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The Halligan can be used to knock down a wall in a house to get to another area. [13] The point can be used to break glass on a car or building for access or ventilation. [14] It can also be driven into a roof to provide a foothold for firefighters engaged in vertical ventilation. The fork end is routinely used to shut off gas meter valves.
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Demolition (also known as razing and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down buildings and other artificial structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for reuse purposes.
Jonathan Benami believed that people in walls of the Eagle Drive house were trying to eat him, said Kodash, who was subpoenaed by the state, but was called as a defense witness. “He was ...
A man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills; A mill cannot grind with the water that is past; A miss is as good as a mile; A new language is a new life (Persian proverb) [5] A penny saved is a penny earned; A picture is worth a thousand words; A rising tide lifts all boats; A rolling stone gathers no moss
A support sculpted in the form of a man, which may take the place of a column, a pier or a pilaster. Atrium (plural: atria) The inner court of a Roman house; in a multi-story building, a toplit covered court rising through all stories. Attic A small top story within a roof above the uppermost ceiling.
Footage of an Irishman's unusual final prank, which he played after his own death, has gone viral on social media.. A video recorded on Oct. 12 at the funeral of Irish military veteran Shay ...
Peter Robinson, the White House speech writer who drafted the address, said that the phrase "tear down this wall" was inspired by a conversation with Ingeborg Elz of West Berlin; in a conversation with Robinson, Elz remarked, "If this man Gorbachev is serious with his talk of Glasnost and perestroika he can prove it by getting rid of this wall ...