The weekly loss is partly counterbalanced by 500 arrivals each week from West Germany, but the hard truth, says Crossman, is that `` The closing off of East Berlin without interference from the West and with the use only of East German, as distinct from Russian, troops was a major Communist victory, which dealt West Berlin a deadly, possibly a fatal, blow.

This enlarged claw, which could be over long around its outer edge, was most likely a predatory device used to tear into prey, possibly delivering a fatal blow.

Her death in March 1998 was a tremendous blow to O ' Brian and in the last two years of his life, particularly once the purported details of his early life were revealed to the world, he was a " lonely, tortured, and at the last possibly paranoid figure.

Had the fingerprint been tied to Simpson in any fashion it would have been a crippling, and possibly fatal, blow to his defense.

A blow to this region can also affect the celiac plexus itself, possibly interfering with the functioning of the viscera, as well as causing great pain.

A faster method is to travel by flying broomstick, whereby the city can be reached in a single day, but unfortunately you will most likely blow your own ears off or possibly just freeze to death on the way.

The use of a whip means that the top must take great care to hit the intended target area, and avoid wrapping ; that is when a whip or flogger makes contact with the target area somewhere up its length and the remaining length wraps around the bottom's body to deliver a sharp, non-erotic, and possibly injurious off-target blow, such as to the hipbones or ribs.

In early October, the 5th Brigade suffered a major blow at the hands of the Montoneros, when more than one hundred, and possibly several hundred

This schwartzpulver was used to manufacture primitive grenades and possibly to help blow up the crematorium during the Sonderkommando revolt.

The concept of " Wallenrodism " () — the striking of a treacherous, possibly suicidal, blow against an enemy — and certain powerful fragments of the poem, have become an enduring part of the Polish psyche and found resonance in the Polish uprisings of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Such variation would be very damaging for life, as it would not only destroy any complex organic molecules that could possibly form biological precursors, but also because it would blow off sizeable portions of the planet's atmosphere.

The silence oppressed him, made him bend low over the horse's neck as if to hide from a wind that had begun to blow far away and was twisting slowly through the darkness in its slow search.

Snatching the lantern from its peg, he shattered its globe with a blow against a post.

She was personally sloppy, and when she had colds would blow her nose in the same handkerchief all day and keep it, soaking wet, dangling from her waist, and when she gardened she would eat dinner with dirt on her calves.

No one thing in the world is ever abruptly separated, as by the blow of an axe, from the rest of things.

Samples obtained from this boulder delivered the final blow to the pre-mission volcanic hypothesis, proving it incorrect.

This was a blow from which the machine never fully recovered, although games sales for it would ultimately outstrip those of the BBC Micro.

Botswana is affected by periodic droughts, and seasonal August winds blow from the west, carrying sand and dust, which can obscure visibility.

The second Battle of Doiran, with general Vladimir Vazov as commander, inflicted a heavy blow on the numerically superior British army, which suffered 12, 000 casualties against 2, 000 from the opposite side.

The etymology of the word " plague " is believed to come from the Latin word plāga (" blow, wound ") and plangere (“ to strike, or to strike down ”), cf.

However, a good sword blow arriving in exactly perpendicular angle to the surface could cut through the links ; when the mail was not riveted, a well placed thrust from a spear or thin sword could penetrate, and a pollaxe or halberd blow could break through the armour.

The divine right of kings was dealt a blow from which it never completely recovered.

Lesser taboo terms include " pony and trap " for " crap " ( as in defecate, but often used to denote nonsense or low quality ); to blow a raspberry ( rude sound of derision ) from raspberry tart for " fart "; " D ' Oyly Carte " for " fart "; " Jimmy Riddle " for " piddle " ( as in urinate ), " J. Arthur Rank " ( a film mogul ), or " ham shank " for " wank ", " Bristol Cities " ( contracted to ' Bristols ') for " titties ", etc.

Shelepin was given a further blow when he was removed from the Secretariat.

The likelihood of a 1st century tomb being built to the west of the city is questionable, as according to the late 1st century Rabbinic leader, Akiva ben Joseph, quoted in the Mishnah, tombs should not built to the west of the city, as the wind in Jerusalem generally blows from the west, and would blow the smell of the corpses and their impurity over the city, and the Temple Mount.

Despite the disappointment, Hume later wrote, " Being naturally of a cheerful and sanguine temper, I soon recovered from the blow and prosecuted with great ardour my studies in the country ".

Conditions are ameliorated in many areas by elevation and by the northeast trade winds, which blow steadily from the Atlantic all year long.

After recovering, he continued to blow glass until he dislocated his right shoulder in a 1979 bodysurfing accident. No longer able to hold the glass blowing pipe, he hired others to do the work ; Chihuly explained the change in a 2006 interview, saying " Once I stepped back, I liked the view " and pointing out that it allowed him to see the work from more perspectives and enabled him to anticipate problems faster.

However, when Baden was transferred west to fight the French in 1692 his successors, first Caprara, then from 1696, Frederick Augustus, the Elector of Saxony, proved incapable of delivering the final blow.

As a practical measure, primary explosives are sufficiently sensitive that they can be reliably initiated with a blow from a hammer ; however, PETN can also usually be initiated in this manner, so this is only a very broad guideline.

In 1990, Essendon were pace-setters almost from the start, but a disruption from the Qualifying Final draw between Collingwood and West Coast was a blow from which they never recovered.

" Kenneth Rexroth said, on reading Eighteen Poems, " The reeling excitement of a poetry-intoxicated schoolboy smote the Philistine as hard a blow with one small book as Swinburne had with Poems and Ballads.

At midday a small team of Volunteers and Fianna members attacked the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park and disarmed the guards, with the intent to seize weapons and blow up the building as a signal that the rising had begun.

Restoration of the sugar quota to Nicaraguan growers has been a major blow to Honduras's small independent producers, who had added most of Nicaragua's quota to their own during the United States embargo of Nicaragua.

It took his career some time to recover from this blow and in contrast to his earlier major roles, he for some years had only occasional small parts.

The failure of the Magicam system was a major blow — as the Canadian studio space that had been rented was too small to build the required sets.

Their execution, under the then conditions of time and space, invariably fell short of expectations, and the history of the war proves, as that of the Seven Years ' War was to prove, that the small standing army of the 18th century could conquer by degrees, but could not deliver a decisive blow.

Although collectors will take eggs at all stages of incubation, freshly laid eggs are much easier to ' blow ', usually through a small, inconspicuous hole drilled with a specialized drill through the side of the eggshell.

Damage was estimated at $ 100, 000, a severe blow for a small town.

In practice, the blacksmith will hold the hot iron at the anvil ( with tongs ) in one hand, and indicate where the iron is to be struck by tapping it with a small hammer held in the other hand: the striker then delivers a heavy blow with the sledge hammer where indicated.

The defeat of the Imperial army by a relatively small Anglo-French military force ( outnumbered at least 10 to 1 by the Qing army ) coupled with the flight ( and subsequent death ) of the Emperor and the burning of the Summer Palace was a shocking blow to the once powerful Qing Dynasty.

If two pieces of subcritical material are not brought together fast enough, nuclear predetonation ( fizzle ) can occur, whereby a very small explosion will blow the bulk of the material apart.

A heavy blow landed in the small of his back, sending him sprawling.

* Pea shooter ( toy ), a toy consisting of a short tube that the user can blow through to propel dried peas or small bits of paper

The small point found on the trailing edge of some bills was useful for puncturing armour as well — concentrating the force of the blow onto the point.

Air circuit breakers may use compressed air to blow out the arc, or alternatively, the contacts are rapidly swung into a small sealed chamber, the escaping of the displaced air thus blowing out the arc.

A blowgun ( also called a blowpipe or blow job ) is a simple weapon consisting of a small tube for firing light projectiles or darts.

Newt's character knocked out Stevil's with his first blow and it was discovered that Stevil had assumed that a " stick " would be a small twig or similar, whereas the " stick " Newt's character had actually used was a full-length pole resembling a log.

Monday 27 October 1823: The wind being fair, we immediately got under way, and continued our course to the northward till Friday afternoon, when it shifted, and came on to blow so hard, that we determind to run in shore and look out for anchorage ; this we found under the lee of a small island off Point Danger ( so named by Captain Cook ), about a mile from the land.

The Britons in Dumnonia were cut off from their allies in Wales by Ceawlin of Wessex's victory at Dyrham in 577, but as sea travel was easier than travel by land, the blow may not have been severe ; principal trade routes were apparently maintained via the sea ports of neighbouring Brittany, a small semi-autonomous duchy until 1532.

The blow is small and indistinct and the whale is usually a slow undulating swimmer, although capable of bursts of acceleration.

A petard was a small bomb used to blow up gates and walls when breaching fortifications.

The animals surfaced several times, giving a " small, bushy " blow ( only visible from the aerial sightings ), before arching to dive.

In order to provide faster, more-even cooking, convection ovens ( also known as fan-assist ovens ) use a small fan to blow hot air around the cooking chamber.

The demise of Barazoku may come as a blow to gays in isolated communities in Japan: the magazine's strongest sales came from small, independent bookshops in such areas.