What may strike some as a naive grab for mainstream acceptance is in fact a stroke of genius. |
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Always behind, the hosts converted a last-minute penalty stroke against a rejuvenated India team. |
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Each paddle stroke inches you further upstream towards the Abenaki encampment that should lie perhaps a league ahead. |
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After he had his stroke, the doctor suggested he should do some exercise, walking or even a bit of gentle cycling. |
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The pulled out the drawings for the palace and scrutinized every pencil stroke. |
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One of Bollettieri's coaches agreed to take her on court and with her first stroke she knocked his hat off. |
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It was just on the stroke of half time that an incident occurred that would change the course of the game. |
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Slavery and feudalism were in the end abolished, with a stroke of the pen followed if necessary by a stroke of the sword. |
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The world number eight dropped a stroke at the par-four ninth when his drive ended beside a tree down the left side of the fairway. |
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Both aspirin and warfarin reduce the risk of blood clots that can cause stroke. |
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Should she be treated with aspirin or warfarin to reduce her risk of stroke? |
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They said the dog had died from heat stroke or exhaustion or whatever it is that happens to dogs when they burn up. |
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The hands and putter head need to work as one unit for the stroke to be effective. |
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Of the first letter, all that survives is the freestanding end of a diagonal stroke in the bottom right corner of the letter space. |
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The major medical causes of karoshi deaths are heart attack and stroke due to stress. |
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Once in a while a tennis match will reach its climax with both players convinced they are going to win until the last stroke of the last rally. |
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The scorching backfoot cover-drive and the pick-up stroke on the on-side have fetched him runs in plenty. |
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Franklin would pump the treadle, wet his fingers, and stroke the rims of the bowls, almost as if playing notes on the piano. |
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Patients were observed until they were admitted to hospital with a stroke, stopped taking their antipsychotic, died, or the study ended. |
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Kirchoff capped a fine game by converting a penalty stroke with two field goals completing the scoring. |
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He forced the Maritzburg goalkeeper, Ryan Gary, to lie on the ball, conceding a penalty stroke. |
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Erik closed the door softly behind him as he entered, but it sounded like the stroke of a clock moments before death. |
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DeHann had an excellent spring, showing a line-drive stroke to all fields and superb speed. |
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Berard is the potential home run hitter who hasn't found his long-ball stroke just yet. |
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Still, if he finds his stroke in the play-offs, New York becomes extremely difficult to defend. |
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For example, the aspirated series of stops and affricates are written by adding a horizontal stroke to the letters for the plain series. |
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His name has rarely appeared in the media since he was admitted to hospital after suffering a stroke. |
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She nodded her head as one of their cats jumped into her lap and she started to stroke it. |
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The backward tilt of the stroke plane elevates flight force during the upstroke by increasing the aerodynamic angle of attack. |
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A tough competitor, with a soft stroke for deep, Williams played only two games in Boston, but looked solid. |
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That illustrates the importance of addressing the ball on the equator and keeping your stroke rhythmical. |
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None had acute disease such as other types of infection, heart failure or stroke during the study period. |
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The cable flye is also a great exercise for racket sports such as tennis, racquetball, squash and badminton when executing the forehand stroke. |
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Though I don't want to be specific with any particular stroke in my game, overall despite the fitness problems, I think I served really well. |
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Because of new electro-static sensors, a gentle stroke on AIBO's head or back will trigger a response without needing to push or click. |
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A defining moment came on the stroke of half time, when a compelling sequence saw the last man tackled into touch in the act of scoring. |
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Shogun Lodge, his sword in one hand, countered the stroke of the heavy iron sword with an upward movement. |
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This action is also seen in gymnastics in free exercise and beam routines, in the backhand stroke in racket sports, and in softball batting. |
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David Small was the hero when he blasted a 20 meter free to the next with the final stroke of the game. |
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The breed also has completely webbed feet and swims with a breast stroke instead of a dog paddle. |
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Pryce took his opponent's blow upon his shield, easily deflecting the downward stroke. |
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In addition to bradycardia, cardiac findings may include acrocyanosis and decrease in overall heart size and stroke volume. |
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In April 1737 Handel suffered a stroke, and he retired to take the waters at Aix-la-Chapelle in September. |
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But Korea, after missing a penalty stroke, scored three goals but lost by the narrowest of margins. |
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The after-effects of the stroke included aphasia, a condition affecting the language centres of the brain. |
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On the contrary, Barkley debunks his own presence in the spot, in a brilliant stroke of marketing self-abnegation. |
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But it only takes five minutes and a pencil stroke to go and vote. |
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At that moment, Els was four under par, one stroke behind the leaders. |
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Spending 40 minutes hanging around at icy bus stops will thicken your blood, putting you at risk of coronary thrombosis, stroke, bronchitis and pneumonia. |
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Last Saturday an 18 hole stroke event was played in three grades. |
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As the acute, communicable diseases were defeated, attention shifted to the chronic and degenerative afflictions, especially cancer, diabetes, stroke, and heart disease. |
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And out of the 10 specialist services provided at the hospital, such as paediatrics, stroke and heart treatments, eight are rated as being high quality. |
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There was a strong stroke and a weak one, like a sound and its echo. |
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They offer complex visions of a young artist dead before his time, of a persecuted gay poet, and of a bon vivant felled by stroke. |
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This video remedies that injustice, showcasing an owl doing a butterfly stroke in Lake Michigan. |
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Newham has more CCTV cameras than any other authority, but they were useless when the workers monitoring them kicked off the strike by walking out on the stroke of midnight. |
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People who smoke quadrupled their risk for this stroke, scientists found. |
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The clinical terms are acalculia, for people like Signora Gaddi who lost her sense of numbers after a stroke, and dyscalculia for people who were born without numbers. |
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You can feel and kiss and stroke and suck, but you won't make that old one-eyed snake stand up. |
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Stoke were on the rampage but their night was soured by the referee's decision to show Jerome a second yellow card on the stroke of half time. |
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The open season on culture in Manhattan used to begin with the first stroke of a Metropolitan Opera baton. |
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Who at one stroke didst pare away three heads from off the shoulders of an Orke, begotten by an Incubus. |
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These events can be more readily associated with cardiovascular complications from a stroke episode or lethal heart attack. |
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He wanted to launch a bold initiative that would knock Britain out of the war with one stroke. |
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And so the moost party of the castel that was falle doune thorugh that dolorous stroke laye vpon Pellam and balyn thre dayes. |
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A short, quick stroke prevents the bow being driven under in choppy waters while heavily laden. |
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With intelligence springs up at a stroke the phenomenal world, the world as we know it. |
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In late 117, while sailing back to Rome, Trajan fell ill and died of a stroke in the city of Selinus. |
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He was personally present at the siege, and it is possible that he suffered a heat stroke while in the blazing heat. |
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King Frederick William IV suffered a stroke in 1857 and could no longer rule. |
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It was a difficult battle for both sides, but, by a stroke of luck, the Spanish came out victorious. |
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During the first days after the onset of stroke, patients were polymedicated. |
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At the stroke of midnight the Paschal celebration itself begins, consisting of Paschal Matins, Paschal Hours, and Paschal Divine Liturgy. |
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At its completion all light in the church building is extinguished, and all wait in darkness and silence for the stroke of midnight. |
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Ascenders and descenders were the first major alterations, followed by twists of the tool in the basic stroke and overlapping. |
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However, Wilson collapsed midway with a serious stroke that effectively ruined his leadership skills. |
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Use of neologisms may also be related to aphasia acquired after brain damage resulting from a stroke or head injury. |
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It had been a sort of race hitherto, and the rowers, with set teeth and compressed lips, had pulled stroke for stroke. |
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The Italic form, also called script a, is used in most current handwriting and consists of a circle and vertical stroke. |
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In Greek handwriting, it was common to join the left leg and horizontal stroke into a single loop, as demonstrated by the uncial version shown. |
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In handwriting, it was common to start the arc to the left of the vertical stroke, resulting in a serif at the top of the arc. |
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This serif was extended while the rest of the letter was reduced, resulting in an angled stroke and loop. |
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In handwriting, it was common not to close the bottom of the loop but continue into the leg, saving an extra pen stroke. |
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In late 1937, Cardozo had a heart attack, and in early 1938, he suffered a stroke. |
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They will be swimming slower than they could otherwise swim, so their stroke mechanics will be less racelike. |
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In 1790, William Kelly of Glasgow used a new method to assist the draw stroke. |
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If the break happened on the winding stroke the spindle might have to be stopped while the thread was found. |
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At the bottom of each stroke, steam was allowed to enter the cylinder below the piston. |
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At the top of the stroke the steam valve was closed, and cold water was briefly injected into the cylinder as a means of cooling the steam. |
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The steam supply was cut during the stroke, and the steam expanded against the vacuum on the other side. |
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Consequently, the direction of the power stroke might be reversed, making it easier to obtain rotary motion. |
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From this graph the amount of work performed during the piston stroke may be calculated. |
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They continued to be made in a range of sizes, down to very small, with a bore and stroke of only a few inches. |
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At the front end of the ram is a vertical tool slide that may be adjusted to either side of the vertical plane along the stroke axis. |
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On 7 November 1842 Brunel suffered a stroke that paralysed his right side for a time. |
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In 1845 Brunel suffered another, more severe stroke and was almost totally paralysed on his right side. |
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Air pollution is also emerging as a risk factor for stroke, particularly in developing countries where pollutant levels are highest. |
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A 2007 study found that in women, air pollution is not associated with hemorrhagic but with ischemic stroke. |
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The stroke of the cut-off valves is very short, and the ruffs on the parts, g, g, regulate its length. |
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I fear I am going to fail my exams because I have not done a stroke of work this semester. |
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Six runs were still required, and an uppish stroke by the new arrival secured two of them. |
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These reorganizations may underlie vicariation of lost functions following stroke. |
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The brilliantly intellectual baron de Charlus suffers a stroke. |
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Because AFIb allows blood to slow down or pool, it increases the risk of clotting, and therefore Increases your risk of stroke. |
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In a stroke of genius, he enlisted bundy to vouch for him on tape. |
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The apparatus has a powerful milling drive, high-speed C-Axis and 82-millimeter stroke Y-Axis to create accurate, finished parts. |
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At a stroke, Anglo-Catholicism became English, patriotic and insular, rather than Roman, Italian and sinisterly post-Council of Trent. |
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Raised corticomotor excitability of M1 forearm area following anodal tDCS is sustained during robotic wrist therapy in chronic stroke. |
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After seeing a chiropractor, however, she suffered a stroke. |
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I stroke the whorl of fur between his ears, one sticky-uppy and one floppy. |
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By a stroke of luck, there were still a few tickets left when we arrived. |
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I should be ready to do the job without being paid for it, though I don't say it is not sweeter to get both gold and revenge at one stroke. |
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At one stroke his dashing raiment gave him high superiority over Johnnie Watson and other rivals who might loom. |
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He had started to stroke her, shivering, staring ahead, following with a blind man's hand the dip of her spine through the batiste. |
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His sketches show the details of batlike wings which were to spread out on the downward stroke and fold up with the upward stroke. |
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At a stroke the bhangis will raise scavenging to a fine art and give it the status it should have had long ago. |
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They are sitting up straighter, breaking their arms at the catch and getting on a terrific amount of power at the catch with each stroke. |
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Sir Launcelot put his shield afore him, and put the stroke away of the one giant, and with his sword he clave his head asunder. |
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By one stroke our next generation grew up speaking a few words of English, but it had essentially been demuslimized, and deculturalized. |
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After a brief period of recovery in February 1377, the king died of a stroke at Sheen on 21 June. |
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After the stroke, Constance once again sat in an invalidish room that smelled of flannel sheets and dog. |
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After Llywelyn suffered a paralytic stroke in 1237, Dafydd took an increasing role in government. |
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If you are not a phobe, it is almost impossible not to stroke a cat that comes within range. |
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By a stroke of luck, a thaw prevented the Chatti from crossing the Rhine and coming to Saturninus' aid. |
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In one stroke Charles destroyed his supporters' efforts to portray him as a defence against innovation and disorder. |
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A Japanese saw is one that cuts on the pull stroke rather than on the push stroke. |
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His death was recorded as being due to the aftereffects of a stroke culminating in a series of seizures. |
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As seen from these two examples of relatively simple kanjis, the stroke order and stroke count are arbitrary. |
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Churchill's funeral plan had been initiated in 1953, after he suffered a major stroke, under the name Operation Hope Not. |
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Since 1 April 2008, everyone aged 40 to 74 years old has been able to get a health check for heart disease, stroke, diabetes and kidney disease. |
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Despite suffering a stroke, he still came into the public light from time to time. |
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On 6 February 2016, Dawkins suffered a minor hemorrhagic stroke while at home. |
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Brunel, a heavy smoker, suffered a stroke in 1859, just before the Great Eastern made her first voyage to New York. |
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The later Watt engines worked lift pumps powered by the engine stroke and it may be that later versions of the Newcomen engine did so too. |
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Attempts were made to drive machinery by Newcomen engines, but these were unsuccessful, as the single power stroke produced a very jerky motion. |
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This causes a cycle of heating and cooling of the cylinder with every stroke, which is a source of inefficiency. |
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He would often clean his brush after each stroke when painting flesh, so that the colour remained constantly variable. |
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On 8 June 1870, Dickens suffered another stroke at his home after a full day's work on Edwin Drood. |
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But whether the affliction was rheumatism, a stroke or a nervous breakdown, he recovered remarkably quickly. |
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The replacement was successful, but he suffered a slight stroke, affecting his right hand. |
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This was caused primarily by Hitchcock's seriously declining health and his concerns for his wife, Alma, who had suffered a stroke. |
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In the early morning of 25 December 1977, Chaplin died at home after suffering a stroke in his sleep. |
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If it is deemed that the player who is striking the ball is deliberately trying to hit his opponent, he will lose the stroke. |
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Most rule infractions lead to stroke penalties but also can lead to disqualification. |
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This grip restricts the motion in your dominant hand and eliminates the possibility of wrist breakdowns through the putting stroke. |
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The minimum par of any hole is 3 because par always includes a stroke for the tee shot and two putts. |
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Faldo recovered with birdies on two of the last four holes to win by a stroke over Cook, who bogeyed the 72nd hole. |
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The match would be a stroke play competition with each playing the four opposing golfers over 18 holes. |
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From 1952 to 1954, Hill rowed in twenty finals with London, usually as stroke of the crew, eight of which resulted in wins. |
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A 2 stroke engine produces power with every rotation of the crank, where as the 4 stroke engine produces power every second rotation. |
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In theory, a 500cc 2stroke produces the same power as a 1000cc 4 stroke, however there are many differences between the two configurations. |
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Practice showed the 4 strokes generating 10 to 15 more Hp and turning in much faster lap times than their 2 stroke counterparts. |
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If comparable bore to stroke ratios are employed, an engine with more cylinders will have a greater piston area and a shorter stroke. |
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Baroness Thatcher died on 8 April 2013, at the age of 87, after suffering a stroke. |
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Stroke by stroke, the great familiar monody of that incomparable curfew rose and fell in the stillness. |
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As Robert landed in Suffolk, Brunel was already seriously ill following a stroke and died the following day. |
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The cause of his death was labelled as lethargy, but he probably experienced a stroke. |
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Richardson was seized on Sunday evening with a most severe paralytic stroke. |
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Usually made in one spontaneous brush stroke, it became the paradigm of the minimalist aesthetic that guided part of the zen painting. |
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The rowing stroke may be characterized by two fundamental reference points. |
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The action between catch and release is the first phase of the stroke that propels the boat. |
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Near the end of the recovery, the rower squares the blade into perpendicular orientation with respect to the water, and begins another stroke. |
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With the full lung technique, rowers exhale during the stroke and inhale during the recovery. |
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The bow and stroke positions have a set of sculling riggers and two and three have a sweep set. |
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Joan died in 1237 and Llywelyn appears to have suffered a paralytic stroke the same year. |
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Williams suffered a stroke in 1981, the physical effects of which he suffered for the rest of his life. |
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These normally beat so that the propulsion stroke is away from the mouth, although they can also reverse direction. |
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Hurrion has developed Quintic Ball Roll Software to provide expert advice for all golfers' putting stroke, posture, set-up and putter type. |
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Smrcka theorized that the model probably suffered from a stroke or a spasm following kickbox training. |
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The sound was the stroke of a bell from the tower of East Endelstow Church.... The death-knell of an inhabitant of the eastern parish was being tolled. |
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When water and air are compressed together some of the air mixes with the water, and, because of this, in the ram pump bits of air leave the air chamber with each stroke. |
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Afib is a condition characterized by a rapid and irregular heartbeat that can cause serious complications, including stroke, palpitations, fainting and early death. |
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The first examined the relationship between apolipoproteins and severely blocked carotid arteries and how this relationship may correspond with stroke risk. |
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They sparred heavily for nearly ten minutes, neither gaining the advantage until Kathleen, with one furious uphand stroke, snapped Reed's blade in two near the hilt. |
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The Seigneur summoned the island's doctor, a young transplant from London named Peter Counsell, who determined that Mrs. Beaumont had suffered a stroke. |
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Vibration, applied as a subsensory stimulus to the foot improves posture and balance in older adults, patients with diabetes, and individuals with stroke. |
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His hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree. |
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Throughout life, the Japanese are judged by their handwriting, their ability to use the proper kanji combinations, the faux pas of each missed stroke. |
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He entered and won the whole kingdom of Naples without striking a stroke. |
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The remainder of the stroke is driven by the expansive force of the steam. |
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This uses both sides of the piston as working faces, the lower side of the piston acting as a piston compressor to compress the inlet charge ready for the next stroke. |
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Smeaton died after suffering a stroke while walking in the garden of his family home at Austhorpe, and was buried in the parish church at Whitkirk, West Yorkshire. |
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However, the ability to record people without their knowledge, with the stroke of a finger over the spectacle frame or a voice command, has prompted privacy concerns. |
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So at each stroke part of the potential of the steam was lost. |
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The system of alternately sending jets of steam, then cold water into the cylinder meant that the walls of the cylinder were alternately heated, then cooled with each stroke. |
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The descending stroke of the Latin letter R has fully developed by the 3rd century BC, as seen in the Tomb of the Scipios sarcophagus inscriptions of that era. |
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As a result of this stroke of luck, he was nicknamed the Fortunate. |
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A Poynard is more sure to wound a man, which forsomuch as it requireth more motion and vigor of the arme, than a pistol, it's stroke is more subject to be hindred or avoyded. |
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A free-kick from Matthew Etherington caused more confusion on the stroke of half-time but Mehmet Aurelio was able to hook the ball clear with Cameron Jerome poised to strike. |
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The British experienced a stroke of luck in November 1939 when a German mine was dropped from an aircraft onto the mud flats off Shoeburyness during low tide. |
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In a blaze of creativity during 10 days in 1950 photographing the Paris collections, he became at one stroke one of the major fashion photographers of the century. |
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This was the final stroke that broke the power of the aristocracy. |
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The Kingdom of Italy was finally granted to King Carloman of Bavaria, but a stroke forced him to abdicate Italy to his brother Charles the Fat and Bavaria to Louis of Saxony. |
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He had a stroke in 1997, from which he made a slow recovery. |
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Once stroke was classified by a risk factor-free method, the stronger relationship between hypertension and lacunar versus nonlacunar infarction patients disappeared. |
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The leg compression occurs relatively slowly compared to the rest of the stroke, which affords the rower a moment to recover, and allows the boat to glide through the water. |
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As the use of the color green in the film has artistic importance, matching a shade of green was a stroke of luck for restoration and provided a reference shade. |
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In March 2011, Rose had a chance to add to his two PGA Tour titles won in 2010, when he entered the final round at the Transitions Championship with a one stroke lead. |
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Flintoff continued with impetus and trapped Simon Katich lbw for 1, before Hoggard had Adam Gilchrist lbw with an inswinger at the stroke of lunch. |
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Once calculated, the Course Handicap is applied in stroke play by simply reducing the player's gross score by the handicap, to produce a net score. |
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This form of play, as a minor variation to stroke or match play, is neither defined nor disallowed by strict rules and so is used according to local rules for an event. |
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The score achieved for each and every hole of the round or tournament is added to produce the total score, and the player with the lowest score wins in stroke play. |
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There are two basic forms of golf play, match play and stroke play. |
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A tee is allowed only for the first stroke on each hole, unless the player must hit a provisional tee shot or replay his or her first shot from the tee. |
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In stroke play competitions played according to strict rules, each player plays his or her ball until it is holed no matter how many strokes that may take. |
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In these cases, the stroke goes to the player who was hit by the ball. |
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In April 1737, at age 52, Handel apparently suffered a stroke which disabled the use of four fingers on his right hand, preventing him from performing. |
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In August 2007, Pratchett was misdiagnosed as having had a minor stroke in 2004 or 2005, which doctors believed had damaged the right side of his brain. |
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Belloc suffered a stroke in 1941 and never recovered from its effects. |
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On 17 June 1783, Johnson's poor circulation resulted in a stroke and he wrote to his neighbour, Edmund Allen, that he had lost the ability to speak. |
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While Edmund still called out to Christ, the heathen dragged the holy man to his death, and with one stroke struck off his head, and his soul journeyed happily to Christ. |
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In November 1831 Bradshaw suffered a stroke, as a result of which he lost the use of his left arm and leg, and there is evidence that it also impaired his judgement. |
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However, an enormous stroke of bad luck meant that the building was covered in wooden scaffolding, undergoing piecemeal restoration by a relatively unknown Christopher Wren. |
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In early 1625, James was plagued by severe attacks of arthritis, gout, and fainting fits, and fell seriously ill in March with tertian ague and then suffered a stroke. |
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When using a fudepen, the ink flow increases when a stronger grip is used to apply more pressure, so the stroke width changes depending on the strength of the grip. |
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But Boro were level on the stroke of half-time, with George Maris finding Brown and the striker's shot took a deflection to wrong-foot keeper Adam Bartlett. |
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Over the previous two days and the past months of briefs, I had learned to look for at least 125 to 130 knots on my airspeed indicator at the end of the cat stroke. |
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