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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
  {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2010}} ...published by [[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]], a privately held company. Articles are aimed at educated adults, and written by about 100 full-time edito
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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 ...arming, Bazivamo urges farmers," Stevenson Mugisha, The New Times, June 7, 2010]</ref>
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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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• 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
  54 KB (7,364 words) - 21:56, 26 September 2010
• Terrorism
  ...the safety of [[non-combatant]]s (civilians).{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} ...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
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• Bruce Edwards Ivins
  ...author=Scott Shane |work=[[New York Times]]|date=Apr. 23, 2010 |accessdate=2010-04-23}}</ref> 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
  ...s|first=Palsley|date=7 March 2006|work=Times Daily |accessdate=20 February 2010}}</ref> While Begg admits spending time at two Islamic militant training c ...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
  ...2010}}{{Failed verification|date=September 2010}} {{Dubious|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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• Drone attacks in Pakistan
  ...The Year of the Drone An Analysis of U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan, 2004-2010]</ref> ...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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• Jewish Defense League
  |motto = To protect Jews from [[antisemitism]] by whatever means necessary. ...'JDL''' is a [[Jewish]] organization whose stated goal is to "protect Jews from [[antisemitism]] by whatever means necessary".<ref name="backgrounder">[htt
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• Military Commissions Act of 2006
  ::::(B) Sections 831(a), (b), and (d) (articles 31(a), (b), and (d) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), relating to c ...retations, and other precedents of military commissions under this chapter may not form the basis of any holding, decision, or other determination of a co
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• NSA warrantless surveillance controversy
  ...ment|prose=January 2010|tone=January 2010|update=January 2010|date=January 2010}} ...f American citizens by the [[National Security Agency]] requires a warrant from a three judge court set up under the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Ac
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