When placing window and door openings, a lintel is placed on top of the opening to support the bricks above.

When the Ark was borne by priests into the bed of the Jordan, water in the river separated, opening a pathway for the entire host to pass through ( Josh.

When Hitler's chief engineer, Fritz Todt, began opening the new autobahn ( highways ) in 1935, many of the bridges and service stations were " bold examples of modernism " – among those submitting designs was Mies van der Rohe.

When " Rock Around the Clock " appeared behind the opening credits of the 1955 film Blackboard Jungle starring Glenn Ford, it soared to the top of the American Billboard chart for eight weeks.

When Meletius died shortly after the opening of the council, Gregory was selected to lead the Council.

When every player has made a bid, the player to the left of the dealer makes the opening lead.

When the game is played according to the original rules, either player may force play into this Reversi opening.

When a group of Klingon radicals spent time aboard Voyager (" Prophecy "), Torres began opening her self to more Klingon beliefs and, for the first time since childhood, was able to pray for her grandmother, L ' Naal, and her great-grandmother, Krelik.

When opening the box, the observer becomes entangled with the cat, so " observer states " corresponding to the cat's being alive and dead are formed ; each observer state is entangled or linked with the cat so that the " observation of the cat's state " and the " cat's state " correspond with each other.

When a locking latch is released, the barrel assembly pivots away from the receiver, opening the breech and, at least on better firearms, partially extracting the spent cartridge.

When Bernard's brother, Adam Gimbel, became President of Saks Fifth Avenue in 1926 after Bernard's sudden passing, the company took on national aspirations, opening its very first branch store that year in the city of Palm Beach, Florida, as a seasonal resort store, followed by a second resort store in Southampton, New York, in 1928.

When they created the opening credits, Chris Carter found a video operator to stretch the face seen in the credits.

When creating the opening sequence for season nine, they decided to create a new sequence to give birth to the " new X-Files ".

When he spoke during the opening ceremonies, Jacques Rogge, presiding over his first olympics as IOC president, told the athletes of the United States, the host country:

" When the film had its premiere on opening night at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, it was mercilessly drubbed, but no matter ; it was a smash ," observed the International Herald Tribune in a 2007 profile of Besson.

When the adductor tires, the sea star can insert its stomach through the opening and release gastric juices, digesting the prey alive.

When the water pressure within the xylem reaches extreme levels due to low water input from the roots ( if, for example, the soil is dry ), then the gases come out of solution and form a bubble – an embolism forms, which will spread quickly to other adjacent cells, unless bordered pits are present ( these have a plug-like structure called a torus, that seals off the opening between adjacent cells and stops the embolism from spreading ).

When Mornington Crescent tube station was reopened in 1998 after six years of closure for lift repairs, London Transport invited the Clue team to perform an opening ceremony.

When disturbed, the larva will retract its head into its case and hold the front opening closed.

When your opponent tries to attack this area he creates his own opening or weak point and you attack that area, completely catching them off guard.

# When the ABS system is in operation the driver will feel a pulsing in the brake pedal ; this comes from the rapid opening and closing of the valves.

When born, the kit's ears are folded over and its eyes are closed, with the eyes opening at around ten days and the ears lifting soon afterward.

When in operation, it was the custom to have a picture of Raymond Burr included somewhere on each set, with the first toast on the opening night of every production always dedicated to his memory.

When President Jimmy Carter nominated A. Daniel O ’ Neal ( originally appointed by President Richard Nixon ) to chair the ICC, O ’ Neal began to develop the possibilities for opening up the rail market to competition and innovation.

When the female is ready to lay her eggs, the entrance is just large enough for her to enter the nest, and after she has done so, the remaining opening is also all but sealed shut.

When closing a gate wrap the rope around the upturned post on the gate itself, then the latch post and the repeat three times then wrap around the tractor post such that it is pulled toward the latch post, once snug, pull the loose end under the wraps and tight against the post.

When she falls because of the pain she notices that she was on the row 5 of the store so she makes a big effort to move to the next row, just in this moment, Forney ( who watched her go into the store at closing time ) jumps through a plate-glass window and helps deliver her baby.

When his death was announced on the afternoon of September 9, in a press release entitled “ A Notice from the Central Committee, the NPC, State Council, and the CMC to the whole Party, the whole Army and to the people of all nationalities throughout the country ”, the nation descended into grief and mourning, with people weeping in the streets and public institutions closing for over a week.

When closing the rods make a slight twisting motion while pushing the sections together.

( When Bugs Bunny was the closing character, he would break the pattern by simply saying, in his Brooklynese accent, " And Dat's De End !").

When a quotation is followed by other writing on a line of text, a space follows the closing quotation mark unless it is immediately followed by other punctuation within the sentence, such as a colon or closing punctuation.

When faced with the choice of integrating or closing their schools, those in favor of maintaining schools prevailed and the schools were integrated almost without incident.

When Trask hears a convincing tidbit, he hops off the closing elevator with Katharine and onto an elevator with Jack and Tess.

Spielberg wanted to have " When You Wish upon a Star " in the closing credits, but was denied permission ( though the song's signature melody can be heard briefly just before Roy Neary turns to board the mothership ).

When closing after an action potential, sodium channels enter an " inactivated " state, in which they cannot be made to open regardless of the membrane potential — this gives rise to the absolute refractory period.

When the Cafe au Go Go finally locked its doors for good, the now-famous Stephen Stills was a featured performer at the gala closing.

" She was also remembered as a heroine to Burton Cummings on his 1978 album " Dream of a Child " in the song " Dream of a Child ," including the lines " When I was a child, dreamed that Elvis Presley, was standing on the corner, kissing Brenda Lee ", and in the closing line, " I love Brenda Lee / Brenda Lee loves me / yeah ...".

When Wilson declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, he also issued an executive order closing most radio stations not needed by the US government.

When it was apparent that the company would be closing down, a company meeting was held with all employees.

When Randal enters the Quick Stop after closing the RST video, Dante loses his temper and fights with him.

When the conditions on the sale contract have been met, legal title passes to the buyer in what is known as closing.

When the limits saw " several top competitors running out of fuel in the closing stages ", the limits were abandoned, though use of pump gasoline was still mandatory.

When a child is born with Möbius syndrome, there may be difficulty in closing the mouth or swallowing.

The Hamm's Bear is immortalized in David Frizzell's " I'm Gonna Hire a Wino " whose lyrics include " When the Hamm's Bear says its closing time, you won't have far to crawl.

When the colour series was subsequently released on DVD, some of the episodes whose content linked, were edited together, with the relevant closing and opening titles and credits removed.

When adhering to K & R, each function has its opening brace at the next line on the same indentation level as its header, the statements within the braces are indented, and the closing brace at the end is on the same indentation level as the header of the function at a line of its own.

When the paddle is pressed from the left, a horizontal pendulum at the opposite end of the lever is set into motion, intermittently closing a set of contacts, sending a series of short pulses ( dits ) at a speed that is controlled by the position of the pendulum weight.