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  • ...placed by a wooden bridge in the [[1930s]], despite widespread hopes for a stone bridge.
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  • The bridge is of white [[limestone]]. Windows with stone bars are on the summit of this enclosed bridge. The name comes from the sug
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  • ...tations. Fifty years ago much of the landscape was farmland bounded by dry stone walls but today, the local economy is based on fishing - sponge fishing and
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  • ==Stepping stone to high profile divisions== ...and [[NASCAR]] drivers used midget car racing as an intermediate stepping stone on their way to more high profile divisions, including [[Tony Stewart]], [[
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  • ...eese, and toppings and bake in preheated 500° F oven directly on the pizza stone for 8-10 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Cool 2-3 minutes on a wire
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  • The idea of rebuilding the bridge in stone was first proposed in [[1503]]. Several projects were considered over the f The present [[rock (geology)|stone]] bridge, a single span designed by [[Antonio da Ponte]], was finally compl
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  • |Record team || [[Stone Brothers Racing]] ...it was won by [[Marcos Ambrose]] and [[Greg Ritter]] in a Pirtek-backed [[Stone Brothers Racing]] Falcon. In 2005, it was won by [[Craig Lowndes]] and Fren
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  • ...es from a literal translation and transposition of ''ishibashi'', meaning "stone bridge" in [[Japanese language|Japanese]]. It is currently the second large
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  • ...g and bake in preheated 450° F oven on lower rack or directly on the pizza stone for 25 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Remove from pan and cool 5 m
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  • ...[[United Kingdom]] still measure their weight using the [[stone (weight)|stone]] equal to 14 lb (6.35 kg).
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  • ..., the exterior [[brickwork]] became covered with various [[marble]]s and [[stone carving|carving]]s, some much older than the building itself.(see 4 tetrarc ...fice structure: a 4 co-emperor ruling plan called "The Tetrarch". This red stone statue represents the inter-dependence of the 4 rulers. It was salvaged by
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  • ...eese, and toppings and bake in preheated 500° F oven directly on the pizza stone for 8-10 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Cool 2-3 minutes on a wire
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  • ...lso constructed using unusual combinations of materials (such as glass and stone, plastic and aluminum, plush fabric and chrome, etc.). Two of these designs
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  • ...and blend it; if it's like [[strawberry]] or [[cherry]], just remove the stone (if any) and blend. According to the sweetness of the fruit, the quantity o
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  • ...bend itself, will draw the horse as much towards the stone, as it does the stone towards the horse, and will obstruct the progress of the one as much as it
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  • * '''Base Level:''' the Jackal, later the Stone; distinguished by a single disk up front, no tach, and minimal trim enhance ...ith two cosmetic "upgrade" packages: California Stone Metal and California Stone Chrome.
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  • ...e sets of logs laid on the ground with a large stone block on top. As the stone is pulled, the logs roll along the ground with little sliding friction. As ...which moves axially in a hole. Axial-motion bearings often work like the stone-and-log example, with a pathway so rolling elements that fall off the end a
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  • |0.020 ||   car on stone plates
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  • ...rotation. In a poem by [[Ausonius]] in the [[4th century]], he mentions a stone-cutting saw powered by water. ...specially in the transport and/or raising of some 15 to over 100 [[ton]] [[stone]] blocks.
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  • ...rotation. In a poem by [[Ausonius]] in the [[4th century]], he mentions a stone-cutting saw powered by water. ...specially in the transport and/or raising of some 15 to over 100 [[ton]] [[stone]] blocks.
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  • ...1965]], [[1969]], [[1970]] and [[1972]]. Due to ''cutting the corners'', a stone thrown from another car hit [[Helmut Marko]] in the eye during the [[1972 F
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  • ...of Cagliari) were retrieved which demonstrate a well developed industry of stone carving. Already in the Stone Age Monte Arci played an important role. The old volcano was one of the cen
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  • ...described the effect of the warm Mediterranean sun-light on the white lime-stone city and compared Cagliari to a "white Jerusalem". ...''[[Roman Amphitheatre]]''', carved into a block of rock (the typical lime-stone on which Cagliari is built). The Amphitheatre still stages open-air operas
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  • ...3]], when it was replaced by the present [[trachyte]] slabs, with bands of stone in [[geometrical pattern]]s, designed to make the Square appear longer.
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  • ...ke many other Veronese churches, is built with alternating layers of white stone and bricks.]] ...in Canto 18 of Purgatory in the [[Divine Comedy]]. The weathered Veronese stone gives a warm golden glow and the restrained lines of the pillars, columns,
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  • ...can no longer absorb anymore salt. The result is then aged in an earth or stone-floored cellar. During the aging process the cheese is turned once a week
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  • ...series, opposed by the rigid concepts of structural safety of Edward Po On stone, however, had been launched and the '''Romeo''' had demonstrated the abilit
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  • ...s are also carried on. Commerce is carried on in wine, brandy and building-stone.
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  • ...white porphyry is still excavated from some surrounding areas (Pila). This stone can be seen in many of Trento's buildings, both new and old. (For example, ...ding in Italian railways architecture and combines many varieties of local stone with the most advanced building materials of the time: glass, reinforced co
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  • ...and move on to international racing. He bypassed the traditional stepping stone of [[Formula 3]] and joined TOMS-Toyota in [[Formula 3000]]. Despite havin
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  • ...Kravitz]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Drew Barrymore]], [[Sharon Stone]], [[Jennifer Lopez]], [[Gwyneth Paltrow]], [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Beyon
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  • ...perity to many of the inhabitants. [[Tufa]] quarries were also opened with stone being exported to [[Tunisia]] and [[Libya]].
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  • ...Peck puts his hand into the "[[La Bocca della Verità|Mouth of Truth]]", a stone face in Rome that legend says will bite it off if you tell a lie. In the fi
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  • ...i, and the pale pumice from Lipari is shipped internationally. The pumice stone from Lipari, known as rhyolite, is indigenous to only one other island in t
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  • Stone's Cyclery
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  • ...on was completed in [[1234]]. It is a fine [[Romanesque]] building in grey stone, built in the form of a Greek cross, with a dodecagonal dome over the cente
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  • ...Boscono]], [[Daria Werbowy]], [[Malgosia Bela]], [[Randal Moore]], [[Lara Stone]], [[Emanuela De Paula]], and [[Isabeli Fontana]]
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  • ...under the direction of the Countess [[Matilda of Tuscany]] with its first stone laid [[June 6]], [[1099]] and its crypt ready for the city's patron, [[Sain
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  • ...under the direction of the Countess [[Matilda of Tuscany]] with its first stone laid [[June 6]], [[1099]] and its crypt ready for the city's patron, [[Sain ...the Middle Ages Modena are the ''Preda Ringadora'', a rectangular marble stone next to the portico of the palace, used as oratorial platform, and the stat
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  • ...s; it was seen as a natural step up from the 1600cc formula and a stepping stone to categories such as [[Formula Three]]. Formula Ford 2000 engines and tran
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  • ...smatic collection. A part of the museum is set aside for the collection of stone monuments dating back predominantly to the Roman period. ...The unique interior features a waterfall that runs along entire wall, and stone archways. The water from the waterfall flows beneath a glass floor, which
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  • ...as the nickname of Giovanni Battista Perasso who, in 1746 in Genoa threw a stone against an Austrian officer for rebelling against the Austrian invasion of
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  • ...pically aluminum). When making pizza at home, it can be baked on a [[pizza stone]] in a regular oven to imitate the effect of a brick oven. Another option i ...mm (¹⁄₈ in) thick. The pizza must be baked for 60–90 [[second]]s in a 485C stone oven with an oak-wood fire. When cooked, it should be crispy, tender and fr
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  • ...he villa of [[Augustus]] were being excavated, giant bones and 'weapons of stone' were discovered, which the emperor ordered to be displayed in the garden o
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  • ...s consists of old Greco-Roman reservoirs dug out from the soft [[tuff|tufo stone]] on which, and from which, the city is built. You can visit approximately
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  • ...s consists of old Greco-Roman reservoirs dug out from the soft [[tuff|tufo stone]] on which, and from which, the city is built. You can visit approximately
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  • ...lfonso of Aragon]] in 1441 d.c. connected the rock to the island through a stone bridge instead of a previous wood bridge, and wanted the walls were fortifi
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  • ...is buried in the village of [[Chirnside]] in [[Berwickshire]]. A memorial stone can be found at the [[Hockenheimring]] circuit, moved from the site of his
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  • ...Chris Vermeulen]] have used the Superbike World Championship as a stepping stone to entering [[MotoGP]], [[James Toseland]] will also move to MotoGP in 2008
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  • ...e high speeds on very narrow, twisting streets, roads and lanes flanked by stone walls and even buildings. Between 1907 and 2006 there have been 222 deaths
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  • In [[Prehistory]] Sardinia's inhabitants developed a trade in [[obsidian]], a stone used for the production of the first rough tools, and this activity brought
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  • ...eaviest rider was Magnus Backstedt at 95 kg (209 lb or 14 [[stone (weight)|stone]] 13 lb). *The lightest was Leonardo Piepoli at 57 kg (126 lb or 8 stone 14 lb).
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  • ...ltures]] seem to have approached it, as wheel-like worked [[rock (geology)|stone]]s have been found on objects identified as [[children]]'s [[toys]] dating
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  • ...glasssteelandstone.com/ Global Architecture Encyclopedia - Glass Steel and Stone]
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  • ...consular roads Via Emilia and Via Popilia that lead north. Built in Istria stone, the bridge consists of five arches that rest on massive pillars with break
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  • ...ing the [[tree]]s with sticks to knock the olives off and crushing them in stone or wooden [[mortar (bowl)|mortar]]s or [[beam press]]es. Nowadays, olives a
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  • The city has no fewer than seventy-two public fountains. The stone quarries of [[Mazzano]], 20 km east of Brescia, supplied marble for th
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  • ...[Troy|Trojan]] [[Antenor]], whose relics the commune recognized in a large stone sarcophagus exhumed in the year [[1274]].
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  • In summer, it was popular to eat outside. Many houses in [[Pompeii]] had stone couches at a particularly beautiful spot in the garden for just that purpos
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  • ...the introduction of F3 races, the Macau GP has gradually become a stepping stone for many F3 drivers to higher class motor-racing competitions such as the [
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  • ...obby]] by non-professionals. Karting is commonly perceived as the stepping stone to the higher and more expensive ranks of motorsports.
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  • ...e celebration quickly turned into a disaster due to the surface of crushed stone and tar. There were terrible injuries to the race car drivers and spectator
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  • ...amids]], the ancient Egyptians used lubricants to move the large blocks of stone that made up the pyramids. Synthetic lubricants were invented initially for
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  • ...of an amazing, intricate and harmonious communication network of water and stone casts light and shadows unique in the world upon a city already singular fo
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  • ...imals; they were fairly skilful metallurgists, casting bronze in moulds of stone and clay, and they were also agriculturists, cultivating beans, the vine, w
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  • ...ur]], who conducted the king-elect to the citadel where he was placed on a stone seat as the people waited below. If found worthy of the kingship, the augur
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  • ...that the Belgians then come out to see the race and they pull up a cobble stone each and take it home as a souvenir. They've even gone off with the milesto ...he Tour [Hinault] - who every year gives the winner his celebration cobble stone on behalf of the organisers - has contributed to the dilution [''paupéris
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  • ...mall underground bar that sits level with the river. You can sit inside on stone steps (cushions provided) looking out at the water, or sit outside right by
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  • ...ndations rest on the piles, and buildings of [[brick]] or [[Rock (geology)|stone]] sit above these footings. The buildings are often threatened by flood [[t
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  • | [[stone (weight)|stone]] || st
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  • ...osely adhered, for use as walkways, [[edging]], [[tree ring]]s, [[stepping stone]]s. Both types of product are also marketed as excellent ground material fo
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  • ...ly defeats a gang of thugs in a sport involving the players throwing heavy stone cannonballs at each other, Fiona is so impressed with his actions she start
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  • *'''Dusk''', carrer Merce 23, Sexy bar and bistro inside centuries-old stone walls in Ciutat Vella/Barri Gotic. One block in from the Correos (Big Post ...4-Itaca-Hostel] Hostel is centrally located in the Gothic District, only a stone's throw away from the Cathedral. The beds and bathrooms are clean, and the
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  • ...hout many major urban centres. Essentially, the velocipede was a stepping stone that created a market for bicycles that led to the development of more adva
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  • The position of Sicily as a stepping stone of sorts in the center of the [[Mediterranean Basin]] has lent it strategic
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  • ...nside the brim as a throwing weapon. The hat is capable of slicing through stone and metal when thrown hard enough.
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