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A whirlpool is a body of rotating water produced by opposing currents or a current running into an obstacle. [ 1 ] [ clarification needed ] Small whirlpools form when a bath or a sink is draining. More powerful ones formed in seas or oceans may be called maelstroms ( / ˈ m eɪ l s t r ɒ m , - r ə m / MAYL -strom, -strəm ).
A later Punch caricature by John Tenniel, dated 10 October 1863, pictures the prime minister Lord Palmerston carefully steering the British ship of state between the perils of Scylla, a craggy rock in the form of a grim-visaged Abraham Lincoln, and Charybdis, a whirlpool which foams and froths into a likeness of Jefferson Davis.
Jack fails to get any answers from Dr. Stein, but he does talk to the boy who would rather keep his human arm and learn to play the hard way. With Dr. Kuwata's assistance, Jack saves the boy's arm, and then plans to follow Dr. Stein to England. Meanwhile, Benitokage and the organization's assassins are still hot on his heels.
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Whirlpool received excellent notices. Jack Holt was well established as the tough-guy leading man of action pictures, while Jean Arthur was a new face just signed by Columbia Pictures . Critics noted Arthur's sincerity and sympathy, and marveled at Holt's displays of tenderness and compassion never before seen in his two-fisted melodramas.
Henry Fuseli's painting of Odysseus facing the choice between Scylla and Charybdis, 1794–1796. Charybdis (/ k ə ˈ r ɪ b d ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Χάρυβδις, romanized: Khárybdis, Attic Greek: [kʰárybdis]; Latin: Charybdis, Classical Latin: [kʰäˈrʏbd̪ɪs̠]) is a sea monster in Greek mythology.
Moshing (also known as slam dancing or simply slamming) [1] is an extreme style of dancing in which participants push or slam into each other. Taking place in an area called the mosh pit (or simply the pit), it is typically performed to aggressive styles of live music such as punk rock and heavy metal.
The Cailleach occupying the whirlpool was described as "the fiercest of the Highland storm kelpies" by Alasdair Alpin MacGregor. [5] Another legend surrounds Norse king Breacan. In various stories, Breacan moored his boat near the whirlpool to impress a local princess, or alternatively to flee from his father across the gulf.