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…finance American scientist Samuel P. Langley’s experiments with heavier-than-air machines. He conducted a series of experiments with kites capable of lifting a person into the air. In 1907, he helped organize the Aerial Experiment Association, which…

…. The lines “Now as white and winded as a Kite” Lowell explains his experience of unhappiness and taken advantage of in his second marriage. “In Man and Wife” Lowell addressed his wife directly in the phrase “Oh my petite, clearest of all Gods’ creatures, still…

…, The Dolphin, writing about his own marital anguish and discord causing an extreme rift in his personal life. The lines “Now as white and winded as a Kite” Lowell explains his experience of unhappiness and taken advantage of in his second marriage…

…and this upsets him. “’Swounds, I should take it: for it cannot be But I am pigeon-livered and lack gall To make oppression bitter, or ere this I should have fatted all the region kites With this slave’s offal: bloody, bawdy, kindless villian! O, vengaence…

…the kite. Sam tells Hally that the bench he had sat on was a "Whites Only" (1325) bench and Sam wasn’t allowed to sit on it. All of these examples are used to represent the racial tensions that were present in Fugard’s lifetime in South Africa. The final…

…there! behold! look! lo! How say you?/ Why, what care I? If thou canst nod, speak too. / If charnel houses and our graves must send/ Those that we bury back, our monuments/ Shall be the maws of kites” (3.4.70-75). At this point of the play another supernatural…

…Cayley designed the first true fixed wing flying machine. His design used a kite mounted to a stick with a moveable tail and rows of flappers under the wings for thrust. Cayley’s craft however, still did not utilize the principle of engine propulsion…

…was even kiting motionless in mid air before diving down to the earth toward its prey. Finally we watched in amazement as two golden eagles soared overhead. This was obviously a rare occurrence from the reactions of the veteran hawk watchers. It was an awe…

…himself to pieces. This place was called the bomb circle. His last murder was of his cousin “Esmerelda.” She was killed when he tied her to a massive kite on a windy day and let her fly out to sea. He hasn’t named this area yet as he can’t think…

…the nephew of the king, his life is seldom in danger because of his marked superiority over his opponents ( Kitely, 217). Along with his high superiority over the others, he is also known to posses all the qualities needed to fulfill his game. "Would…