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action and pushes
However, no cause of action will exist if the purveyor is capable of actually selling the goods advertised, but aggressively pushes a competing product.
Another interesting oddity is that the Jarmann action does not have a separate ejector, but instead relies on the fact that the extractor pushes the spent round down onto the elevator.
Ciliary action pushes the mucus in a film over the surface of the gill slits, trapping suspended food particles as it does so.
This gremlin inspects the level in the bucket and takes action if the level is above the limit value τ: in policing ( figure 2 ), it pulls open a trap door, which causes the packet to be dropped and stops its water from entering the bucket ; in shaping ( figure 3 ), it pushes up a flap, which delays the packet and prevents it from delivering its water, until the water level in the bucket falls below τ.
The telescoping bolt's inertial action pushes the submachine gun's muzzle forward and down, thereby reducing felt recoil and countering the recoiling cartridge's attempt to make the muzzle rise.
Pressing is the forbidden action that occurs when the shochet pushes the knife into the animal's throat, chops rather than slices, or positions the animal improperly so that either its head presses down on the blade as it expires or the shochet must push the knife into the throat against the force of gravity.
Kelly can jump to avoid obstacles, and the user pushes the fire button to perform that action.

action and rear
* 1811 – Peninsular War: A day after a successful rear guard action, French Marshal Michel Ney once again successfully delayed the pursuing Anglo-Portuguese force at the Battle of Redinha.
Certain revolvers, called double action only ( DAO ) or, more correctly but less commonly self cocking, lack the latch that enables the hammer to be locked to the rear, and thus can only be fired in the double action mode.
In a tilting or pivoting block action, the breechblock is hinged at the rear.
A further advantage of using a single hydraulic cylinder on the rear is that the opposite pivot may be made in the form of a double-lobed cam that is rotated by the action of the parking brake system.
Drum brakes have also been incorporated on the transmission tailshaft as parking brakes ( e. g. Chryslers through 1956 ), with the an advantage that it is completely independent of the service brakes, but having a severe disadvantage in that when used with a bumper jack ( common in that era ) on the rear ( without proper wheel blocks ) the differential's action can allow the vehicle to roll off the jack.
The use of light mobile troops in bringing about decisive action next saw application during the American Civil War where both sides combined the speed of cavalry and the firepower of the infantry to use mounted infantry in conducting deep raids into the enemy rear, sabotaging the logistics ( often railway lines ) to affect the supply of frontline troops.
Tadg led the battle, keeping Cormac out of the action at the rear.
The bolt action's locking lugs are normally at the front of the breech ( some designs have additional " safety lugs " at the rear ) and this contributes to potential accuracy compared to a design which locks the breech at the rear, such as a lever action.
In a tilting or pivoting block action, the breechblock is hinged on a pin mounted at the rear.
Seeing the strength of the Union attack at that point, Beauregard insisted that Johnston leave the area of immediate action and coordinate the overall battle from a position to the rear.
He was so absorbed in the infantry attack that he left his horse regiments idle in the rear until the time for useful action had passed.
Following his instructions, the French division commander fought a rear guard action, drawing the Spanish troops toward Oms.
However, once past these villages, the terrain became flat and even, proper for cavalry action, and now, with the increasingly aggressive action of the enemy cavalry against his flank and rear, Zieten and his brigade became increasingly isolated.
In a move which was typical for Austrian tactics at the time, the 60-year-old Austrian commander had been busy securing his own rear, rather than thinking of any offensive action.
These were successful at covering the Austrian rear, keeping the bridges over the Elbe open for retreating Austrian soldiers, and preventing pursuit by the Prussians, but at a terrible cost: 2, 000 men and almost as many horses were killed, wounded or captured in the action.
The final action of note in the Low Countries came on 19 September when Luxembourg's cavalry surprised and defeated the rear of the Allied forces in a minor action near Leuze.
Oregon, initially to the rear of the action but the fastest ship in the U. S. fleet, soon raced past Indiana, which had an engine problem and could make only at the time of the battle.
Rodney was at the rear of the British line, and the Eagle was one of the last British ships to come into action engaging the French shortly after noon.
Zhang and Ma attempted to trick Cao Hong into believing that they were planning to attack his retreat route by overtly threatening Cao Hong's rear, but Cao Xiu saw through the ruse, and Zhang Fei's forces suffered a defeat that absolved him from continuing the campaign — Lei Tong and Ren Kui were killed in action, while Wu Lan fled to take shelter from the Di tribes, where he was subsequently killed by a Di leader, Qiangduan.

action and wheel
However, it is the American style layout with its simplified betting and fast cash action, using either a single or double zero wheel, that now dominates in most casinos around the world.
Animation of a gyro wheel in action
The discs spread apart to create friction against the inner drum surface through the action of standard wheel cylinders.
This rubbing action reduces the rotation of the brake drum, which is coupled to the wheel.
Spoilers can also be used on aborted take-offs and after main wheel contact on landing to increase the aircraft's weight on its wheels for better braking action.
After the removal of the scale, the roots are washed again, drained and finally reduced to a pulp by beating them in mortars or subjecting them to the action of the wheel rasp.
The most simple solution to transforming the action of the beam into a rotating motion was to connect the beam to a wheel by a crank, but because another party had patent rights on the use of the crank, Watt was obliged to come up with another solution.
The main wheel attached to the crank was large and heavy, serving as a fly wheel which, once set in motion, by its momentum maintained a constant power and smoothed the action of the alternating strokes.
William D. Boyce, then a local resident, filed a Circuit Court action against the owners of the wheel to have it removed, but without success.
When tested with the wheels off the ground with torque applied to one wheel it will lock, but it is still possible for the differential action to occur in use, albeit with considerable frictional losses, and with the road loads at each wheel in opposite directions rather than the same ( acting with a " locking and releasing " action rather than a distributed torque ).
The Pelton wheel turbine ( better described as a radial turbine ) translates the mechanical action of the Pelton wheel rotating in the liquid flow around an axis into a user-readable rate of flow ( gpm, lpm, etc .).
Gō Mifune / Speed Racer easily deployed these gadgets by pressing buttons marked " A " through " G " on the steering wheel hub ( although there are buttons on the steering wheel in the manga, the letter designations are exclusive to the anime and the 2008 live action film ).
The data from the yaw sensor is compared with the data from the steering wheel angle sensor to determine regulating action.
Braking action on slipping wheel ( s ) will cause power transfer to wheel axle ( s ) with traction due to the mechanical action within a differential.

action and down
One ground of action certainly exists when fusillades of stray shots go over into West Berlin as Communist `` vopos '' try to gun down fleeing unarmed residents.
Ajax at first gets the better of the encounter, wounding Hector with his spear and knocking him down with a large stone, but Hector fights on until the heralds, acting at the direction of Zeus, call a draw: the action ends without a winner and with the two combatants exchanging gifts, Ajax giving Hector a purple sash and Hector giving Ajax a sharp sword.
Unlike officeholders, the citizen initiator was not vetted before taking up office or automatically reviewed after stepping down — it had after all no set tenure and might be an action lasting only a moment.
Encouraged, however, by letters signed by the rabbis of Argentière and Lunel, and particularly by the support of Kalonymus ben Todros, the nasi of Narbonne, and of the eminent Talmudist Asheri of Toledo, Ben Adret issued a decree, signed by thirty-three rabbis of Barcelona, excommunicating those who should, within the next fifty years, study physics or metaphysics before their thirtieth year of age ( basing his action on the principle laid down by Maimonides, Guide for the Perplexed part one chapter 34 ), and had the order promulgated in the synagogue on Sabbath, July 26, 1305.
It is also possible to reverse this style of deception, by suggesting a powerful stroke before slowing down the hitting action to play a soft stroke.
Count Horn directed the Prince of Holstein-Beck to take the village, but his two Dutch brigades were cut down by the French and Irish troops, capturing and badly wounding the Prince during the action.
He immediately began taking action to crush the FARC including the employment of citizen informants to help the police and armed forces track down suspected members in all three armed groups.
* Mouse chording or a chorded keyboard, where multiple buttons are held down simultaneously to produce a specific action
The cryogenic process continues this action from ambient temperature down to.
In striking down these rates as an interference with interstate commerce, Hughes recognized that the logic of his argument would permit federal regulation of any action that affected commerce.
Professor X makes it clear that unless they ended their " madness " immediately, he would have to take action and use the appropriate actions to bring the X-Men down.
The action potentials that travel down neurons are based on electric current generated by the movement of sodium and potassium ions into and out of cells.
Refrigeration preserves food by slowing down the growth and reproduction of micro-organisms and the action of enzymes which cause food to rot.
Eventually their best joke is used in action (" There were zwei peanuts, walking down the straße, und one was ' assaulted '... peanut "), but proves in English to be hopelessly bad.
Dragging involves holding down a pointing device button while moving the pointing device ; the software interprets this as an action distinct from separate clicking and moving behaviors.
Holding down buttons while moving the mouse can be awkward and requires some practice, since the downwards action increases friction for the horizontal motion.
Tyramine is broken down by MAO-A ( and MAO-B ), therefore inhibiting its action may result in excessive build-up of it, so diet must be monitored for tyramine intake.
The interneurons excite the motor neurons, and if the excitation is strong enough, some of the motor neurons generate action potentials, which travel down their axons to the point where they make excitatory synaptic contacts with muscle cells.
There do exist checks on the prime minister's power: parliament may revoke its confidence in an incumbent prime minister ; cabinet or caucus revolts can quickly bring down a sitting premier, and even mere threats of such action can persuade and / or compel a prime minister to resign his post, as happened with Jean Chrétien ; the Senate may delay or impede legislation put forward by the Cabinet, such as when Brian Mulroney's bill creating the Goods and Services Tax ( GST ) came before the upper chamber ; and, given Canada's federal nature, the jurisdiction of the federal government is limited to areas prescribed by the constitution.
" ( p. 432 ) The paper ends with a call to action: " Pain can be treated not only by trying to cut down the sensory input by anesthetic block, surgical intervention and the like, but also by influencing the motivational-affective and cognitive factors as well.
For example, in the passive sentence " The tree was pulled down ", the subject ( tree ) is the patient rather than the agent of the action.
With increasingly bizarre action storylines coming into vogue Luke and Laura saved the world from being frozen, brought a mobster down by finding his black book in a Left-Handed Boy Statue, and helped a Princess find her Aztec Treasure in Mexico.
The action of the arm rotating up is slower than the action of the conclusion of the salute which is the arm being quickly " snapped " down to the saluter's side.
There are occasional, more flashy variations, such as the windmill action of the saluting arm for the Madison Scouts drum major, or running the saluting hand around the brim of the aussie instead of snapping it down from the Cavaliers.

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