{{quote-book|en|author=Philip Ronayne|chapter=Of the Indices, or Exponents of Powers|title=A Treatise of Algebra in Two Books: The First Treating of the Arithmetical, and the Second of the Geometrical Part|location=London|publisher=Printed for W[illiam] Innys at the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Church-Yard|year=1717|volume_plain=book I, part V|page=69|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=gc82AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA69|oclc=83267734|passage=And univerſally the Exponent of the m Power, is m times the Exponent of the Root, and the Exponent of the m-Root (or 1/m Power) is 1/m times the Exponent of the Root.}}

In the state of Victoria, Australia, cycle campaigners are trying to raise awareness among drivers, as well as stiffer penalties, about dooring after the death of a cyclist in 2010. Fines for dooring start at $122 (£81).

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The Ghent altarpiece by Jan van Eyck, dating to 1430, [...depicts men] who carry several different forms of ecranche. […] Ecranches, including those from the Gladiatoria group, have an indentation on the right side, the so-called bouche, which served as a means to keep the lance stable on horseback.