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A cable is most often two or more wires running side by side and bonded, twisted or braided together to form a single assembly, but can also refer to a heavy strong rope. In mechanics cables, otherwise known as wire ropes, are used for lifting, hauling and towing or conveying force through tension. In electrical engineering cables are used to carry electric currents. An optical cable contains one or more optical fibers in a protective jacket that supports the fibers.
Electric cables discussed here are mainly meant for installation in buildings and industrial sites. For power transmission at distances greater than a few kilometres see high-voltage cable, power cables and HVDC.
Ropes made of multiple strands of natural fibers such as hemp, sisal, manila, and cotton have been used for millennia for hoisting and hauling. By the 19th century, deepening of mines and construction of large ships increased demand for stronger cables. Invention of improved steelmaking techniques made high-quality steel available at lower cost, and so wire ropes became common in mining and other industrial applications. By the middle of the 19th century, manufacture of large submarine telegraph cables was done using machines similar to those used for manufacture of mechanical cables.
Actors: Tim Conway (actor), Tim Conway (producer), Richard Faymonville (writer), Richard Faymonville (producer), Richard Faymonville (actor), Richard Faymonville (director), Roxanne Y. Morse (actress), Brian A. White (actor), Gio Castellano (actor), Jimmy Driscoll (actor), Chris Perrotti (actor), Rodney Raftery (actor), Lisa Perry (actress), John Manson (actor), Chardo Muntz (actor),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Bill Flynn (actor), Matthew Posey (actor), Del Shores (actor), Melody Brooke (miscellaneous crew), Libby Villari (actress), Cherami Leigh (actress), Denise Lee (actress), Grover Coulson (actor), Dixie Lee Sedgwick (miscellaneous crew), Mike Henricks (miscellaneous crew), John Pinder (miscellaneous crew), Julie Mayfield (actress), Rebekah Turner (actress), Melissa Odom (actress), Melissa Rude (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Stacey T. Gillespie (actor), Chad Hundley (actor), Gregory W. Brock (producer), Gregory W. Brock (editor), Kayla Perkins (actress), Katie Stewart (actress), James Smith (writer), James Smith (editor), James Smith (director), James Smith (actor), James Smith (producer), Colleen Mooney Wright (actress), Pete J. Whitaker (actor), Leslie Rogers (actress), Michelle Perkins (actress),
Genres: Action,Actors: Richard Carter (actor), Stephen Rutter (miscellaneous crew), Peter O'Brien (actor), Sue Masters (producer), Nicole Richie (actress), Tony Nikolakopoulos (actor), Ken Cameron (director), Linda Cropper (actress), Steve Jacobs (actor), Don Hany (actor), Nina Stevenson (miscellaneous crew), Anna Maria Monticelli (actress), Theo Benton (costume designer), David Ritchie (actor), David E. Newham (actor),
Plot: A new detective is attached to a major crime squad in a tough southern district of Sydney. This creates tensions within the squad, particularly when the squad is called out to a homicide and the prime suspect appears to be the new appointment.
Genres: Crime,Actors: David Jean Thomas (actor), Woody Strode (actor), Paul Bartel (actor), Christopher Michael (actor), Isaac Hayes (actor), Sy Richardson (actor), Richard Gant (actor), Bob Minor (actor), Tommy 'Tiny' Lister (actor), Reginald Hudlin (actor), Stephen Baldwin (actor), Richard Edson (actor), Stephen J. Cannell (actor), Mario Van Peebles (actor), Blair Underwood (actor),
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Plot: Francis Ashby, a senior Oxford don on holiday alone in the Alps, meets holidaying American Caroline and her companion Elinor, the blossoming Irish-American girl she adopted many years before. Ashby finds he enjoys their company, particularly that of Elinor, and both the women are drawn to him. Back at Oxford he is nevertheless taken aback when they arrive unannounced. Women are not allowed in the College grounds, let alone the rooms. Indeed any liaison, however innocent, is frowned on by the upstanding Fellows.
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Keywords: 1950s, american, based-on-book, broadway-manhattan-new-york-city, bronx-new-york-city, butler, cash-payment, delivery-man, dock, driverWe sail,
through endless skies,
stars shine like eyes,
the black night sighs.
The moon,
in silver trees,
falls down in tears,
light of the night.
The Earth,
a purple blaze,
of sapphire haze,
in orbit always.
While down,
below the trees,
bathed in a coll breeze,
silver starlight breaks down the night.
And so,
we pass on by,
the crimson eye,
of great god Mars,
as we travel...