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neutrino. This is like a tiny Moebius-like twist in one of the spatial extensions ... thought of as a neutrino with a twist to it. Last (third family, first ...

* Twist Español/My Kind of Woman (Spanish version) (Orfeon 1010) ... * Florida Twist/Negra Consentida (Orfeon 1047) * Spanish Twist (English ...

with twisting of the fishing line. Line twist in spinning reels can occur ... in bait cast designs, while reducing line twist and snare complaints sometimes ...

It is certainly not impossible to twist a double bond. In fact, a 90 degree twist requires an energy approximately equal to half the strength ...

themselves in a helical structure, or twist. Because the liquid crystal ... Twisted nematic displays contain liquid crystal elements that twist ...

Fagin, Mrs. Gamp, Charles Darnay, Oliver Twist, Wilkins Micawber, Pecksniff ... Copperfield, The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, A Tale ...

S) and C(S)3(R) are sufficient. Homochiral twist-boat cyclohexane rings can ... 3]2+ may be designated as Λ (left-handed twist of the propeller described ...

Dance historians usually mark the appearance of the twist in the early 1960s as the end of social partner dancing. In the modern dance era, dance ...

Lean's Great Expectations and Oliver Twist, he was given a starring ... | Oliver Twist || Fagin || |- |rowspan=2|1949 | Kind Hearts and Coronets ...

for wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and clever twist endings. Among his more famous offerings are "The Ransom of Red Chief," in ...

a prefix to describe the left-handed propeller twist formed by three bidentate ligands, as shown. Similarly, the symbol Δ (lambda) is used as a prefix ...

blade, thus it was necessary to introduce a twist along its length. Their original ... and combined with the lack of a lengthwise twist, this made them not as efficient ...

leaf stems, which enable the leaves to twist and flutter in the slightest of breezes. The juvenile leaves on young seedlings and root sprouts ...

other says, and giving trick analogies to twist the other's point, they ... and neglect people's feelings.” They twist words so “people cannot ...

When Chubby Checker introduced The Twist to the Bandstand crowd—and ... Object Is and then Missing Links. In a near twist of irony, on Missing Links ...

Twist lifts are a form of a pair lifts where the lifted partner is thrown into the air, twists, and is caught by the lifted partner. The lady ...

The ironic twist that O'Connor adds to the situation is that despite the hostilities between the two sides, the English prisoners and the ...

"An all night extravaganza with a scientific twist." Up to 380 children aged between eight and 11, accompanied by adults, are invited to spend ...

French, who settled in Madagascar. In an odd twist of history, French colonialism in Eastern Africa was aided by the British, as they had ceded Madagascar ...

In a curiously "Shandean" twist in events, it appears that Sterne's body was stolen shortly after it was interred and sold to ...

#039;s classic tragedy but with a decided twist: In Shaw's version, Caesar is dramatically aged and Cleopatra an impulsive girl of 16. The ...

dance. There is also a figure called the "Hip Twist," where, by closing his feet following a backward movement, the hip movement of the man ...

Cry, retelling his story with a science fiction twist. * Novelist Frederick Buechner retold the story of Brendan's travels in his 1987 novel ...

of Thomas Atkinson, to create the Chorlton Twist Company, which in 1799 negotiated ... #039;s agreeing to sell to the Chorlton Twist Company and also his consent ...

though the Pizza has a unique Korean twist, often featuring corn, sweet ... do, though again with a slightly different twist. For example, couples will ...

helping. Books such as Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist highlighted such abuse. ===Diet=== The meals supplied in the workhouse had to meet the ...

elements by mass and property, but he added a twist. Döbereiner had worked only in small groups, but Newlands wanted to relate all the elements to each other. ...

do not actually throw the branches but they will twist the branch causing it to fall closer to the threat. The natives of the area know very well of ...

Endymion. However, in a characteristically Romantic twist, Keats focuses the narrative not on Diana's love for a mortal, but Endymion's love ...

*Twist of Fate (1954) *Black Widow (1954) *Tight Spot (1955) *The First Traveling Saleslady (1956) *Teenage Rebel (1956) *Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957) ...

is, if it ever comes to mind, powerless trying to twist the outcome of the event in order to create a paradox. The delay is only of a few milliseconds ...

Nash's poetry was often a playful twist of an old saying or poem. He expressed this playfulness in what is perhaps his most famous rhyme ...

that he was in imminent danger of death. But the twist of the assassins was that they drugged the person to simulate a "dying" to later ...

Four fossil rivers twist and turn through the arid reserve. Among them is Deception Valley, a dusty old watercourse that wound its way through ...

Home Is In a Southern Town," "Turtle Twist," "Why?," "New Orleans Bump," "Fickle Fay Creep," "Cracker ...

either slicing off thin shavings (in the case of twist drills or auger bits), grinding off small particles (in oil drilling), or crushing and removing ...

thumb|200px|A rifled barrel, with a right hand twist.]] ... to trace. Archers had long realized that a twist added to the tail feathers ...

with a funny comment, a pun, or an unexpected twist to the story. The comic situations portray fundamental human experiences, such as a man’s desire ...

In an ironic twist, the secular system in most states requires that a Jewish wedding be performed by an ordained rabbi in order to be legally ...

that permitted his storylines to take any twist their author wanted did not appeal to James' sense of artistic integrity. However, James ...

works of fiction, notably Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist and Harold Gray’s Little Orphan Annie, the administrators of orphanages are depicted as cruel ...

* Twist with Bobby Darin—1961 * Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles—1962 * Things and Other Things—1962 * Oh! Look at Me Now—1962 ...

saying or maxim. Often a fable will have a "twist" or a surprise ending as well. Fables, fairy tales, and parables all have in common ...

produce exploitation horror with a uniquely Asian twist. Shaw Studios produced Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires (1973) in collaboration with Hammer ...

1970s animated television series. In an ironic twist, Shmoo-related merchandise became a huge consumer success. Also, in the 1940's and 1950 ...

this vocal style near the end of the song "Twist of Fate" from their self titled debut album "Theocracy." ==In literature== ...

various, colorful characters from books like Oliver Twist. Both his view of the world and his powers of observation were greatly affected by the stories ...

in der Mitte sind Teile der Installation Jump and Twist by Dennis Oppenheim.]] The university also has an excellent library with a large collection ...

always with a women's college twist. Students that year staged a mock debate on the subject, "Does Higher Education Unfit a Man for ...

A top-ranked SEO blog reported, "Search marketers, in a twist of irony, receive a very small share of their traffic from search engines." ...

retell the Gilgamesh account with a monotheistic twist, or did Gilgamesh pervert the true story of Noah's ark into a polytheistic form? Most scholars ...

* Glanz, James. 2002. "New Twist on Physicist's Role in Nazi Bomb" The New York Times. February 7, 2002. * Walker, Mark. 1990. ...

The throttle control is a motorcycle-style twist grip mounted on the collective ... designed to "flap" – lift and twist in such a way that the advancing ...

*Chuck Berry Twist (1962) *Chuck Berry's Greatest Hits (1964) *Two Great Guitars (with Bo Diddley) (1964) *St. Louis to Liverpool (1964) ...

Bulbs with a bayonet (push-twist) base, for use with sockets having ... tips, in order to lock into a socket with a twist. Other halogen bulbs come ...

nytimes.com/1993/04/11/style/coins-a-modern-twist-for-church-tokens.html COINS; A Modern Twist For Church Tokens] The New York Times, April 11 ...

wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please." [http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_8_18s16 ...

and devising ways to present them with his own twist. Michael J. Tortorella, [https://www.deming.org/content/three-careers-w-edwards-deming The ...

white female pop singer is perhaps the ultimate twist in an extremely stormy career...He has a volatile personal style that often seemed more noteworthy ...

influenced by Spanish tornar "to twist, turn," from Latin tornare ... narrow tubes or ropes, and often curl or twist into complex shapes. These ...

may be scrambled, story lines may feature "twist endings," and lines between the antagonist and protagonist may be blurred. The roots of ...

for Christie due largely to its unusual plot twist. Christie’s books provide the reader with a window into everyday English life and its ordinary ...

Jewish Publication Society, 1986), 88. In a twist on the libel of Jews using blood in matzah, a Passover food, in 2002, a Saudi newspaper claimed that ...

of similar stories, characteristically with a twist at the end, some unforeseen event that is either ironic or supernatural. Jan Harold Brunvand ...

Orogeny, caused the original rocks to fold and twist into a vast mountain range. Over the millions of years these tilted rocks, which in many areas are ...

Balloon artists are entertainers who twist and tie inflated tubular balloons into sculptures (see also balloon animal). The balloons used for ...

in formal Christian liturgies with a Gnostic twist, and performing many miracles. In the end, knowing that physical life is nothing compared to ...

relation to the human body and mind. A scientific twist was added by H.G. Wells in The Time Machine (1895) in which Wells prophesied the splitting of ...

in three John Ford films. The first was 1962's twist-ending The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. How the West Was Won and Cheyenne Autumn were western ...

that the principate came to him by an accidental twist of fate' (177). What is known is that on January 24, 41, the praetorian tribune Cassius ...

who gives his own highly individual twist to various Zen parables. The book was translated into English by Ivan Morris in 1959. A film version ...

steel strength members, again with a helical twist to allow for stretching. Another critical concern in cabling is to protect the fiber from contamination ...

novel series The War Against The Chtorr takes a twist with the terraforming concept and has the Earth being invaded by an unseen alien species which ...

needed Kepler more than ever. In a remarkable twist of fate, Tycho recommended Kepler to the emperor, became ill soon after, and died in 1601, leaving ...

towards the top and one long end hanging down. Twist the tie so that the short end goes over your right shoulder. *Fold the long bottom end in ...

screws (especially the set screws which hold twist-on downrods in place) be tight. == See also == * Fan (implement) == Notes == ==References== ...

Korean culture's age reckoning system has a unique twist. One year old at birth, individual's age increments on New Year's Day ...

novel Mary Barton and Dickens' novel Oliver Twist. The emphasis on the purity of women found in such works as Coventry Patmore's The Angel ...

In an ironic twist, Solidarity joined forces with its past enemy, the All-Polish Agreement of Trade Unions (OPZZ), and some of the protests were ...

A new twist was given to the ancient conundrum of the divisibility of matter by the discovery of quantum mechanics. Until then, no distinction ...

many of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, a surprise twist changes everything dramatically near the end of the story. Gilbert oversaw the designs ...

If allowed to twist freely, a magnet will turn to point in the direction of the magnetic field at its location. A compass is a small magnet that ...

known from Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist." The main purpose of a funeral mute was to attend funerals wearing a sad, melancholy expression ...

fight with Penthesilea, but give it an extra twist of Achilles being 'played' by a man. ==Other stories about Achilles== ...

the advertisement how you will, and twist it about as you will," said Lord Justice Lindley, "here is a distinct promise expressed in ...

who tilted them in opposite directions to twist the wings and make the kite ... in the courts until the 1920s. In a twist of irony, the Wright Aeronautical ...

crack may settle and tip, the other upthrust or twist, or all such combinations due to the effects of each floating on the plastic layers below and ...

styles, with or without a modern twist (for example, the Museum of Roman Civilization at the EUR). === Fascism and Futurism === Mussolini's ...

singles She's My Baby, Inside Out, and Wilbury Twist, He had a singing role as himself in Homer's Barbershop Quartet, an episode of ...

of a "mental twist." Walker 2018, 109–110. The musicologist ... * Cooke, Charles. "Chopin and Liszt with a Ghostly Twist," ...

In a strange twist of irony, Fuller receives a one-year (1962) appointment as the Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard University ...

I Want To Hold Your Hand at #23, Let It Be at #32, Twist And Shout at #57, She Loves You at #59, Strawberry Fields Forever at #61, and A Hard Day's ...

to bring the number down to five. This is a new twist on the biblical tradition of Moses as the intercessor who begs for God to be merciful to the Israelites. ...

by Charles Dickens in such novels as Oliver Twist. In 1829, the prime minister Robert Peel established the Metropolitan Police as a police force ...

region has received an original contemporary twist in the monumental fantastic sculpture gardens of Luang Pu Bunleua Sulilat: Buddha Park near Vientiane ...

diet, and because of this it must be able to twist and turn in the water easily when hunting. On the other hand, the porbeagle, which hunts schooling ...

#039;s literature, fairy tales are retold with a twist simply for comic effect, such as The Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Scieszka. A common comic motif ...

In a twist of fate, the French National Defense Committee ultimately did agree that Navarre's responsibility did not include defending Laos ...

In an ironic twist, Warhol (who had made a point of seeking out Capote when he first arrived in New York) took the author under his wing. He ...

topspin serve, slice serve, and kick (American twist) serve. A reverse type of spin serve is hit in a manner that spins the ball opposite the natural ...

as a universal joint so the flagellum can twist as it turns. By knocking out genes and screening for cells that can no longer move, researchers ...

MacArthur added a racial twist, asserting that Anglo-Saxons do not succumb to wounds as easily as do men of “inferior races.” Miller 1982, 189. ...

talkies was created in still a different sort of twist on multinational moviemaking: The Crimson Circle was a coproduction between director Friedrich ...

attacked the "rustling silks, the marbles which twist and turn, the vermilion whiplashes, the silver blades of Byzantium and the Orient...Let's ...