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  • ...r | year = 1994 | title = Kister's Best Encyclopedias: A Comparative Guide to General and Specialized Encyclopedias | edition = 2nd | publisher = Oryx Pr ..."kogan_1958" /> In 1933, the ''Britannica'' became the first encyclopaedia to adopt "continuous revision", in which the encyclopaedia is continually repr
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  • ...a total of 266 separate geographic entities in The World Factbook that may be categorized as follows... }}</ref> including [[diplomatic recognition|U.S.- ...= 2006-09-23 | quote = The World Factbook is in the public domain and may be used freely by anyone at anytime without seeking permission.* * * As a cour
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  • ...y pressing together moist [[fiber]]s, typically [[cellulose]] pulp derived from [[wood]], [[rags]] or [[grass]]es, and drying them into flexible sheets. ...ective and cheap alternative to silk, letting them sell more silk, leading to a [[Golden Age]].
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  • ...feels like [[Polystyrene#Solid foam|expanded polystyrene]] ([[styrofoam]]) to the touch. | title = Coherent expanded aerogels and jellies
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  • ...rgy|radiation]] or [[convection]] and are employed in varying combinations to achieve the desired outcome (usually [[thermal comfort]] with reduced energ ...lly reflective surface called a [[radiant barrier]] is added to a material to reduce the transfer of heat through radiation as well as conduction. Follow
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  • [[File:Expanded_polystyrene_foam_dunnage.jpg|thumb|Expanded polystyrene packaging]] ...]] [[styrene]], a liquid [[hydrocarbon]] that is commercially manufactured from [[petroleum]] by the [[chemical industry]]. Polystyrene is one of the most
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  • ...-based safety (BBS)''' is the ”application of science of behavior change to real world problems”.<ref>Staff. “How Does Behavioral Safety work?” C ...]] Analysis.<ref name="Matthews">Matthews, Grainne A. “Behavioral Safety from the Consumer’s Perspective: Determining Who Really Provides Behavior safe
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  • ...ded in network-connected enterprise-wide information systems. Such records may include a whole range of data in comprehensive or summary form, including [ Its purpose can be understood as a complete record of patient encounters that allows the autom
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  • ...[police department]]s and [[corporation]]s adopt to prevent or in response to terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed. ...or them in a particular context. Individuals, such as [[Timothy McVeigh]], may also engage in terrorist acts such as the [[Oklahoma City bombing]].
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  • ...violence against women ostensibly supported by Islam's tenets, references to violence in the [[Qur'an]], and acts of terrorisms motivated and/or justifi Despite claims that the sources of Islam demand it to be a "[[Religion of peace]]" with violence being regulated by laws of Jihad, I
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  • ...at]] where he oversaw a vast program of BW facilities. In 1992 he defected to the United States, has become an American citizen, and makes his living as ...roorganism]]s and their toxins.<ref>Anderson, D. (2006), ''Lessons Learned from the Former Soviet Biological Warfare Program''; UMI Dissertation Services,
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  • |caption = A letter sent to [[Senate Majority Leader]] [[Tom Daschle]] containing [[bacillus anthracis| ...ks]]. Letters containing [[Bacillus anthracis|anthrax spores]] were mailed to several news media offices and two [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democ
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  • ...ught to defeat the [[Taliban]] and [[Al-Qaeda]] militants who were thought to have found a safe haven in Pakistan.<ref name="The CIA's Silent War in Paki ...S drone war in Pakistan]</ref><ref>[http://www.newamerica.net/publications/articles/2009/drone_war_13672 The Drone War]</ref>
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  • ...rs to by-pass the FISA court and directed the [[National Security Agency]] to spy directly on al Qaeda by initiating the [[NSA electronic surveillance pr ...ging]], and other communication involving any party believed by the NSA to be outside the U.S., even if the other end of the communication lies within th
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  • ...group argue, for example, that [[United States Congress|Congress]]'s power to interfere with intra-executive decision-making (such as firing executive br In several [[U.S. state|states]], in contrast to the federal government, executive officers such as [[Lieutenant governor (U
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  • ...erospace]] systems for a wide variety of customers, from private consumers to major [[corporation]]s and [[government]]s. ...orate predecessors were part of the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] Index from December 7, 1925 until February 9, 2008.
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