Pull brakes are rarely used on children's trikes, but some " Bigwheel "- style plastic trikes have lever brakes in which an inverted half-moon-shaped brake pad is pressed against the driving surface of the right rear wheel.

Norton himself pressed forward dangerously, always his best style, using a heavy two-handed attack pounding away to the ribs and then lobbing wicked head shots.

The buildings were designed by the renowned Victorian architect Alfred Waterhouse R. A in red pressed brick and had dressings of Bolton Wood stone in a Gothic Collegiate style.

Selznick pressed for Claude Rains in typical Selznick memo-heavy style: " Rains offers ' an opportunity to build the gross of Notorious enormously .... o not lose a day trying to get the Rains ' deal nailed down.

Once the user first types in his name on the sign-in menu, a screen appears featuring all of the main JumpStart characters for second grade and under in 3D with the exception of Edison Firefly who flies under the characters and is in 2D and does not have his own learning style, but instead is a button that is pressed when the user is done answering a question.

Another style of beanie was a formed and pressed wool hat with a flipped up brim that formed a band around the bottom of the cap.

Janet Maslin, in her 1983 review of the film for The New York Times, called it " part satire, part would-be suburban poetry and part shameless showing off " and said the film " shows an abundance of style ", though " you would be hard pressed to find a film whose hero's problems are of less concern to the world at large.

Proa sailboats addressed the fact that a lateen style sail becomes pressed up against the mast upon tacking in a rather unique way.

This style of watch is occasionally referred to as " nail set ", as the set button must be pressed using a finger nail.

The controls consist of a yoke control ( similar to a steering wheel — twisting left and right gives combined roll and yaw ; twisting forwards and backwards with the side control gives pitch ) with four buttons — two trigger style and two in position to be pressed by the thumbs — each of which fired a laser positioned on the four leading edges of the X-Wings.

When a group of slaves escapes, they already have weapons to help them survive along with experience gained in gladiator style combat they are often pressed into.

Two years later, MindRec released Meteor Blaster DX on CD-R. Official word was that it was unable to be pressed to CD proper due to the glass mastering software suddenly unable to handle the unorthodox style of CD layout that the system expects.

The body was a utilitarian open four-seater tub of welded pressed steel panels and similar in style to the war-time Jeep layout although unlike the Jeep, the Champ body is designed to carry part of the vehicle stresses and chassis flexing.

Many escaped the theatre through the coal hatch and through windows in the dressing rooms, while others attempted to escape via the west stage door, which opened inwards and became jammed as actors pressed toward the door frantically trying to get out.

In addition, Sheridan and King found that the duration for which the shock button was pressed decreased as the shocks got higher, meaning that for higher shock levels, subjects showed more hesitance towards delivering the shocks.

Fëanor pressed on towards Angband ; but the Balrogs came against him, and Fëanor was mortally wounded by Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs.

The Austrian Germans allegedly attacked the police inspector, Ivan Senekovič, and then pressed towards the Slovenian soldiers in front of the city hall.

But finally, convinced that for the moment all efforts towards the unity of Germany were unavailing, he retired from political life, though often pressed to stand for election, and again took up his work of teaching at Bonn.

Despite widespread criticism for his slowness and caution, Pratt pressed on towards Te Arei, creating the most extensive field-engineering works ever undertaken by British troops n New Zealand.

" While in office, and after, she pressed for the right for women to choose to have an abortion and worked towards legislation for the rights of the mentally disabled.

In May 1912, after driving the Ottomans out of Skopje, the Albanian revolutionaries pressed south towards Manastir ( present day Bitola ), forcing the Ottomans to grant effective autonomy over large regions in June 1912.

Mansfeld, however, quickly raised another army, with which he intended to attack the hereditary lands of the house of Austria, and pursued by Wallenstein he pressed forward towards Hungary, where he hoped to accomplish his purpose by the aid of Bethlem Gabor, prince of Transylvania.

The New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade's headquarters took up a position on the ridge, on a knob later called ' Chaytor's Hill ', while the Wellington and Canterbury Regiments pressed on towards Gaza.

In Plato there is an incipient tendency towards the apotheosis of nous … Such philosophical coolness will mean little to the ordinary man who is hard pressed by everyday cares.

The gunners stood by their cannon but were no match for the bayonets of the British and Madras troops who swiftly pressed on towards the Maratha infantry.

And when the chapel burnt down again in 1776, Father Michael Priester pressed for the archiepiscopal vicariate general to work towards getting the Count of Schönborn to build it anew.

The index finger is placed against the middle finger for power, or pressed on the bottom of the disc pointing towards the center for stability.

In the poor visibility however he was unable to see Carter, his vice-admiral, who was in the position of advantage with Shovell beyond the French line, and sorely pressed: He continued to head towards the French Blue squadron, which was north of the main action.

General Orozimbo BarbosaAfter the victory at Concon the insurgent army, under command of General Campos, pressed on towards Valparaiso, but were soon brought up by the strong fortified position of the Balmacedist general Orozimbo Barbosa at Viña del Mar, whither Balmaceda hurried up all available troops from Valparaiso and Santiago, and even from Concepcion.

The Sabellian tribe of the Lucanians, who had been gradually extending their conquests towards the south, and had already made themselves masters of the northern parts of Oenotria, now pressed forwards into the Bruttian peninsula, and established their dominion over the interior of that country, reducing its previous inhabitants to a state of vassalage or serfdom.

After stopping to reorganize the city's government and his own forces, he pressed on towards Pasto.

" However some have argued that there was no bottom to the forest and it would not have hampered a disengagement and extraction, while others have suggested that Wellington if pressed intended to retreat eastwards towards Blücher's Prussian army so the interior of the wood was of little military significance.

He recaptured Benghazi on 28 January, and Timimi on 3 February and pressed on towards the fortified port of Tobruk on the Mediterranean coast.

Alex's father's head is pressed between two rails of the staircase, then the killer shoves the bookcase towards the father's head, decapitating him.

To use the clamp, the exposed tabs are pressed towards each other ( typically using pliers ), increasing the diameter of the ring, and the clamp is slid onto the hose, past the portion that will go onto the barb.

As Rodes's men pressed the attack they came to the stone wall, whereupon the Federal reserve line opened up on the unsuspecting Confederates, driving them back towards the ridge.

These troops arrived at Fort Lee in February, and with a larger force, the militia forces pressed east towards the Whitman Mission.

Sometime after two o ’ clock in the morning, the slower artillery column arrived at Taghmon but pressed on towards Wexford for unclear reasons.

Leo pressed with renewed energy his claims for a royal crown, seeking the assistance of the two most powerful rulers of the time, the pope and the German emperor.

Quarles descendants, Charles Henry Langston and John Mercer Langston were American abolitionists whom pressed for greater freedom and suffrages among the African Americans in the 19th century.

The FG 42 fired in semi-automatic mode from a closed bolt, accomplished by delaying the release of the firing pin ( mounted on the bolt carrier and released by the front sear notch ) until after the trigger had been pressed ; the short lock time, and little movement in the action during firing translated into greater single-shot accuracy.

It has been suggested that the Black Buck raids were pressed home by the Royal Air Force because the British armed forces had been cut in the late seventies and the RAF may have desired a greater role in the conflict to prevent further cuts.

Since arriving at Westminster, he has served as the SNP's Chief Whip, in which role he has pressed the government for greater parliamentary rights, such as better representation on committees, for both the SNP and other minority parties.

He also pressed for the country to move beyond existing manufacturing capabilities through education, research and development to develop greater strength as a provider of sophisticated business services.

Some players make use of this safety bar to help maintain proper balance, do tricks during Freestyle routines, and to relieve weight from the legs so that arrows can be pressed with greater speed and accuracy.

He pressed publicly for greater reform of government, taking the side of the Opposition against his colleagues and the King.

These used a lightweight separate chassis made from pressed sheet steel panels forming a ' platform chassis ', to give the benefits of a traditional chassis, but with lower weight and greater stiffness.

Upon hearing the news of his friend's failure First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill pressed for a greater scope of attack, Vice-Admiral John de Robeck ( Carden's newly appointed successor ,) decided to employ his entire battleship force in a daylight assault on the Narrows.