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Cutting off Brahma's fifth head made him guilty of the crime of killing a Brahmin, and as a result, he was forced to carry around the head for years and roam as Bhikshatana, a mendicant, until he had been absolved of the sin.
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Cutting short a holiday at Hong Kong, the aircraft carriers Lexington and Bennington steamed off into the South China Sea, accompanied by a swarm of destroyers, plus troopships loaded with marines.
Cutting off one's hair is often associated with religious faith: Catholic nuns often cut their hair very short, and men who joined Catholic monastic orders in the eighth century adopted what was known as the tonsure, which involved shaving the tops of their heads and leaving a ring of hair around the bald crown.
" Cutting off the nose to spite the face " is an expression used to describe a needlessly self-destructive over-reaction to a problem: " Don't cut off your nose to spite your face " is a warning against acting out of pique, or against pursuing revenge in a way that would damage oneself more than the object of one's anger.
During his time off, he starred in his own talk show segment on Raw entitled The Cutting Edge, dubbing himself the " Rated-R Superstar ".
Cutting off the end of the barrel removes the choke, which generally only extends about two inches ( about 5 cm ) inward from the muzzle.
* Cutting off of larger pieces of tissue with a snare device ( e. g. polyps, endoscopic mucosal resection )
Cutting down his pace and the length of his run up, Lillee now concentrated on moving the ball off the seam with an occasional faster or slower ball for variation.
Cutting himself off from Charles, he flees to Cyprus where he awaits a ship that will take him to Lebanon.
Cutting off subventions would make it even harder for ESF to maintain its status as a good quality international school foundation.
Cutting this off at a late stage of development (" purple eye stage ") and discarding it reduces the mite load on the colony.
Cutting and head
Cutting and made
Cutting was often used in traditional Japanese origami, but modern innovations in technique have made the use of cuts unnecessary.
He made " The Old Fisherman ," " The Robber Chih ," and " The Cutting open Satchels ," to satirize and expose the disciples of Confucius, and clearly exhibit the sentiments of Lao.
Cutting heads which are parallel to the principal axis poke are made to address accessibility issues involved with cutting toenails.
The Cutting Edge Band had various members from 1992 to 1996 before the decision was made to take the band full-time as Delirious?
Plastic boards are usually called PE Cutting boards, PE being a shorthand for polyethylene, the material of which these boards are made.
Sheehans Rd was originally the end of White Hill Rd and when a detour was made, it was known as Wiseman's Cutting as it cut through James Wiseman's land.
On “ Cutting ”, the experience of self damage takes the form of the music itself reflecting both pain and its overcoming, encapsulating the theme as though it is itself made of music, her tempos driving in sharp contrasting time like a cut.
In 2005, Taylor released her first live album, Kate Taylor Live at The Cutting Room, a recording of a live concert made the previous year.
He has starred as himself in The Cribs ' video for the standalone single " You're Gonna Lose Us ", which was made to look like an episode of The Word ; and also played the part of Ross Peagrum, despotic TV presenter, in series 2 and 4 of the popular BBC TV drama series Cutting It, as well appearing as a guest on numerous TV shows in the UK and Ireland.
Image: cutting_devine_hill. jpg |< center > Cutting made by convict workers who would hammer a crowbar-like ' jumperbar ' into the rock, fill the hole with gunpowder, plug the hole and ignite it ; visible are metre-long ' half holes ' that remained after the rock face was blown away
Cutting dies made of steel are used in the shoe production to cut uppers from leather, textile or synthetics.
Wood & Cutting, together with Karen Tweed and Ian Carr, make up the Two Duos Quartet, who have made one album Half as happy as we.
Tweed & Cutting have also worked as a duo ; they have made one album together and contributed to a live CD, " Across the Waters ", recorded at Cork University in 1994.
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He promoted that book in part with a 1995 guest appearance on ABC's All My Children, in a storyline that put him on the set of Erica Kane's talk show " The Cutting Edge ".
# On May 6, 1935, a plane carrying Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico crashed south of Kirksville, killing him.
His role as Bill " The Butcher " Cutting in Gangs of New York ( 2002 ) earned him the BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors ' Guild Award.
Cutting and crime
The story follows Bill " The Butcher " Cutting ( Daniel Day-Lewis ) in his roles as crime boss and political kingmaker under the helm of " Boss " Tweed ( Jim Broadbent ).
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