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These towers, much like the keeps of medieval castles, were some of the safest places in a fought-over city, and so the flak towers were some of the last places to surrender to USSR forces, eventually being forced to capitulate as supplies dwindled.
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These towers, with façades of steel and glass, were radical departures from the typical residential brick apartment buildings of the time.
These towers couple heat transfer to mass transfer by allowing hot water to flow in contact with hotter air and evaporate as it absorbs heat from the air.
These oracles were found in towers covered in white kapa.
These towers were called "' Anu ' u.
These created a kind of new feudalism, building towers and castles throughout the city and the land.
These towers decreased the vessel's stability, and in the 15th century, the caravel, designed by the Portuguese, based on the Arabic qarib which could sail closer to the wind, became more widely used.
These are in turn surrounded by a double ditch on the land portions, and also included over 100 towers in various locations.
These and the other towers have overhanging parapets just like the mediaeval machicolations, and are finished at top with battlements, remains of which have been found at Nimroud and Kouyunjik, and at Kale Shortage, the supposed capital of Assyria before Nineveh.
These were the " seven towers " referred to in the U2 song " Running to Stand Still ".
" These towers were designed to house two-story apartments, where every inhabitant would enjoy “ the illusion of living on the second floor ,” accomplished by folding concrete floor planes ( like “ bamboo mats ,” claims the firm ), so that every third story opens into a private courtyard.
These arrowslits were combined with firing positions from the tops of the towers, initially protected by wooden hoarding until stone machicolations were introduced in England in the late 13th century.
These new castles were heavily influenced by French designs, involving a rectangular or semi-rectangular castle with corner towers, gatehouses and moat ; the walls effectively enclosing a comfortable courtyard plan not dissimilar to that of a unfortified manor.
These included the construction of defences around the submerged piers forming the bases of the main towers in the event of collision in the Firth.
These windmills were still in use until the 1950s, and many of the towers are still standing.
These new towers, however, were never put to the test.
These platforms consist of slender flexible towers and a pile foundation supporting a conventional deck for drilling and production operations.
These teams stay together throughout the convention as they rotate through the control towers at OSH or FLD, FISK VFR Approach Control and the two mobile departure platforms known as MOOCOWs ( Mobile Operating and Communications Workstations ).
There are 16 Mandapas ( Gopuram Towers ) around the corners and sides of the tank. These towers are considered to be forms of lord Shiva ( The Hindu God )
These will provide a visual marker on the skyline to where the original twin towers stood.
These were never built, supposedly because of an outcry that they would reduce the dominance of Nicholas Hawksmoor's west towers at Westminster Abbey in views from St. James's Park.
These were intended to allow members of the castle to move between the towers, accessing the guardrooms, sleeping chambers and the castle latrines.
These include semi-circular door arches, window styles, corbelled towers and positioning of putlog holes, and are usually ascribed to the influence of the Savoy architect Master James.
These include window styles, the type of crenellation used on the towers and positioning of putlog holes, and are usually ascribed to the influence of the Savoy architect Master James.
* Conical stone spires: These are usually found on circular towers and turrets, usually of small diameter.
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These biographical analogies are obvious, and far too much time has been spent speculating on their possible implications.
These people were not talking much about it, but you, a foreigner, sensed their apprehension and disappointment.
These continuing pressures, social, economic and military, are doing much to keep China in a heightening state of tension.
These units make it easy to load as much as 48,000 bd/ft ( say 120,000 lb in a 50' box car ) much more than the average for loose-loaded cars.
These three were much alike: lined snake ( Tropidoclonion ), one year and nine months ; ;
These conjugates Af had much less nonspecific staining than the previous conjugate ( with 50 mg FITC per gram of globulin ) while the specific staining was similar in both cases.
These records, when systematically maintained, provide much information about the children, which the teacher can use in guidance, instruction, grouping, and reporting to parents.
These planets were much bigger, nearly all capable of holding an atmosphere.
These " abbots " are appointed by the brothers and sisters of Redwall to serve as a superior and provide paternal care, much like real abbots.
These formations became exposed when the ocean floor was raised by a major volcanic activity in the Devonian forming much of the east coast of Australia.
These coatings are long gone and much of the architectural detail is sadly eroded, though detached fragments found in the ruins during consolidation give an impression of the original refined, rather austere, architectural effect.
These compounds, e. g. calicheamicin, are some of the most aggressive antitumor drugs known, so much so that the ene-diyne subunit is sometimes referred to as a " warhead.
These machines were similar in technological terms to the 2600, but sold for much higher prices with associated higher profit margins.
These effects, often several of them at a time, made it very difficult for World War II era aircraft to reach speeds much beyond 800 km / h ( 500 mph ).
These models were known as dwarf safeties, or safety bicycles, for their lower seat height and better weight distribution ( although without pneumatic tires the ride of the smaller-wheeled bicycle would be much rougher than that of the larger-wheeled variety ).
These need not be greater numerical losses-if one side is much more numerous than the other than pursuing a strategy based on attrition can work even if casualties on both sides are about equal.
These emperors followed a policy of large-scale resettlement within the empire of defeated barbarian tribes, granting them land in return for an obligation of military service much heavier than the usual conscription quota.
These women are sometimes referred to as " keeners " and the best keeners would be in much demand.
These reformed French Breviaries — e. g. the Paris Breviary of 1680 by Archbishop François de Harlay ( 1625 – 1695 ) and that of 1736 by Archbishop Charles Gaspard Guillaume de Vintimille ( 1655 – 1746 )— show a deep knowledge of Holy Scripture, and much careful adaptation of different texts.
These critics said that the SF New Wave of the 1960s was much more innovative as far as narrative techniques and styles were concerned.
These policies stimulated rapid growth of productivity, while boosting the army without much burden on the state treasury.
These were some of the first reinforced concrete buildings, and their plans did not contain enough details ( such as how much reinforcing bar had been embedded in the concrete ) to be sure they were safe, so the engineers recommended demolition.
These films have much less tensile stress, but worse electrical properties ( resistivity 10 < sup > 6 </ sup > to 10 < sup > 15 </ sup > Ω · cm, and dielectric strength 1 to 5 MV / cm ).
These had been rectangular, they now became “ ram ’ s horn ” shaped, thus not blocking the instrument panel as much.
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