and baby daughter Scarlet Page can be briefly seen during the closing moments of this sequence, which was filmed in October 1973.

This has led to small businesses losing customers and closing in many areas, which can be seen as an adverse effect on the local infrastructure.

The UFMIP is an obligatory payment, which can either be made in cash at closing or financed into the loan, so that you really pay it over the life of the loan.

By converting and sending these electrical signals out to equipment the RTU can control equipment, such as opening or closing a switch or a valve, or setting the speed of a pump.

The set of variations can be seen as being divided into two halves, clearly marked by this grand French overture, commencing with a particularly emphatic opening and closing chords.

Environmental fouling can be caused by beach sand or loose floating plant or animal matter getting lodged in the valves and preventing proper opening or closing.

This can continue until the primary word is used to define one of the words used in the chain, closing the wide circle of terms.

Because hypergolic rockets do not need an ignition system, they can be fired any number of times by simply opening and closing the propellant valves until the propellants are exhausted.