Josef's magic lessons are broken off — at the request of Kornblum, who tells Josef's parents that he has never had so gifted a student, but his own discipline — really an escape artist's sole possession — has not been passed along.
Cambodia has identified the two massive pedestals where the statues once stood because their feet match the statues, which were broken off at the ankles.
One recent morning, as specialists from Germany installed glass-and-metal cabinets in the African galleries, Mr. Mann and Mr. Bennett took a reporter to see the Apollo and allowed him, while wearing a pair of latex gloves, to pick up the heavy left hand and forearm of the statue, which was broken off at some point.
It was broken off at the knees and the left eye of the ruler's portrait was scratched away, damage characteristic of that inflicted by invading warriors.
The unconventional bronze piece was not a traditional bust, but instead the head was "broken off" at the neck, the nose was flattened and crooked, and the back of the head was absent, having fallen off the clay model in an accident.
Trees in the path of such higher level blasts were broken off wholesale at various heights, whereas nearby stands in more sheltered positions recovered comparatively rapidly without conspicuous long-term harm.
This is similar to "The Slide" in that again we are describing a movement, however this time you are breaking off at an angle and coming up behind your setter for a sharp angled hit.
It follows a similar act of vandalism that occurred on Jan . 9 when the hands were broken off another statue of Our Lady of Fatima at St . Fortunata Churchon Linden Boulevard in East New York.
Individual pegs were broken off the lid by placing a sterile haemostat at the lid/peg interface and breaking the peg off.
The negotiations were broken off.
