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A brodie knob (alternative spelling: brody knob) is a doorknob-shaped handle that attaches to the steering wheel of an automobile or other vehicle or equipment with a steering wheel. Other names for this knob include suicide, necker, granny, knuckle buster, and wheel spinner.
Jacques Necker (French: [ʒak nɛkɛʁ]; 30 September 1732 – 9 April 1804) was a Genevan banker and statesman who served as finance minister for Louis XVI. He was a reformer, but his innovations sometimes caused great discontent.
[139] [140] The building was then sold to Connecticut architect and developer Becker + Becker for $1.2 million. [141] Opening in 2022 under Hotel Marcel, it is managed by Charlestowne Hotels and became part of Hilton's Tapestry Collection. [142] [143] From 2016 to 2018, IKEA sold a commuter belt-driven bicycle, the Sladda. [144]
A neckerchief (from neck (n.) + kerchief [1]), sometimes called a necker, kerchief or scarf, is a type of neckwear associated with those working or living outdoors, including farm labourers, cowboys and sailors. It is most commonly still seen today in the Scouts, Girl Guides and other similar youth movements. A neckerchief consists of a ...
Gustav Eduard Becker (May 2, 1819 in Oels, Silesia - September 17, 1885 in Berchtesgaden) was a German clockmaker and founder of the brand Gustav Becker. [1] Biography
The Necker Belle is a 105-foot [1] (32 m) [2] private charter catamaran yacht, [3] offered through Virgin Limited Edition and based at the resort Necker Island. [4] The Belle superyacht is one of the few luxury sailing catamarans in the world. [5] [6]
Jacques Necker was a leader in the movement to reform crowded hospitals by building smaller treatment centers closer to the patients' neighborhoods. Madame Necker subsequently remodeled an old monastery into the hospital, [1] which prior to the French Revolution was known as the Hospice de Charité. It was a Catholic institution where a baptism ...
Alisson with Internacional in 2015. Born in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, [4] Alisson joined Internacional's academy in 2002, aged ten. [2] [5] Having progressed through the youth set up, he featured regularly with the under-23 side, before making his senior debut on 17 February 2013, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Cruzeiro-RS in the Campeonato Gaúcho championship. [6]