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The BRZ's name comes from three elements: Boxer engine, rear-wheel drive, and Z standing for Zenith. [72] [73] The Subaru BRZ differs from the 86's design in the front fascia, with a different grille and headlight assembly, as well as a different front wing vent. The BRZ's grill is hexagonal in shape and inverted, compared to the Toyota's ...
Between the references to drugs and sex and the imaginative profanity, drivers in Ohio, Texas, Oregon — and probably your state, too — had plenty of vanity plate ideas thrown out in 2022.
Plates protecting the torso reappeared in the 1220s as plates directly attached to a knightly garment known as the surcoat. [2] [1] Around 1250 this developed into the coat of plates which continued to be in use for about a century. [3] [1] True breastplates reappear in Europe in 1340 first composed of wrought iron and later of steel.
Aboriginal breastplates (also called king plates or aboriginal gorgets) were a form of regalia used in pre-Federation Australia by white colonial authorities to recognise those they perceived to be local Aboriginal leaders. The breastplates were usually metallic crescent-shaped plaques worn around the neck by wearer.
August 1882 fashion plate shows the return of the bustle: the tight overdress is looped up behind. Whistler's Portrait of Lady Meux (1881–1882) shows the fashionable full bosom. Misses' Polonaise has fitted bodice with a low point in front. The front of the skirt is cutaway and the back is looped up after the fashion of the 1780s.
At the 2023 Chicago Marathon, both the women's and men's races were won by runners wearing prototypes of the Nike Alphafly Next% 3 shoe. Kelvin Kiptum set a world record of 2:00:35 in that race. [5] In 2023, Ethiopian long-distance runner Tigst Assefa set a world record for the women's marathon of 2:11:53 while wearing super shoes.
Single plates of metal armour were again used from the late 13th century on, to protect joints and shins, and these were worn over a mail hauberk. Gradually the number of plate components of medieval armour increased, protecting further areas of the body, and in barding those of a cavalryman's horse.
One of the programme's presenters, Jeremy Clarkson, has been critical of the BBC regarding the handling of the programme. [2] In the February 2006 issue of Top Gear Magazine, Clarkson revealed that he thought that the BBC did not take Top Gear seriously, making the length of the series far too long, and often replacing the show with live snooker coverage, despite Top Gear having considerably ...