11 résultats pour "trick"
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Zaubern
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Zaubern, nach heutigem Verständnis die Kunst, mit Tricks zu unterhalten, die scheinbar die Naturgesetze außer Kraft treten lassen.
Wilson, der einmal in der Woche seine eigene Fernsehsendung hatte. In den siebziger Jahren kam das Interesse an Zauberei wieder neu auf. Die deutschen Zauberer Siegfried Fischbacher und Uwe Horn (bekannt als Siegfried und Roy), diesich darauf spezialisiert hatten, seltene weiße Tiger und andere Großtiere verschwinden zu lassen, traten jahrelang in umjubelten Shows in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA) auf.Doug Hanning, ein kanadischer Zauberer, und der Amerikaner David Kotkin, der sich den Namen David Copp...
- Hockey sur glace: Le «hat trick» (sport).
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In-Line Skating.
the foot using a combination of laces and buckles. Many skaters prefer a simple closure system that has laces on the lower portion of the skate and a buckle at the top.The boot liner is made of a soft, padded, cloth portion that fits inside the outer shell. Boot liners should be vented, which keeps the feet cool by allowing perspiration toescape during strenuous workouts or long trips. Attached to the bottom of each skate is the wheel frame. The frame houses from three to five wheels. The wheels...
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Bridge (game).
IV DUPLICATE BRIDGE Duplicate bridge is a variety of contract bridge in which the element of luck affecting the final score is greatly decreased and the factor of skill is correspondinglyincreased. Duplicate is virtually the only game now played in championship bridge tournaments and matches. Duplicate bridge can be played by any number of players divided into pairs or teams. Each pair competes against all (or in some duplicate tournaments against half) theother pairs. The cards are all dealt...
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Halloween.
Halloween traditions in southern colonies such as Virginia and Maryland. Irish immigrants helped popularize Halloween traditions throughout the United States in themid-19th century. As belief in many of the old superstitions waned during the late 19th century, Halloween was increasingly regarded as a children’s holiday. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, young people often observed Halloween by perpetrating minor acts of vandalism, such as overturning sheds or breaking windows.Beginning in th...
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Festivals and Feasts.
The festivals of many ethnic and national groups are credited with the preservation of unique customs, folktales, costumes, and culinary skills. An interesting recentdevelopment is the merging of the arts, lore, and customs of various regions in Africa in the cultural festival known as Kwanzaa (Swahili kwanza, ”beginnings”). Introduced from Africa into the United States in 1977, this festival is celebrated with feasts and songs in the home for seven days and nights from December 26 toJanuary 1....
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Radsport
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Radsport, Sammelbegriff für alle sportlichen Disziplinen, die als Wettkampf oder in der Freizeit auf einem Fahrrad ausgeübt werden.
3.3 Radcross und Mountainbiking Radcrossrennen (auch Cyclocross- oder Querfeldeinrennen) finden auf abgesteckten Strecken im offenen Gelände statt. Im Wettbewerb starten die Fahrer wie beiStraßenrennen miteinander und fahren direkt gegeneinander. Radcrossrennen führen über unwegsame Pisten und verlangen von den Fahrern neben fahrerischem Könnenauch Kraft, Kondition und eine hohe Bereitschaft, gegen schweren Untergrund und widrige Witterungsbedingungen zu kämpfen. Mountainbiking (MTB) entstand i...
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Magic (conjuring).
Noteworthy associations of magicians, with estimated membership in the mid-1980s, include the Society of American Magicians (5900) and the InternationalBrotherhood of Magicians (10,500). Approximately 500 professional and 70,000 amateur magicians perform in the U.S. Contributed By:Milbourne ChristopherMicrosoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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- Waterskiing.
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Skateboarding.
The earliest skateboards first appeared in the 1940s and 1950s. Many of the early boards were toy scooters whose handlebars had been removed. Other homemadeskateboards were steel-wheeled roller skates nailed onto a piece of wood. The first commercially produced skateboards appeared in the early 1960s, when MakahaSkateboards established a successful business. The Makaha company later developed the tail. By the 1970s, skateboard design had advanced, and the models produced were much safer than tho...
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Puzzle.
Visual puzzles involve searching a picture to find hidden or disguised figures or answering a question about some part of a visual illusion. For instance, the popular 19th- century prints of American lithographic company Currier & Ives featured hidden people, animals, and other objects. A 16th-century painting from Bukhara, Uzbekistan,of a camel includes hidden figures of 17 people, 10 rabbits, a monkey, and a dragon (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City). B Mathematical Puzzles and Logic...