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  • Thumbnail for Man-lifting kite
    A man-lifting kite is a kite designed to lift a person from the ground. Historically, man-lifting kites have been used chiefly for reconnaissance. Interest...
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    stones were traditionally used to qualify men for work on fishing boats. To qualify, a man would have to lift at least the hálfdrættingur stone (described...
    26 KB (3,041 words) - 03:10, 31 May 2024
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    A lifting bag is an item of diving equipment consisting of a robust and air-tight bag with straps, which is used to lift heavy objects underwater by means...
    26 KB (3,410 words) - 01:52, 24 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Figure skating lifts
    the Man prior to landing and be assisted to a smooth landing on the ice on a backward outside edge on one foot" during a twist lift. A pair lift and twist...
    24 KB (2,978 words) - 08:26, 26 May 2024
  • event called Last Man Standing was added. An Atlas Stone is placed at the center of an octagon and, one at a time, the competitors must lift the stone and...
    78 KB (7,187 words) - 15:10, 25 May 2024
  • accidents by death toll. It does not include accidents involving gondola lifts, ski lifts or similar types of cable transport. On 14 December 1883, in one of...
    41 KB (2,661 words) - 01:38, 28 May 2024
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    Elevator operator (redirect from Lift man)
    (North American English), liftman (in Commonwealth English, usually lift attendant), or lift girl (in British English), is a person specifically employed to...
    14 KB (1,589 words) - 20:23, 14 August 2023
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    Elevator (redirect from Lift (elevator))
    An elevator (North American English) or lift (British English) is a machine that vertically transports people or freight between levels. They are typically...
    150 KB (18,347 words) - 13:08, 7 June 2024
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    Strongest Man contest on June 23, 2012, his second ESM title after winning in 2010. Savickas also set a new world record in the Log Lift with a lift of 216 kg...
    58 KB (4,029 words) - 01:54, 28 April 2024
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    Frost heaving (redirect from Frost lift)
    the soil. Yet the force of one or more growing ice lenses is sufficient to lift a layer of soil, as much as 1 foot (0.30 metres) or more. The soil through...
    21 KB (2,499 words) - 11:02, 4 April 2024
  • 1985-04-29. Retrieved 2009-01-02. "World's Strongest Man of... Wrestling". PYGOD. strengthfighter.com. "Lifter breaks bench press world record". The Seattle...
    36 KB (1,634 words) - 18:25, 4 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bill Kazmaier
    fourth. His wins included the log lift, deadlift, squat, loading race and engine race. In the 1982 World's Strongest Man competition Kazmaier won the first...
    31 KB (3,389 words) - 06:43, 25 May 2024
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    U.S. President Jimmy Carter sought to improve relations with Cuba. He lifted all restrictions on travel to Cuba, and in September 1977, both countries...
    57 KB (6,064 words) - 22:18, 22 May 2024
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    which contribute to high operating costs. An orbital launch vehicle must lift its payload at least to the boundary of space, approximately 150 km (93 mi)...
    18 KB (2,052 words) - 14:01, 24 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Brian Shaw (strongman)
    World's Strongest Man, making him one of only five men to win the World’s Strongest Man four times or more. In 2011, Shaw became the first man to win the Arnold...
    38 KB (3,732 words) - 18:08, 8 June 2024
  • job teaching creative writing at a community college. Owen Lift is a timid, middle-aged man who still lives with his overbearing, harsh and paranoid mother...
    12 KB (1,421 words) - 01:06, 15 May 2024
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    polyspastos, when worked by four men at both sides of the winch, could readily lift 3,000 kg (6,600 lb) (3 ropes x 5 pulleys x 4 men x 50 kg or 110 lb = 3,000 kg...
    76 KB (9,958 words) - 10:14, 10 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Louis Cyr
    the exciting, albeit highly precarious world of professional strong men, lifting mainly crude solid or shot-filled weights. From 1883 to 1885, Cyr served...
    19 KB (2,872 words) - 08:12, 12 May 2024
  • Men's Powerlifting Top 20 World Rankings - Men's SHW Top 20". WPO (irongame.com). Archived from the original on 16 December 2004. "Current WPO 3-Lift...
    47 KB (1,703 words) - 07:24, 7 June 2024
  • and Taylor, Monk would tell his musicians "Let's lift the bandstand." Lacy recalled: "That's magic, man, when the bandstand levitates. I didn't know how...
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