Lever harps, however, do not have pedals or rods, and the pillar's only purpose in these instruments is to hold up the neck against the great strain of the strings.

Lever harps use a shortening lever ( usually shaped like a capital letter L ) on the neck next to each individual string which is to be activated ( i. e., turned ) manually to shorten the string and raise the tone a half step.

Lever harps are often tuned to the key C or E-flat.

There are major collections of Pre-Raphaelite work in the Tate Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, Manchester Art Gallery, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

England Test cricketers Peter Lever ( born 1940 ) and Derek Shackleton ( 1924 – 2007 ) are from Todmorden.

In Anil Kapoor's Nayak, Johnny Lever, who plays the role of the hero's assistant, gets beaten up by hijras, when he is caught calling them " hijra " ( he is in habit of calling almost everyone who bothers him by this pejorative and no one cares much, except this once ironically, as the addressees are literally what he is calling them.

In addition to the provinces of the four dances ( famously jig Bobbio Bala Ghidon ), there are tracks for the Carlin May – Cantamaggio, with variant of the feast of the Santa Croce, marriage, Lever ( Leva Levon to Santa Maria ) and that recall places and events related to the past ( the song Draghin ).

Lever toys are mechanical toys that use the mechanical advantage of a lever to transmit and transform movement.

Under HULN, health products are marketed by Ayush Therapy in collaboration with Arya Vaidya Pharmacy, Coimbatore ; beauty products by Aviance ; home products by Lever Home ; and male grooming by D. I. Y.

on " Bachelor Father " Jim Varney's character " Ernest P. Worrell ", Chris Farley, Rowan Atkinson's " Mr. Bean ", Johnny Lever, Jaleel White's character " Steve Urkel " on Family Matters, and Benny Hill are all examples of comedians who employ physical comedy as a medium for their characters.

It has a 7 Lever eastern region ground frame in it and all the levers are in use.

His scenes with Johny Lever are simply superb.

Kwik Save came back in a convenience store format, with the first store opening in the Little Lever area of Bolton, and are continuing to expand.

In his employ are several occasionally helpful, yet very simple, individuals-Rocky, Bhola, Chauki Lal, and chief assistant Ram Lal ( Johnny Lever )-who help him with his work.

The vast majority of Godward's extant images feature women in Classical dress, posed against these landscape features, though there are some semi-nude and fully nude figures included in his oeuvre ( a notable example being In The Tepidarium ( 1913 ), a title shared with a controversial Alma-Tadema painting of the same subject that resides in the Lady Lever Art Gallery ).

Other small parks are located at Lever Street, where there is a scout hall, and the corner of Harris and Coward Streets.

All participants in the trust suffered severe losses to profits and reputations, Lever estimated his loss at " considerably over half a million " combined with a reduction by a third in the value of his shareholding, the scheme was abandoned before the year's end.

1741: John Wyatt, mechanic and inventor, designs and constructs a cart-weighing machine, later referred to as a Compound Lever Weighing machine, the design works by way of levers which hold in place a platform, no matter where the weight is placed the load is transferred to a central lever.

It is here that his true genius lies, even more than in his talent for conviviality and fun, which makes an early copy of an early Lever ( with Phiz's illustrations ) seem literally to exhale an atmosphere of past and present entertainment it is here that he is a true romancist, not for boys only, but also for men.

According to 16th century sources, it was spoken at the Upstalsboom in Aurich where Frisian judges meet on Pentecost and it is traditionally answered with Lever dood as Slaav, or in English, rather dead than slaves.

" The newspapers subsequently paid Lever £ 50, 000 ( just over £ 4, 100, 000 at 2010 prices ), more than four times the previous record for a defamation action.

* Lever handles for opening doors rather than twisting knobs

In 1936, when sponsor Lever Brothers ( who made Lux soap and detergent ) moved the show from New York City to Hollywood, the program began to emphasize adaptations of films rather than plays.

In the report Mr. Lever questions the logic behind double taxation of dividends, and claims that foreign investors pay less tax on distributions than domestic investors.

A separate smaller show at the Lady Lever Art Gallery concentrated on the theme of " Art and Artists ", including Stuckist interpretations of past work by artists such as Thomas Gainsborough, Frans Hals and Georges Seurat.

The business transformed into a soap manufacturer which moved in 1861 to Whitehall Road in Leeds and under the chairmanship of Joseph Watson junior, created Baron Manton in 1922, as Joseph Watson & Sons Ltd, became the largest soap supplier to the NE of England, second in size nationally only to the Liverpool firm of Lever Brothers.

The Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight shows a number of Cox's watercolours bought by Lever through James Orrock.

This is the pattern of a number of Crowley's subsequent Edwardian publications, and for that reason he has been associated with other social critics of the day, such as Thomas Lever, Thomas Beccon, and Hugh Latimer.

Lever held a number of business appointments in the banking and journalism sectors.

Just then Charles Lever yelled, `` Hey, Jack '', from the quarry road which ran behind the Carter house, and Jack grabbed the lunch from the table and darted out the kitchen door, yelling `` Good-bye, Mom '' over his shoulder.

* 1925 – William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English industrialist, philanthropist, and politician ( b. 1851 )

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The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Lever Brothers, as sponsors and producers.

The Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, UK.

On the home front in 1917, he began the United States ' first draft since the American Civil War, borrowed billions of dollars in war funding through the newly established Federal Reserve Bank and Liberty Bonds, set up the War Industries Board, promoted labor union cooperation, supervised agriculture and food production through the Lever Act, took over control of the railroads, and suppressed anti-war movements.

The Smith – Lever Act of 1914 created the modern system of agricultural extension agents sponsored by the state agricultural colleges.

* April 29 – Lever House officially opens at 390 Park Avenue in New York City, heralding a new age of commercial architecture in the United States.

** William Hesketh Lever, English industrialist, Philanthropist and politician ( b. 1851 )

Many of SOM's post-war designs have become icons of American modern architecture, including the Manhattan House ( 1950 ), designated as a New York City landmark in 2007 by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission ; and the Lever House ( 1952 ), also in New York City ; as well as the Air Force Academy Chapel ( 1958 ) in Colorado Springs, Colorado ; and the John Hancock Center ( 1969 ) and Sears Tower ( 1973 ), both in Chicago.

Coralee Lever and Vera Jary hid behind a hessian screen with others.

Sponsored by Senator Henry F. Hollis ( D ) of New Hampshire and Representative Asbury F. Lever ( D ) of South Carolina, it was a reintroduced version of the Hollis-Bulkley Act of 1914 that had not passed Congress due to Wilson's opposition.

Palm oil formed the basis of soap products, such as Lever Brothers ' ( now Unilever ) " Sunlight " soap, and the American Palmolive brand.

It was held at the Walker Art Gallery and Lady Lever Art Gallery and was part of the 2004 Liverpool Biennial.

In 1907 Walter A. Sheaffer patented the Lever filler, using a hinged lever set into the pen barrel which pressed down onto a bar which in turn compressed the rubber sac inside, creating a vacuum to force ink into the pen.

* Lever, Évelyne, Louis XVIII, Fayard, Paris, 1988.

Vandeweghe was traded before the 1984 – 85 season to the Portland Trail Blazers for 6 – 3 rebounding guard Fat Lever, undersized power forward Calvin Natt and center Wayne Cooper.