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• USS Stewart (DE-238)
  ...[[Guantánamo Bay (Cuba)|Guantanamo Bay, Cuba]]. There, she parted company with the other ships and steamed independently to [[Bermuda]]. ...and the following day, conducted [[antisubmarine warfare]] (ASW) exercises with the captured Italian submarine ''[[Vortice (submarine)|Vortice]]''. On the
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• Armstrong Gun
  ...l. Later increased in bore to 5-pounder, the design performed successfully with respect to both range and accuracy. Over the next three years he developed ...] (7 inches /180 mm) heavy gun. The [[Royal Navy]] used all these guns and all except the 20-pounder saw service in [[New Zealand]].
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• Morphine
  ...ecially-bred [[cultivar]]s reach 26 per cent or produce little morphine at all, under 1 per cent, perhaps down to 0.04 per cent. The latter varieties, in ...any in 1827 by the pharmacy which became the pharmaceutical compary Merck, with morphine sales being a large part of their early growth. <ref>[[Opium]]</re
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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...published by [[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]], a privately held company. Articles are aimed at educated adults, and written by about 100&nbsp;full-time edito ...ginning with the 11th edition, the ''Britannica'' shortened and simplified articles to broaden its North American market.<ref name="kogan_1958" /> In 1933, th
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• Robert McHenry
  ...y, where he graduated from Northwestern's [[Kellogg School of Management]] with a [[Master of Business Administration]] in 1987.<ref name="EBbio">{{cite we ...Francisco Productions to work for [[Mortimer Adler]], where he co-edited (with [[Charles Van Doren]]) ''Webster's Guide to American History'', ''A Documen
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• Aerogel
  ...een replaced with a [[gas]]. The result is an extremely low-density solid, with a notable effectiveness as a [[thermal conductivity|thermal insulator]]. It ...a bet with Charles Learned over who could replace the liquid in 'jellies' with gas without causing shrinkage.<ref>{{cite journal
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• Steel
  ...s]], [[ductility]], and [[tensile strength]] of the resulting steel. Steel with increased carbon content can be made harder and stronger than iron, but suc Alloys with a higher than 2.1% carbon content are known as [[cast iron]] because of the
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• Bamboo
  ...nths. During this first season, the clump of young shoots grow vertically, with no branching. In the next year, the pulpy wall of each [[culm]] or stem slo ...“alarm clock” in each cell of the plant which signals the diversion of all energy to flower production and the cessation of vegetative growth.<ref nam
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• Confined space
  ...nk that has contained sewage, and a small underground electrical vault are all examples of confined spaces. The exact definition of a confined space varie ...ited States|U.S.]], entry into permit-required confined spaces must comply with regulations promulgated by the [[Occupational Safety and Health Administrat
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• Asbestos
  [[Image:Asbestos with muscovite.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Fibrous asbestos on [[muscovite]]]] ...nIntroductiontoAsbestosScience.pdf</ref> The [[European Union]] has banned all use of asbestos<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexU
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• Formaldehyde
  ...rmaldehyde''' (systematic name: '''methanal''') is an [[organic compound]] with the [[chemical formula|formula]] CH₂O. As the simplest [[aldehyd ...dition to various metallic impurities. The diol also exists in equilibrium with a series of short polymers (called [[oligomer]]s), depending on the concent
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• Lead poisoning
  ...stem|reproductive]] and [[nervous system|nervous]] systems. It interferes with the development of the nervous system and is therefore particularly toxic t ...xists in many homes, especially older ones; thus children in older housing with chipping paint are at greater risk. Prevention of lead exposure can range
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• Personal health record
  .../ref> however, search results from PubMed also reveal that most scientific articles written about PHRs have been published since 2000. Paper-based PHRs may be difficult to locate, update, and share with others. Paper-based PHRs are subject to physical loss and damage, such as c
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• Ted Kaczynski
  | image_alt = A man in a jacket with handcuffs ...{{cite news|url=http://www.insurgentdesire.org.uk/tedk.htm|title=Interview with Ted Kaczynski, Administrative Maximum Facility Prison, Florence, Colorado,
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• Bath School disaster
  ...hen he was young, and his father remarried. Reportedly, Kehoe often fought with his stepmother. When he was fourteen, an accident at the oil stove set his ...eighbors as an intelligent man who grew impatient with those who disagreed with him. Neighbors also recounted how Kehoe was cruel to his farm animals, havi
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• John F. Kennedy assassination
  |caption=President Kennedy with his wife, Jacqueline, and [[Texas Governor]] [[John Connally]] in the [[Pre ...sal Time|UTC]]) in [[Dealey Plaza]]. Kennedy was fatally shot while riding with his wife [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jacqueline]] in a Presidential [[moto
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• Counter-terrorism
  ...terrorism]] is available to [[insurgency|insurgents]] and governments. Not all insurgents use [[Fear|terror]] as a tactic, and some choose not to use it b ...using the tactic of terrorism. The [[US military]] definition, compatible with the definitions used by [[NATO]] and many other militaries, is "Operations
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• Terrorism
  ...ual terrorists tend to be motivated more by a desire for social solidarity with other members of their organization than by political platforms or strategi |title= Head Games / It All Started with Robespierre / "Terrorism": The history of a very frightening word
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• Outlaw motorcycle club
  ...cle gang''') is a type of [[motorcycle club]] that is part of a subculture with roots in the post-[[WWII]] USA, centered on [[Types of motorcycles#Cruiser| .... of Justice |accessdate=27 October 2009 }}</ref> Besides their connection with motorcycles and the ''one percenter'' subculture, criminal motorcycle gangs
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• Bruce Edwards Ivins
  ...this attack on Congress and the American people. I do not believe that at all."<ref name="HuffingtonPost">{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ ...ty]], [[science fair]]s, the current events club, and the scholarship team all four years. He ran on the track and cross-country teams, worked on the year
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