"Pins" in this sense = legs. It's probably being used in a metaphorical sense, approximately the same as the idiom "pull the rug out from under us."
It basically means to knock down, metaphorically... to remove the support from an idea or corporation so that it "falls down" and is unable to compete.
"Would you like to play knock out whist with us tonight?"
No, the tournament committee set the pins. In the US Open, the USGA set the pins, in The Open the R&A set the pins.
If you mean who, then the USA. If you mean whom, then the US government under William McKinley.
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Basically, it means that the US operates under a strict rule of law that applies to all actors, including the state and the government.
The plug type used in Japan is Type A, which has two flat parallel pins. This is different from the plug type used in the US, which is Type A or Type B, with two flat parallel pins or two flat parallel pins and a round grounding pin, respectively.
In the most common form of bowling in the US, ten pins are set up in a triangle.
No, Japanese plugs are different from US plugs. Japanese plugs have two flat pins, while US plugs have two flat pins and a round grounding pin. Additionally, the voltage and frequency in Japan are different from the US, so using a US appliance in Japan may require a voltage converter.
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If you mean the National Guard, it is overseen by the National Guard Bureau, who is under the Dept. of the Army who is under the Dept. Of Defense.
The style of hair pins (not to be confused with hairpin, another style of coiffure pin) known as bobby pins in the US are called so after the trademarked name they were originally marketed under, now out of trademark. As the company is called Bob Lépine, it's safe to say the name comes from the company name (probably the founder of the company).From Wikipedia - "A trademark on the term "bobby pin" was held for some decades by Bob Lépine Corporation of Buffalo, New York."Similarly, the British name for the same article is "kirby grip," and is derived from the trademarkKirbigrip, used by a Birmingham manufacturer of such pins, Kirby, Beard & Co. Ltd.