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The brothers formed a close-knit family group, and Adela encouraged Stephen to take up the role of a feudal knight, whilst steering Henry towards a career in the church, possibly so that their personal career interests would not overlap.
An example is a real estate broker steering a black family away from a white neighborhood .” Some types of housing projects can be taken as examples of steering.
The ECL family, ECL is also known as current-mode logic ( CML ), was invented by IBM as current steering logic for use in the transistorized IBM 7030 Stretch computer, where it was implemented using discrete components.

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A year later, he was appointed President of the Union of Cinematographers, while he continued his directing career, steering toward political films, directing Boris Godunov before being dismissed from the semi-government post in 1986.
Clinton also pursued tough federal anti-crime measures, steering more federal dollars toward the war on drugs, and calling for the hiring of 100, 000 new police officers.
At that point, the shuttle fired its downward steering jets and moved the shuttle toward the docking module.
When the three hours had elapsed, Gurney simply cranked the steering wheel to the left ( toward the bottom of the banking ) and let gravity pull the car across the line, to not only salvage a finishing position, but actually win the race.
The Titanic's steering gear then pushed the tiller toward the starboard side of the ship, swinging the rudder over to port and causing the vessel to turn to port.
Given this political clout, Williams began steering D. C .' s finances toward financial recovery, moving from a $ 355 deficit at the end of 1995 to a $ 185 surplus in the city's fiscal year 1997.
The Office is an invaluable resource, providing individual counseling and information on summer and academic year externships, steering students toward pro bono opportunities, and helping students apply for postgraduate fellowships as well as employment opportunities.
Thompson wished to disassociate Marxism from Stalinism and his injection of humanistic principles in this book was his way of steering the Left toward democratic socialism as opposed to totalitarianism.
Sullivan further defined the Self System as a steering mechanism toward a series of I-You interlocking behaviors ; that is, what an individual does is meant to elicit a particular reaction.
Countersteering is the technique used by single-track vehicle operators, such as cyclists and motorcyclists, to initiate a turn toward a given direction by momentarily steering counter to the desired direction (" steer left to turn right ").
Openly gay actor Neil Patrick Harris has remarked, " I ’ m a big proponent of monogamous relationships regardless of sexuality, and I ’ m proud of how the nation is steering toward that ".
*“ To stay globally competitive the nation must do better at steering its youth toward engineering careers ”.
Most new vehicles now have power steering, owing to the trends toward front wheel drive, greater vehicle mass, and wider tires, which all increase the required steering effort.
The combined efforts of Blue Beetle and Traci Thirteen foils her plans, steering her attentions toward Mary Marvel herself.
In sinking condition but with steering and propulsion still functional, Thunder Child turned toward a second fighting-machine and began to use her guns.
By steering a ship toward the horizon, where the Cerenerian Sea touches the clouds, it is possible to sail into the sky ; and thus reach places like the cloud-kingdom of Serannian.
The canoe carries the following passengers: Raven, the traditional trickster of Haida mythology, holding the steering oar ; Mouse Woman, crouched under Raven's tail ; Grizzly Bear, sitting at the bow and staring toward Raven ; Bear Mother, Grizzly's human wife ; their cubs, Good Bear ( ears pointed forward ) and Bad Bear ( ears pointed back ); Beaver, Raven's uncle ; Dogfish Woman ; Eagle ; Frog ; Wolf, claws imbedded in Beaver's back and teeth in Eagle's wing ; a small human paddler in Haida garb known as the Ancient Reluctant Conscript ; and, at the sculpture's focal point, the human Shaman ( or Kilstlaai in Haida ), who wears the Haida cloak and woven spruce root hat and holds a tall staff carved with the Seabear, Raven, and Killer whale.
This left him no way of stopping the car or steering it away, and to further complicate matters there was no gravel trap in the corner that McDuffie was headed toward.
One interpretation of this relief is that the king is the living Thutmose III, and that by steering a barque containing the sacred emblems of Hatshepsut toward the site of her mortuary temple, he is officiating her movement into the realm of becoming a deity.
In early 20th century automobiles prior to the introduction of power steering, the effect of a flat or blowout on one of the front wheels will tend to pull the steering mechanism toward the side with the flat tire.

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* rack and pinion steering mounted inside the front suspension cross-tube, well behind the front wheels, away from a frontal impact
Puerto Rico had a few close calls with tropical storms during the 1980s, and coincidentally, Don Cholito claimed that the Tubo had been responsible for steering the storms away.
At 18: 18, Cradock again attempted to close, steering directly towards the enemy, which once again turned away to a greater range of.
Hurndall was unarmed, dressed in the bright orange jacket of the International Solidarity Movement, and steering two Palestinian children away from an Israeli tank-mounted machine gun shooting in their direction.
The report, " A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm " made clear recommendations about steering Israel away from Socialist principles, making efforts to become more self-reliant, " nurturing alternatives to Arafat's exclusive grip on Palestinian society ", and working more closely with countries such as Jordan and Turkey.
The aim of steer-by-wire technology is to completely do away with as many mechanical components ( steering shaft, column, gear reduction mechanism, etc.
Initially the Eagle was engaged with two French ships, but one moved away and for next two hours battle Rodney engaged the seventy gun Neptune until his steering wheel was struck by a lucky shot, and his ship became unmanageable.
The motorcycle's steering geometry, originally set up for a tilting single track vehicle, is set up to turn slightly away from the drag imposed by the sidecar.
Swimming teachers put a great effort into steering the students away from the scissor kick.
") or appal unwanted guests with some street folk song, promptly steering them away.
The ergonomic design of the Visa controls used a Citroën " PRN Satellite " ( P = Pluie-Rain, R = Route-Road, N = Nuit-Night ) which gave access on one cylindrical unit to wipers, washers, horn, indicators, headlamps and flashers, all mounted a finger's reach away from the steering wheel.
He played an important role at the Battle of Paardeberg ( 18 to 27 February 1900 ), steering Lord Kitchener and Henry Colville away from tactics of attacking an entrenched enemy over open ground.
Accordingly, the Communist Party holds that right-wing policymakers such as the neoconservatives, steering the state away from working-class interests on behalf of a disproportionately powerful capitalist class, have "... demonized foreign opponents of the U. S., covertly funded the right-wing-initiated civil war in Nicaragua, and gave weapons to the Saddam Hussein dictatorship in Iraq.
Mechanically, the car was one of the most modern of its time, combining Citroën's unique hydro-pneumatic integral self-leveling suspension, speed-adjustable DIRAVI power steering ( first introduced on the Citroën SM ), and a unique interior design that did away with steering column stalks, allowing the driver to reach all controls with his or her hands on the steering wheel.
The hit ripped away the port outer driveshaft and the ship took a 13-degree list and lost power, communications, and steering.
Other changes for the Allanté included a revised variable-assist power steering rack, deeper front spoiler, and single-piece side windows, which did away with the stationary forward vent window.
While steering into the skid ( away from the pursuing vehicle ) will reduce its effect, the fact that the pursuing car is continuing to push the rear of the target sideways virtually ensures loss of control of the targeted vehicle.
There are yokes where roll is controlled by rotating the yoke clockwise / counterclockwise ( like steering a car ) and pitch is controlled by tilting the control column towards you or away from you, but in others the pitch is controlled by sliding the yoke into and out of the instrument panel ( like most Cessnas, such as the 152 and 172 ), and in some the roll is controlled by sliding the whole yoke to the left and right ( like the Cessna 162 ).
Traditionally located on the steering wheel hub or center pad, the horn switch was sometimes placed on the spokes or activated via a decorative horn ring which obviated the necessity to move a hand away from the rim.
The driver must correct by steering away from the corner, otherwise the car is liable to spin, if pushed to its limit.

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