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…a metallic tone when struck. End-Blown Flutes -- High-pitched woodwind instruments consisting of slender tubes closed at one end with keys and finger holes on the side and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown. Pipes -- A tubular…

…home, he would be escorted through a hole through the wall surrounding his city. The hole was made by the citizens to show the world that an Olympic champion lived there.         Among many Olympic heroes in history, Milo of Croton was one…

…with incredible physical ability, distinguished for slaying a great serpent. Sigemund is instructed to slay a dragon who is guarding a vast treasure. Sigemund digs a hole to hide in and waits until the dragon approaches the water before thrusting up from…

…they found him laying asleep on the floor and “ the top of the box bored clean full of holes “ (Faulkner, 73). This act expresses clearly how he rejects the fact that Addie is absent. He cannot bear the fact that she is dead, therefore treating her as if she were…

…remained. (Abbott, 128) Hugh Thomas goes farther in detail and says that three ships were not disabled. He claims that one nao and two brigantines survived. (Thomas, 223) In White’s account of the conquest, some of the ships are scuttled and others had holes…

…is supported by computer calculations, made by astronomers today. The calculations are based on the 56 pits ("Aubrey holes"), created by the wooden columns in phase one. The astronomers believe it was possible to determine eclipses by moving three stones around…

…house. One day in the fall when Dill was back in Mississippi while Jem and I were walking back from school, we found an object in a hole in a tree. After that we found many other things until Boo's mean uncle sealed the hole with cement because he didn't…

…it through the hole. This allows one to keep the hole open and at the same time not display the piercing. Body piercing is a popular body modification that has been a part of history and many cultures. Why people get them is a question with various answers…

…rain, the greenhouse effect, and "holes" in the ozone layer. The types are extremely harmful to the environment and could result in serious damage. There are many causes of air pollution and there are many to blame. The first type of air pollution is smog…

…services he had performed, or to the calamities the family would experience if he were convicted. Voting was by secret ballot. Each juror was given two pebbles, one of which had a hole punched through it. The pebble with a hole was a vote for the prosecutor…