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  Arrow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An arrow is a pointed projectile that is shot with a bow.
An arrow consists of a long and thin shaft made formerly of wood and now also from aluminium or carbon fiber composite.
The term "arrow" is also used for a graphics symbol like →, used to point or indicate direction, being in its simplest form a line segment with a triangle affixed to one end, and in more complex forms a representation of an actual arrow.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arrow   (248 words)

  
 ArtLex on Swiss Art
Making generalizations about the visual culture of any group of people is a crude endeavor, especially with a culture as diverse as that of the Swiss.
Johannes Itten (Swiss, 1888-1967), Space Composition, I (Raum Komposition I), 1944, oil on canvas, 25 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches (65.1 x 50.1 cm), Museum of Modern Art, NY.
Meret Oppenheim (Swiss, born Berlin, 1913-1985), Red Head, Blue Body, 1936, oil on canvas, 31 5/8 x 31 5/8 inches (80.2 x 80.3 cm), Museum of Modern Art, NY.
www.artlex.com /ArtLex/s/swiss.html   (636 words)

  
 MAINPAGEHEADER1
I have been shooting the Merlin "SWISS MILITARY BOW" for about a month now and I am ready to report my findings.It is a beautiful piece of craftsmanship that is a joy to hold and shoot.The combination of beautiful woods that make up the riser neatly blend into the same patterns on the limbs.
I have been shooting many different types and weights of arrows to find the ones that I will be hunting with this year when I take the SWISS MILLITARY BOW into Alberta's woods.As we all know there is a tuning session to perform with any bow and a recurve is no exception.
By the time I pulled another arrow out of my bow quiver and put it on the string, the buck was standing over my first arrow and smelling the scent pad hanging on a branch.
ca.geocities.com /petergward/testmerlinswiss.html   (1676 words)

  
 Charlestown Township - Swiss Pines
Swiss Pines is a private Japanese garden and wildlife preserve with flowers, statuary, nature trail, streams and ponds located on the north side of Charlestown Road between the village and Hollow Road.
Portions of Swiss Pines have uneven terrain as well as stepping stones, and visitors must be in good physical condition to navigate the paths.
The Manager/Trustee of Swiss Pines is Henriette Bumeder.
www.charlestown.org /ct-org/ct-sp/swisspine01.asp   (377 words)

  
 Arrow biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This is an article about the projectile; see Arrow (disambiguation) for other meanings.
An arrow consists of a long and thin shaft made formerly of wood and now also from aluminum or carbon fiber matrix.
Arrows are often used as a pointing symbol.
arrow.biography.ms   (176 words)

  
 _ William Tell Switzerland guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Tell put one arrow in his quiver and another in his crossbow, took aim, and shot the apple clean off his son’s head.
It was an epic song, however, composed in 1477 about the founding of the Swiss Confederation and including a section on the story of Tell, which accounted for the widespread circulation of the legend.
Ferdinand Hodler, most famous of Swiss artists, drew directly on this monument for his seminal portrait of Tell as a godlike figure, emerging from a gap in the clouds with arm outstretched (see here).
zwitzerland.isyours.com /e/guide/zentral_schweiz/william-tell.html   (938 words)

  
 William Tell -=SKYGAZE=- Interesting Facts, The Strange and Unexplained, Mysteries and Secrets
The arrow splits the apple on Walter's head neatly in half, the boy runs to his father, who picks him up and tenderly presses him to his chest.
The apple shot from a son's head, the escape of a prisoner during a storm on the waters, the assassination of a tyrant - such is the plot of William Tell, a verse drama by Friedrich von Schiller.
Four of its 29 stanzas celebrating the achievement of Swiss unity and independence in the previous century deal with the story of the marksman forced to shoot an apple from his son's head.
www.skygaze.com /content/mysteries/WilliamTell.shtml   (2120 words)

  
 Schwyz on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The charter was revoked in 1274 by Rudolf I of Hapsburg, and in 1291 Schwyz concluded with Uri and Unterwalden the pact which became the basis of Swiss liberty.
Taxes at your fingertips: elaborating on the Swiss tax system is a lengthy and difficult task.
"Yes" "yes" "yes": at the final referendum of 2004, Swiss voters gave a nod to all three proposals presented at the ballot box.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/s/schwyz.asp   (399 words)

  
 Time [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This arrow becomes less and less apparent to us viewers as the film subject gets smaller and smaller and the time interval gets shorter and shorter until finally we are viewing processes that could just as easily go the other way.
The arrow appears to be very basic for understanding nature, yet it is odd that asymmetries in time don't appear in most of the basic dynamical laws of physics.
The arrow of time that was absent in the reversible process of the microscopic movie would be evident in the irreversible process of the macroscopic movie.
www.iep.utm.edu /t/time.htm   (15789 words)

  
 Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
This is the first visit by Federal Councillor Calmy-Rey to a Central European country since the Swiss people approved the extension of the free movement of persons agreement to the new EU members in a referendum on 25 September 2005.
The tireless and unbureaucratic activity of Swiss vice-consul Carl Lutz, who from 1942 to 45 was head of the Foreign Interests section at the Swiss Legation in Budapest, saved the lives of tens of thousands of Jews who were being persecuted by the German occupation forces and members of the Hungarian Arrow Cross party.
The 2006 United Nations competition is open to Swiss nationals born in or after 1974 and who have completed their studies in one of the following subjects: architecture, demography, librarianship, science and technology, security and statistics.
www.eda.admin.ch /eda/e/home.html   (1753 words)

  
 Swiss Miss   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
When the smokeless era began, it was Colonel Eduard Rubin of the Swiss army who invented the jacketed bullet as the solution to the problem of high velocity accuracy with the new smokeless powder.
During their annual training exercises, it was standard operating procedure for the Swiss to stack their rifles together in a teepee arrangement using the stacking hook just under the rifle’s muzzle.
The Swiss Army is composed of reserve units that may be recalled in case of war.
home.earthlink.net /~hwsportsman/SwissMiss.html   (3849 words)

  
 SwissRifles
In order to guarantee their neutrality, every eligible Swiss male between the age of 18 and 42 serves in the Swiss Military.
Swiss Magazine Loading Rifles 1869 to 1958 by Joe Poyer, North Cape Publications, Inc. 2003.
Despite the fact that over 600,000 full automatic rifles are in the hands of Swiss citizens, and yet they still have one of the lowest homicide rates in the world.
www.swissrifles.com   (992 words)

  
 ARROW MOCCASIN COMPANY
Our moccasins are made of extra heavy, quality, Swiss hides that are tanned in England, the same country that produces the best of bridle leathers.
The fibers of the leather are tightly joined in the process, yet are pliable enough to allow the leather to mold to your feet and breathe.
For every pair is completely handmade and sewn with a knot in every stitch and we guarantee the stitching for the life of the moccasin.
www.arrowmoc.com   (723 words)

  
 crossbow twinbow armbrust swiss crossbow makers :: about us
During the cocking process the string is automatically centred allowing an extremely precise and quiet arrow release without any recoil.
The very high power development of the compact four-limb unit is achieved by the superbly balanced interaction of the two twin-limb systems.
One of the most striking characteristics of the TWINBOW 2® is an average arrow speed of 370 FpS.
www.swisscrossbow.ch /html/aboutus.asp   (465 words)

  
 An apple, an arrow, and Swiss freedom | csmonitor.com
Today, Rütli belongs to Swiss schoolchildren, who collected money to save it from developers, and is the center of Confederation Day celebrated each Aug. 1.
A bronze statue of Tell and his son dominates the town square in Altdorf, and the crossbow is the trademark of Switzerland.
In The Forum of Swiss History in Schwyz, an exhibition will not try to answer this, but will explore the social and the historical ramifications of the tale (and the play) nationwide.
www.christiansciencemonitor.com /2004/0324/p12s01-trgn.html   (1196 words)

  
 Military at Captain Huck's Booty
Swiss 15 stem wind, stem set jewel movement.
Swiss 15 jewel, 3 adjustment, stem wind, stem set movement.
Snap back metal case, with full broad arrow markings, signed Doxa on the inside with dust cover.
pages.captainhucksbooty.com /3559/InventoryPage/1538950/1.html   (761 words)

  
 Epstein Drangel Bazerman & James, Intellectual Property, Technology and Media Law
The case is unusual because of the history of the Swiss Army Knife itself.
In 1992 Arrow began marketing a red pocket knife called "A Swiss Army Knife." Aside from a similar physical appearance, the Arrow knife is inexpensive and fails to meet the standard of high quality found in Plaintiff's knife.
Defendant appealed arguing that the court's finding of contempt was for actions which were beyond the scope of the injunction and Plaintiff cross-appealed in order to obtain an injunction to cover the use of the color red on a multi-functional pocket knife handle.
www.ipcounselors.com /19970922.htm   (1457 words)

  
 William Tell, Swiss national hero   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
No, the Swiss have elected a man of the people, William Tell, whose head graces the 5-franc coin.
If you can shoot an arrow through the apple, you will be free.
If you refuse or fail, you will be hanged.” The apple was placed on his son’s head and Tell’s arrow pierced right through it.
switzerland.isyours.com /e/swiss-business-guide/william-tell.html   (429 words)

  
 Company News On Call
The complaint alleges that the imported pocket knives infringe various "SWISS ARMY" trademarks and that the respondents have attempted to pass off their pocket knives as authentic SWISS ARMY pocket knives, among other things.
Upon consideration of the complaint and supplemental submissions made to the ITC by the complainants, the ITC voted to institute an unfair import investigation with respect to each and every cause of action stated in the complaint against all of the respondents named by the complainants.
The ITC investigation is being managed on behalf of the complainants by Swiss Army Brands, Inc. and complainants are being represented before the ITC by a team of intellectual property litigation attorneys from the Washington, D.C. law firm of Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=105&STORY=/www/story/128892   (323 words)

  
 Arrow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
An arrow is a pointed projectile that is shot with a bow (weapon)bow/.
BIXBY, Okla. (AP) -- A 42-year-old Broken Arrow man is killed after his car runs through an intersection and slams into a tree, pinning him inside for nearly an hour.
A Santa Cruz business owner is offering a $5,000 reward to find the person who shot and killed one of his prize bulls with an arrow.
www.infothis.com /find/Arrow   (531 words)

  
 Best Medieval European Army - History Forum
:arrow: The English had very good archers, which were deadly on knights.
:arrow: The Holy Roman Empire of Frederick Barbarossa had the largest number of troops, and also the most powerful.
If King Harold had sent his fyrdes as supplies to his houscarls, and if he was not shout by an arrow from his eye, the Normans would have been crushed.
www.simaqianstudio.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=518   (653 words)

  
 UCI- Coupe du Monde - MTB - 2000 - World Cup
With rain and mud the most determining factor on a long 9 km course, both riders met the challenge and ground their way through the woods outside this picturesque Swiss city to put an important stamp on their season finales.
The men's race was one lap longer than the women's, and took ten minutes longer to complete.
In the final lap Meirhaeghe's attack finally succeeded in breaking Frischknecht, and he put 19 seconds on the Swiss star by race's end - denying him the win and earning his second world cup victory of 2000.
www.uci.ch /english/mtb/world_cup/2000/xc8/result_m.htm   (927 words)

  
 SWISS BUSINESS Tool   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The SWISS BUSINESS Tool series features combinations of essential office implements, such as a stapler, hole punch, scissors, staple remover, knife etc., into a single, lightwight package.
Each represents the highest levels of quality, craftsmanship and performance, so it is equal to or better than its counterpart on the desk.
Align the positioning arrow at the end of the tool with holes on the punched sheet (A), then punch.
www.wenger-knife.ch /swbt/english   (711 words)

  
 Arrow Moccasins Information and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Arrow Moccasins are created using extra heavy, quality Swiss hides...
ARROW MOCCASINS are the best moccasins around.....Arrow Moccasins specializing in handmade leather.....mold to your feet and breathe.
Order of the Arrow Summer Camp Swift Explorer Base / S-F Scout Ranch August 2005 Are you wanting to try something different...
all-moccasins.com /directory/arrow-moccasins.php   (949 words)

  
 pocketwatches
The watch is a Swiss, manual wind, Lucerne with a textured white signed dial.
It is a vintage Swiss model and is in excellent condition and keeps accurate time.
It is a vintage Arrow Watch Swiss model and is in excellent condition and keeps accurate time.
www.johnstrading.homestead.com /pocketwatches.html   (3398 words)

  
 GenMAPP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Use a solid arrow indicates a direct interaction and a broken arrow to indicate an indirect interaction (i.e.
The full text search for Swiss Prot is located at: http://www.expasy.ch/cgi-bin/sprot-search-ful.
ATP synthase), Swiss Prot will display a list of all the names and functional descriptions that contain the search word.
www.genmapp.org /public/details.asp   (235 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: The Apple and the Arrow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Full-color and b&w illustrations highlight key points in the drama (including Tell aiming his bow and arrow at an apple atop Walter's head) as well as the breathtaking Swiss landscape.
The Apple and the Arrow is about an eleven-year-old boy named Walter Tell.
The Apple and the Arrow, winner of a 1952 Honor Medal, tells the story through Walter's eyes, as he and his father struggle for the freedom of their family, their village, and their country.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0618128077   (1076 words)

  
 In Search of William Tell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Seven hundred years ago, William Tell shot an arrow through an apple on his son's head and launched the struggle for Swiss independence.
Tell's story is cherished by the Swiss and central to their sense of origins—witness the image of Tell's crossbow stamped on every item of export that passes Switzerland's borders, as proof that it is truly made in Switzerland.
There is just one small problem: many historians doubt that Tell ever shot an apple off his son's head in 1307 or sparked the Swiss struggle for independence.
www.smithsonianmag.si.edu /smithsonian/issues04/aug04/tell.html   (237 words)

  
 The Badminton Library of Archery: PREHISTORIC ARCHERY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
An arrow-head of obsidian, precisely similar in form and method of attachment to the modern Californian examples, was found in the ancient Swiss Lake Dwelling at Robenhausen.
It appears to have been commonly used in ancient Egypt, and I have seen a modern African arrow with an iron head of this form in the Berlin Ethnographical Museum.
It is difficult to see why the wedge should have been adopted so universally as the right form for arrow-heads; and, indeed, it is remarkable that any single form should be so widely spread and so persistent.
www.xs4all.nl /~marcelo/archery/library/books/badminton/docs/chapter02/chapter2_2.html   (980 words)

  
 Airliners.net Articles: The Might-Have-Beens: Convair 880 and 990
The aircraft’s cruise speed was planned at 600 mph versus the 560-580 mph planned cruise speed for the 707 and DC-8, and Convair initially announced formal development of the plane under the model name of “Skylark 600” to capitalize on the intended speed advantage, which remains legendary even today.
This idea did not survive long, though, given the technical realities of the near-impossibility of color matching anodized skin panels and the fact that all rivets would still be silver colored.
An ambitious restoration project in the United States is being undertaken be a group named “Team Convair” that has acquired and plans to return to flying status a former Northeast and TWA 880; the group’s work is highlighted on their website, www.convair880.com.
www.airliners.net /articles/read.main?id=67   (2508 words)

  
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