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• USS Stewart (DE-238)
  |Ship commissioned=31 May 1943 ...ovember; sponsored by Mrs. William A. Porteos, Jr.; and commissioned on 31 May 1943, [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[B. C. Turner]], [[United States Naval Rese
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• Morphine
  | image2 = Morphine-from-xtal-3D-balls.png ...ental poppy (''[[Papaver orientale|P. orientale]]''). Lower concentrations may be found in a handful of other species in the [[Papaveraceae|poppy family]]
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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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• 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 ...point]] and [[castability]].<ref name=EM2/> Steel is also distinguishable from [[wrought iron]], which can contain a small amount of carbon, but it is inc
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• Bamboo
  ...}</ref> They also occur in [[sub-Saharan Africa]], and in the [[Americas]] from the [[Mid-Atlantic United States]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Arundinaria gigan ...em slowly dries and hardens. The culm begins to sprout branches and leaves from each [[Node (botany)|node]]. During the third year, the culm further harden
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• Confined space
  '''Confined space''' is a term from [[labour (economics)|labor]]-[[safety]] [[regulation]]s that refers to an a In a wide variety of industrial environments workers may be expected to enter a variety of areas and spaces, some of which, due to t
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• Asbestos
  [[Image:Asbestos with muscovite.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Fibrous asbestos on [[muscovite]]]] [[Image:Blue asbestos.jpg|thumb|Blue asbestos (crocidolite) from [[Wittenoom, Western Australia]]. The ruler is 1 cm.]]
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• Formaldehyde
  ...rmaldehyde''' (systematic name: '''methanal''') is an [[organic compound]] with the [[chemical formula|formula]] CH₂O. As the simplest [[aldehyd ...pending on the concentration and temperature. The infinite polymer formed from formaldehyde is called paraformaldehyde. The cyclic trimer is called metafo
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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 ...dual efforts (e.g. removing lead-containing items such as piping or blinds from the home) to nationwide policies (e.g. laws that ban lead in products or re
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• Personal health record
  ...mmary of the health and medical history of an individual by gathering data from many sources and making this information accessible online to anyone who ha .../ref> however, search results from PubMed also reveal that most scientific articles written about PHRs have been published since 2000.
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• Ted Kaczynski
  | image_alt = A man in a jacket with handcuffs '''Theodore John "Ted" Kaczynski''' ({{pron-en|kəˈzɪnski}}; born May 22, 1942), also known as the '''Unabomber''' (University and Airline Bomber
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• Bath School disaster
  |date=May 18, 1927 ...ownship, Michigan|Bath Township]], [[Michigan]], [[United States|USA]], on May 18, 1927, which killed 38 [[primary school]] children and 7 adults, and inj
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• John F. Kennedy assassination
  |caption=President Kennedy with his wife, Jacqueline, and [[Texas Governor]] [[John Connally]] in the [[Pre |image4= Elm from 6th fl.jpg
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• Counter-terrorism
  ...or them in a particular context. Individuals, such as [[Timothy McVeigh]], may also engage in terrorist acts such as the [[Oklahoma City bombing]]. ...counter-insurgency]] doctrine, but political, economic, and other measures may focus more on the insurgency than the specific acts of terror. [[Foreign in
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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 ...ze the state's own use of armed force against opponents (such use of force may itself be described as "terror" by opponents of the state).<ref name=tws11j
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• Outlaw motorcycle club
  ...d, generally, the club enforces a set of bylaws on its members that derive from the values of the outlaw biker culture.<ref name=Drew2002>{{Citation |title ...torcycle club)|Mongols]], wrote that what makes a gang like them different from the [[Mafia]] is that crime and violence are not used as expedients in purs
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• Bruce Edwards Ivins
  ...gton Post]]|date=September 17, 2008|accessdate=2010-06-07}}</ref> A panel from the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Scienc Ivins graduated with honors from the [[University of Cincinnati]] with a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] degree in 1968, an [[Master of Science|M.S.]
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• Moazzam Begg
  ..., accessed 20 February 2010 |publisher=Thestar.co.za |date= |accessdate=26 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="dodds">{{cite news|url=http://news.google.com/newspa ...ing beaten to death while detained at Bagram. After intensive discussions with the U.K. government, President Bush had him released without charge on 25 J
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• Black site
  ...2009. President [[Barack Obama]] ordered the black sites closed in January 2009.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}{{Verify source|date=September 2010} ...Committee of the Red Cross]] (ICRC) prepared a report based on interviews with black site detainees, conducted between October 6 and 11 and December 4 and
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