The slave trade declined in the 19th century, and Bissau, originally founded as a military and slave-trading center in 1765, grew to become the major commercial center.

The studio originally functioned as a center for the Resistance movement in French radio, which in August 1944 was responsible for the first broadcasts in liberated Paris.

Although the term partido alto originally arose at the beginning of the 1900s to describe instrumental music, the term came to be used to signify a type of samba which is characterized by a highly percussive beat of pandeiro, using the palm of the hand in the center of the instrument in place.

In the center, just beyond the crossing, is the large, raised High Altar, behind which is a wrought iron enclosure containing the Gothic style tomb of the man who originally conceived and founded the cathedral, The Right Reverend Horatio Potter, D. D., LL. D., D. C. L., Bishop of New York.

Antonio de Jesús de Heredia, and the originally small and impoverished town of Duruelo became a center of religion.

Sherman's effort was overshadowed by George Henry Thomas's army's successful assault on the center of the Confederate line, a movement originally intended as a diversion.

The site finally selected for the Century 21 Exposition had originally been contemplated for a civic center.

Contrary to modern roundabouts, its center originally was intended partly as a traffic island for pedestrians.

On the west end, the Stevinson family, who had originally built automobile dealerships there in the 1960s, built the new Denver West Village shopping center in 1997.

Chapel Hill, or at least the town center, indeed sits atop a hill which was originally occupied by a small Anglican " chapel of ease ", built in 1752, known as New Hope Chapel.

The Cavaliers originally lost Žydrūnas Ilgauskas ( center ) in this trade, but after being waived by Washington, he signed back with the Cavaliers on March 23, 2010 for the rest of the 2009 – 2010 season.

Reflecting a trait of mynah birds who can imitate human speech, he is extremely vain and self-centered, which was originally the spotlight and center of jokes in his stories.

As originally found in some versions of the Sega Master System controller, the center of the Gravis GamePad's d-pad allows a small joystick to be inserted.

Johnson City, originally known as Johnson's Depot, was a major railway center for the southeastern states, connecting the region for freight transportation and passengers.

Water Street, originally the Blackstone Canal, is emerging as the center of the " Canal District ".

The last fire coincided with the start of the growth of the city into a large production center of textiles, originally as a cottage industry, but since the start of the 19th century on an industrial scale, especially the manufacture of bombazijn ( a mixture of cotton and linen ) proved an export hit.

The two rooms in the center, the entrance vestibule to the north and the oval salon to the south, were originally an open-air loggia, dividing the chateau into two distinct sections.

Chuluota was originally laid out by Flagler and his Chuluota Land Company to compete with Orlando as the center of trade in the area.

Blaine was originally settled circa 1800 and was established as a local trade center circa 1882.

Colrain City ( which constitutes the town center ), was originally named as a joke during the mid 19th-century, since the small village was clearly anything but a city.

* Hazelton is a small, historical settlement originally known as " Ratville " located near the center of the township at the junction of New Lothrop Road and Henderson Road at.

The Caro Center, a mental health facility operated by the State of Michigan, originally opened as a support center for individuals with epilepsy and operated as a self-supportive community, producing its own vegetables and maintaining live stock.

Many buildings from ‘ native ’ brick still stand, including the Viking Center, now a community center that was originally The Opera House ; the Cornerstone Bank ; two businesses on the east side of the square ; and several homes.

The residential center of Woodbine still uses the same grid that was originally laid out in 1891.

Dallas and North Texas is known world-wide as the manufacturing and distribution center of cotton gin machinery and supplies, valued in the millions of dollars.

The earliest known Christian monastic communities ( see Monasticism ) consisted of groups of cells or huts collected about a common center, which was usually the house of some hermit or anchorite famous for holiness or singular asceticism, but without any attempt at orderly arrangement.

The reverse, in which the perimeter is magnified more than the center, is known as " pincushion distortion " ( figure 7b ).

The World Financial Center's ground floor and portions of the second floor are occupied by a mall ; its center point is a steel-and-glass atrium known as the Winter Garden.

The Germans referred to a Schwerpunkt ( focal point and also known as Schwerpunktprinzip or concentration principle ) in the planning of operations ; it was a center of gravity or point of maximum effort, where a decisive action could be achieved.

On the third day of battle, July 3, fighting resumed on Culp's Hill, and cavalry battles raged to the east and south, but the main event was a dramatic infantry assault by 12, 500 Confederates against the center of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge, known as Pickett's Charge.

Rolls of 4, 6, 8, and 10 are called " hard " or " easy " ( e. g. " six the hard way ", " easy eight ", " hard ten ") depending on whether they were rolled as a " double " or as any other combination of values, because of their significance in center table bets known as the " hard ways ".

Had the two " non-Han " imperial families not thought themselves as continuing the " Mandate of Heaven " of the Middle Kingdom — the cosmological center of their known world — it would be hard to explain why they retained the costly tradition.

The team's helmets are also a unique silver with a tint of blue known as " Metallic Silver Blue " ( PMS 8240 C ) and have a blue / white / blue vertical stripe placed upon the center of the crown.

cypher logo in the center of the flag, to distinguish them from Maltese ships, due to the similarity of the flag of the Order of St. John ( also known as the Knights Hospitaller ).

Detroit became the center of a new industry known as rum-running, which was the illegal smuggling or transporting of alcoholic beverages or any other illegal drinks during Prohibition.

The Edo Bridge ( 江戸橋, Edo-bashi ) marked the center of the city's commercial center, an area also known as Kuramae ( 蔵前, " in front of the storehouses ").

The American industry, or " Hollywood ", as it was becoming known after its new geographical center in California, gained the position it has held, more or less, ever since: film factory for the world, exporting its product to most countries on earth and controlling the market in many of them.

At each end is a goal 2. 14 m ( 7 feet ) high and 3. 66 m ( 12 ft ) wide measured from the inner sides of the posts and crossbar, and an approximately semi-circular area 14. 63 m ( 16 yd ) from the goal known as the shooting circle ( or D or arc ), bounded by a solid line, with a dotted line 5 m ( 5 yd 6 in — this marking was not established until after metric conversion ) from that, as well as lines across the field 22. 90 m ( 25 yd ) from each end-line ( generally referred to as the 23 m lines ) and in the center of the field.

The city is known as a center of manufacturing for recreational vehicles and accessories, the home of Goshen College, a small Mennonite liberal arts college, and home to the Elkhart County 4-H Fair, the second largest county fair in the United States.

The village's center contains rock houses with balconies, and a village fountain is known as " Antana ' e Cartzonna ".

Galileo soon became known through his invention of a hydrostatic balance and his treatise on the center of gravity of solid bodies.

The area, known as Kutmichevitsa, became an important Bulgarian cultural center in 10th century with many thriving towns such as Devol, Glavinitsa ( Ballsh ) and Belgrad ( Berat ).

The object of the game is to move a hockey puck from the center of the box out through a hole placed at the end of the box ( known as the goal ).

The midpoint of the transverse axis is known as the hyperbola's center.

Prague ham ( Prosciutto di Praga ), although originating in Prague in the early 1900s, is one of the most well known Italian cooked hams, and the province of Trieste ( which was part of Austria-Hungary until 1918, just like Prague ) is the center of its production ..

Some MRAP vehicles have been known to become stuck or roll over much more readily due to their high center of gravity and overall larger size compared to the HMMWV.

That temple was Doric on the exterior, Ionic on the interior, and incorporated a Corinthian column, the earliest known, at the center rear of the cella.

A joystick, also known as the control column, is the principal control device in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or side-stick.