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2. Flagpole - Wikipedia

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   If it is taller than can be easily reached to raise the flag, a cord is used, looping around a pulley at the top of the pole with the ends tied at the bottom. The flag is fixed to one lower end of the cord, and is then raised by pulling on the other end. The cord is then tightened and tied to the pole at the bottom.

3. Block and tackle - Wikipedia

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   When installing a block on an existing line, it is often inconvenient at best to thread the rope through the block to be added. Open blocks have a space wide enough between the fixed cheeks to be able to slide the pulley over the rope. These can be extremely small and light while retaining significant strength due to the lack of moving parts.

4. Independence Flagpole - Wikipedia

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   The material used for the new flagpole is Q345 steel. The steel and two cranes of the flag pole were both imported from Hong Kong. [1] The flagpole's construction took less than a month and was finished in September 2013. [5] The newer flagpole was divided into three segments. The old flagpole was moved to the Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit, Cavite. [4]

5. Prince Andrew's Business Adviser Accused of Being 'Chinese ...

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   Prince Andrew is at the center of more controversy.. The Duke of York, 64, who is King Charles' brother, reportedly had close business links with a Chinese national, who is alleged to be a spy ...

6. Search for moped riders after bike assaults - AOL

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   A woman has been sexually assaulted and six people have been pushed from their bikes by a group of people believed to have been travelling on a moped or motorbike.

7. Damian Williams, Manhattan's top federal prosecutor, to ... - AOL

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   NEW YORK (Reuters) -Damian Williams, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan who secured convictions of high-profile defendants including U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and crypto mogul Sam Bankman ...

8. Gin pole - Wikipedia

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   A gin pole used to install a weather vane atop the 200-foot steeple of a church Roof trusses being assembled with gin poles. The gin pole is derived from a gyn, and considered a form of derrick, called a standing derrick or pole derrick, [2] distinguished from sheers (or shear legs) by having a single boom rather than a two-legged one.

9. Trump says he'll seek the death penalty for 'rapists ... - AOL

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   U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct his Justice Department to "vigorously pursue" the death penalty to protect Americans from "violent rapists, murderers, and monsters ...