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ABDUCTION

In logic abduction is a syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.
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PARIS

Paris was a Trojan prince whose abduction of Helen of Sparta caused the Trojan war.

SAMUEL ARGALL

Sir Samuel Argall was a British adventurer. He was born in 1572 and died in 1639. He went to Virginia in 1609 and in 1612 was responsible for the abduction of Pocahontas. In 1613 he commanded an expedition which destroyed Port Royal, Acadia. From 1617 to 1619 he was deputy-governor of Virginia, but was so cruel and evil he was recalled to England.
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WILLIAM MORGAN

William Morgan was an American Freemason. He was borrn in 1775 at Batavia, New York and died about 1836. He proposed in 1836 to expose the secrets of the Order of Freemasons, of which he had been a member. His sudden disappearance soon afterward, and apparent abduction by the Masons, caused great excitement in America. An Anti-Masonic party was formed in most free States, and William Wirt was nominated for president in 1831. William Morgan, it is now known, was taken from Batavia to Niagara and killed, his body being sent over the falls.
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PARIS

In Greek mythology, Paris was a prince of Troy whose abduction of Helen, wife of King Menelaus of Sparta, caused the Trojan War. Helen was promised to him by the goddess Aphrodite as a bribe, in his judgment between her beauty and that of two other goddesses, Hera and Athena. Paris killed the Greek hero Achilles by shooting an arrow into his heel, but was himself killed by Philoctetes before the capture of Troy.

ABDUCTION

In physiology, abduction is the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
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MUSCLES OF THE ARM

The arm has a wide range of movements, they swing backward and forward in walking and running, and they can be folded across the chest or raised above the head. The shoulder forms a base for the arm with most of the upper arm muscles originating from this area. In the upper arm, the biceps and triceps are arranged to give the forearm power to thrust and bend. The two muscles join at the elbow and allow you to bend and straighten your arm and also rotate your wrist and hand. The forearm muscles transmit power to the wrist, hands, and fingers. A group of flexors and extensors controls the movements of the wrist, acting in conjunction with other muscles of the fingers, thumb, radius, and ulna. These sets of muscles allow the arm and wrist to bend (flexion) and straighten (extension) as well as move outward away from the body (abduction) and inward toward the body (adduction). Some of these muscles participate in more than one type of movement.
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MUSCLES OF THE LEGS

The muscles and joints of the legs provide strength and stability for the body. These muscles serve to transmit the weight of the body and provide power for such common activities as walking, running, and jumping. They also absorb the cumulative impact of those activities. The leg bones are girded on all sides by sets of powerful muscles that allow the legs to bend (flexion) and straighten (extension) as well as move outward from the body (abduction) and inward (adduction). Some of these muscles are relatively long and participate in more than one type of movement.
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THE FALCON'S ADVENTURE

The Falcon's Adventure is a mystery starring Tom Conway and Madge Meredith in a story about an amateur sleuth and his assistant planning to take a holiday, but ending up embroiled in trouble when the foil an abduction. The Falcon's Adventure was directed by William Berke in 1946.
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