Bowler was a British situation comedytelevision show written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, starring George Baker, Fred Beauman, Renny Lister and Gretchen Franklin, about a London gang boss determined to improve his social standing. Bowler was produced by London Weekend Television and aired during 1973. Research Bowler
Hard selling is aggressive advertising or salesmanship. In sales, a typical hard sell technique, as utilised by among other companies Kirbyvacuum cleaners, Zenith windows and doors, and Craftmatic adjustable beds, is to exhaust a potential customer into agreeing to buy. A standard soft sale might involve simply asking the potential customer if they should like to purchase a product. In a hard sell, often a potential customer will be presented with an arduous demonstration and talk, perhaps lasting for as much as three hours at the end of which the customer is so exhausted by the experience they can no longer rationalise and will sign almost anything to end their ordeal. During a hard sell presentation, if the potential customer tries to terminate the presentation is usual for the salesman to employ guilt as a weapon, asking the customer if he or she might telephone his boss to explain why he has failed to make the sale, often then passing the telephone to the potential to receive more sales pitch from the 'manager'. Hard sells are employed in the second-hand car industry to sell worthless warranties and expensive credit agreements. Customers are deliberately kept waiting for hours while 'the paperwork is arranged' and then hurriedly asked to sign various agreements, the exhausted customer by then is too tired and fed up to carefully check what they are signing. Research Hard Sell
Glory Pea (Clianthus Dampieri), is a leguminous plant, native of the desert regions of Australia, a low straggling shrub with light-coloured, hairy, pinnate leaves, and large, brilliant scarlet flowers, the standard or banner petal of which appears in the form of an elongated shield with a dark brown boss in the centre. Research Glory Pea
Delia Derbyshire was a British composer and the inspiration behind modern electronic music. She died in 2001. As a studio manager at the BBC, working in the radiophonic workshop she arranged the theme tune for the 1960's television series 'Dr Who' from a few suggested notes passed to her on a scrap of paper by her boss. Delia Derbyshire composed music from adjusting sounds she found in everyday life, such as a metal lamp shade being struck by a stick, or a key run along a piano string, a sound which features in the Dr Whotheme tune, recording these sounds onto short pieces of tape, and splicing them, adjusting the speed at which they were played and playing them backwards to produce revolutionary new sounds, all without the benefit of computers or synthesisers. Research Delia Derbyshire
Armour is body protection worn in battle. The invention of gunpowder led, by degrees, to the virtual abandonment of armour until the Great War, when the helmet reappeared as a defence against shrapnel. Modern armour, used by the army, police, security guards, and people at risk from assassination, uses nylon and fibreglass and is often worn beneath clothing.
Some kind of defensive covering was probably of almost as early invention as weapons of offence. The principal pieces of defensive armour used by the ancients were shields, helmets, cuirasses, and greaves. In the earliest ages of Greece the shield is described as of immense size, but in the time of the Peloponnesian war about 420 BC, it was much smaller. The Romans had two sorts of shields; the scutum, a large rectangular highly convex shield, carried by the legionaries ; and the parma, a small round or oval flat shield, carried by the light-armed troops and the cavalry. In the declining days of Rome the shields became larger and more varied in form. The helmet was a characteristic piece of armour among the Assyrians, Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans. Like all other body armour it was usually made of bronze. The helmet of the historical age of Greece was distinguished by its lofty crest. The Roman helmet in the time of the early emperors fitted close to the head, and had a neck-guard and hinged cheek-pieces fastened under the chin, and a small bar across the face for a visor. Both Greeks and Romans wore cuirasses, at one time of bronze, but latterly of flexible materials. Greaves for the legs were worn by both, but among the Romans usually on one leg. The ancient Germans had large shields of plaited osier covered with leather, afterwards their shields were small, bound with iron, and studded with bosses. The Anglo-Saxons had round or oval shields of wood, covered with leather, and having a boss in the centre; and they had also corselets, or coats of mail, strengthened with iron rings. The Normans were well protected by mail; their shields were somewhat triangular in shape, their helmets conical. In Europe generally metal armour was used from the tenth to the eighteenth century, and at first consisted of a tunic made of iron rings firmly sewn flat upon strong cloth or leather. The rings were afterwards interlinked one with another so as to form a garment of themselves,
called chain- mail.
Great variety is found in the pattern of the armour, and in some cases small pieces of metal were used instead of rings, forming what is called scale-armour. A suit of armour consisting of larger pieces of metal, called plate-armour, was now introduced, and the whole body came to be encased in a heavy metal covering. The various forms of ring or scale armour were gradually superseded by the plate-armour, which continued to be worn until long after the introduction of firearms and field-artillery. A complete suit of armour was an elaborate and costly equipment, consisting of a number of different pieces, each with its distinctive name. In 19th century European armies the metal cuirass was still to some extent in use, the cuirassiers being heavy cavalry; and it is was said that this piece of armour provided a useful defence against the rifle bullets of the time. During all the time that the use of heavy armour prevailed, the horsemen, who alone were fully armed, formed the principal strength of armies; and infantry were generally regarded as of hardly any account. England was, however, an exception, as the English archers were almost at all times, before the invention of gunpowder, an important and sometimes the chief force in the army. Research Armour More pictures of Armour
The Browning A-bolt II Eclipse Varmint is an American bolt-action sporting and huntingrifle produced in blued steel with a laminated hardwood stock with a thumb hole. The Browning A-bolt II Eclipse Varmint is produced in .308 Winchester, .22-250 Remington and .223 Remington calibres and takes a 4- or 6-round magazine depending upon calibre. The Browning A-bolt II Eclipse Varmint has a 26 inch barrel fitted with the Boss system to regulate vibration and improve accuracy, no sights are fitted but instead a mounting for a telescopic sight. Research Browning A-Bolt II Eclipse Varmint
The Browning BAR Mark II Safari-Hunter is an American semi-automatic sporting and huntingrifle produced in blued steel with a walnut stock and pistol grip. The Browning BAR Mark II Safari-Hunter is made in various calibres including standard calibres of .30 Springfield, .270 Winchester, .308 Winchester (7.62 mm NATO) and .243 Winchester taking a 4-round magazine; and Magnum calibres of .338 WinchesterMagnum, .300 WinchesterMagnum and 7 mm RemingtonMagnum taking a 3-round magazine. The Browning BAR Mark II Safari-Hunter is available in barrel lengths between 22 and 24 inches and is without sights, instead being drilled to accept a telescopic sight and can be fitted with a Boss system to reduce vibration and improve accuracy. Research Browning BAR Mark II Safari-Hunter
The Browning BAR Mark II Safari is an American semi-automatic sporting and huntingrifle produced in blued steel with a walnut stock and pistol grip. The Browning BAR Mark II Safari is made in various calibres including standard calibres of .30 Springfield, .270 Winchester, .308 Winchester and .243 Winchester taking a 4-round magazine; and Magnum calibres of .338 WinchesterMagnum, .300 WinchesterMagnum and 7 mm RemingtonMagnum taking a 3-round magazine. The Browning BAR Mark II Safari is available in barrel lengths between 22 and 24 inches and is fitted with adjustable folding sights as well as being drilled to accept a telescopic sight and is fitted with a Boss system to reduce vibration and improve accuracy. Research Browning BAR Mark II Safari
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