Arrow loops were vertical slits in the wall where archers from the inside shot arrows through at the attackers, but they made it extremely difficult for attackers to get many arrows through back at the defenders.

Arrow slits ( also called arrow loops or loopholes ), sally ports ( airlock-like doors ) for sallies, and deep water wells were also integral means of resisting siege at this time.

Arrow slits in the walls and towers were distributed to minimise the amount of dead ground around the castle.

Although drawing many parts from the group's " parts bin ", including the rear lights of the estate Arrow models, the fastbacks nevertheless offered a number of unique features, including their pillar-less doors and rear side windows which combined to open up the car much like a cabriolet with a hardtop fitted.

* 1964 – Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow – American aircraft from carriers and bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U. S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.

It was later selected, with some controversy, to be the primary weapon for the Canadian Avro Arrow supersonic interceptor, along with the new Astra fire-control system.

Suggested starting points for the Bronze Age of comics include Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith's Conan No. 1 ( October 1970 ), Denny O ' Neil and Neal Adams ' Green Lantern / Green Arrow No. 76 ( April 1970 ), or Stan Lee and Gil Kane's The Amazing Spider-Man No. 96 ( May 1971 ; the non-Comics Code issue ).

The film was James Stewart's first western ( he would not return to the genre until 1950, with Broken Arrow and Winchester 73 ), and was also notable for a ferocious cat-fight between Marlene Dietrich and Una Merkel, which apparently caused a mild censorship problem at the time of release.

Arrow fletches are a type of fin. A fin is a surface used for stability and / or to produce lift and thrust or to steer while traveling in water, air, or other fluid media, ( in other words, a foil ( fluid mechanics )).

Like most missiles, the Arrow missile, S-300, S-400, Prithvi Air Defence, Advanced Air Defence and MIM-104 Patriot are for defense against short-range missiles and carry explosive warheads.

The Star Club and Arrow Club in London for gentlemen amateurs were also in existence before 1800.

** Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow – Aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U. S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.

** Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches the satellite Sputnik 5, with the dogs Belka and Strelka ( the Russian for " Squirrel " and " Little Arrow "), 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.

The " dream cars " which American automobile manufacturers exhibited at the fair included Cadillac's introduction of its V-16 limousine ; Nash's exhibit had a variation on the vertical ( i. e., paternoster ) parking garage — all the cars were new Nashes ; Lincoln presented its rear-engined " concept car " precursor to the Lincoln-Zephyr, which went on the market in 1936 with a front engine ; Pierce-Arrow presented its modernistic Pierce Silver Arrow for which it used the byline " Suddenly it's 1940!

This resulted in the production of a letter Ignea Sagitta ( Flaming Arrow ) by the ruling prior general, Nicholas of Narbonne, who called for a return to a strictly eremitical life.

Arrow analysed this issue for medical care ( a 1963 paper entitled " Uncertainty and the Welfare Economics of Medical Care ", in the American Economic Review ); later researchers investigated many other markets, particularly second-hand assets, online auctions and insurance.

* Arrow, Kenneth J., 1953, " Hurwicz's optimality criterion for decision making under ignorance ," Technical Report 6, Stanford University

Books for younger readers both have historical settings: Joseph Bruchac's The Arrow Over the Door ( 1998 ) ( grades 4-6 ) is set in 1777 ; and Beth Kanell's young adult novel, The Darkness Under the Water ( 2008 ), concerns a young Abenaki-French Canadian girl during the time of the Vermont Eugenics Project, 1931-1936.

By the end of that decade, Silver City advertised £ 8 18s day-return fares for its London — Paris Silver Arrow / Flèche d ' argent service.

They were also bound by the Oath of Eorl to help Gondor in times of peril, and the latter asked for their aid through the giving of the Red Arrow.

Dinah has since appeared in several cartoon shorts featured in the anthology series Mickey MouseWorks, and in the series Disney's House of Mouse, where the cartoon short " Pluto's Arrow Error ," reveals that Dinah is Butch the Bulldog's gal and that she obviously has no serious interest in Pluto, which might explain her fickle nature on most other cartoon appearances she's had with Pluto and Butch competing for her affections.

Towards the end of the decade, and the start of the 1950s, he worked for Magazine Enterprises on features including " The Durango Kid ," the first Ghost Rider, " Red Hawk ," " Straight Arrow " and " Tim Holt ," in whose comic the Ghost Rider appeared.

It is best known as a Canadian aircraft manufacturing company, in particular for the highly advanced CF-105 Arrow, but through growth and acquisition it rapidly become a major, integrated company with diverse holdings.

In early 1957 studies began on how the Arrow Mk. 2 might be developed into a " Long Range Arrow " to meet the requirements for the USAF's Long Range Interceptor Experimental ( LRIX ) program.

* Hydrofoil Warships: When the Arrow and related programs were terminated, twelve key engineers from this team departed for deHavilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. to work on what become HMCS Bras d ' Or, possibly the world's fastest warship to present day ( 2011 ).

One of the metaphors McPhee used in explaining the concept of deep time was cited in Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle by Gould: Consider the Earth's history as the old measure of the English yard, the distance from the King's nose to the tip of his outstretched hand.

The Arrow was more open, though it kept the enclosed chain case and deep mudguards.

On 8 October 1856 the Chinese-owned lorcha Arrow was boarded by officials of the Chinese water patrol as she entered the Pearl River.

Image: Water lift off 2 Canadian Arrow. jpg | Canadian Arrow concept rendering of a water lift off.

OdySea is an interactive ride with a joystick to control the vehicles height, Arrow will blink to direct the rider to dodge jets of water from the sea creatures that attempt the soak you as a ( soundtrack ) song tells a story.

Arrow Dynamics made large advancements not only in roller coaster technology but also in many other fields, such as in water rides ( creating the hugely popular log flume rides ), as well as many other family-style rides.

* The House of Terror in Budapest, Hungary, shows examples of water torture used by the Nazi and Arrow Cross Parties against the Jews.

Low water and ice on the Arrow Lakes made connecting route unreliable so in 1897, the CPR extended the railway up the Slocan Valley to Slocan City on the shore of Slocan Lake.

Before the southern mainline was completed, the N & S was the bypass route, rather than using boats up the entire length of the Arrow Lakes which was often blocked by ice and low water.

Originally two lakes, the Arrow Lakes became one 230 km long lake due to the reservoir created by the 1960s construction of the Keenleyside Dam ; at low water the two lakes remain distinct, connected by a fast-moving section known as the Narrows.

The origin of the name was a cultural feature known as Arrow Rock on the east shore of Lower Arrow Lake, about 35 km upstream from Castlegar, opposite the community of Renata, a large rock outcrop or overhang above the water, in the face of which was a hole filled with arrows.

Its Special Move is spewing absolute zero breath from its mouth, instantly freezing water and firing it at the opponent ( Ice Arrow ).

The Upper Bittell reservoir, a flooded gravel pit and a feeder of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, is partly in Coston parish, and there is also a smaller reservoir which lies to the east of Bilberry Hill and from which the water is conveyed by the little River Arrow to the Lower Bittell reservoir in Alvechurch parish.

* December 12 – Arrow Air Flight 1285, a Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing 256, 248 of whom were U. S. servicemen returning to Fort Campbell, Kentucky from overseeing a peacekeeping force in Sinai.

* Kamdyistowesit ( Kanaweyihimitowin, ‘ Beardy ’, French: ‘ Barbu ’, Chief of the Parklands or Willow Cree, born 1828 near Duck Lake, became in the 1870th chief, married Yaskuttsu-s, the half-sister of chief Küpeyakwüskonam (‘ One Arrow ’), among the members of his tribal group were many Métis descendants of the Hudson's Bay Company employee George Sutherland )

* Saswaypew ( Sayswaypus, Seswepiu-‘ Cut Nose ’, Chief of the Parklands or Willow Cree, son of Wimtchik, a Franco-Canadian Métis, married One Arrow ’ s sister Nawapukayus, his sisters Ayamis and Minuskipuihat were both married to ‘ One Arrow ’, Kamdyistowesit (‘ Beardy ’) and he were brother-in-law, because both were married to daughters of George Sutherland )

DC-3s initially operated these all-passenger services, which were marketed as Silver Arrow in the UK and as Flèche d ' argent in France.

The Hermes were based at Manston, from where they operated Silver Arrow all-passenger services to Le Touquet and inclusive tour charters to European destinations until parent company BAS's acquisition by British United Airways ( BUA ) parent Air Holdings in 1962.

As a result, planes from the carriers and were sent to hit North Vietnamese torpedo boat bases and fuel facilities during Operation Pierce Arrow.

Additional developments of the Arrow were explored by Avro's Project Research Group under the leadership of Mario Pesando.

This was thought to be suitable as under the terms of various agreements, statements, and promises to Allied and in particular Commonwealth nations, the US would buy weapons from an ally if they were the best available and the Arrow seemed to fit this description.

the memorial " Shoes on the Danube Promenade " created to honor the Jews who were killed by fascist Arrow Cross militiamen in Budapest during World War II.

The 1963 and 1971 National Order of the Arrow Conferences were held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

* The Cambridge Council # 229 ( Cambridge, 1919 – 2001 ) and their Kahagon Order of the Arrow Lodge # 131 were merged into the Boston Minuteman Council in 2001.

With the Scouting movement starting in 1910, the New Haven Register reported on August 21, 1910 that the Lion and the Arrow Patrols were forming.

The 1925 and 1936 National Order of the Arrow Lodge Meetings were held at Treasure Island, New Jersey.