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• Basil
  ...ns. It behaves as an annual if there is any chance of a frost. In Northern Europe, Canada, the northern states of the U.S., and the South Island of New Zeala ...ll thrive when planted outside. It also thrives over the summertime in the central and northern United States, but dies out when temperatures reach freezing p
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• USS Willis (DE-395)
  That day, the task group put to sea for operations in the Central Atlantic that took its ships first to Casablanca-visited from 18 to 22 Marc ...s there, Germany surrendered at Reims, France, on 7 May, ending the war in Europe.
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• USS Swasey (DE-248)
  ...n continued on patrol. They were operating in the Atlantic when the war in Europe ended. ''Swasey'' arrived at New York on 14 May and remained there until th
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• USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374)
  ...ween stints on patrol on the high seas in the [[North Atlantic|north]] and central [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] and periods of regular upkeep at Norfolk. On 5 On 21 September 1957, ''Absecon'', on her ocean station in the central Atlantic, picked up a distress call from the [[West Germany|West German]] f
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• Sugarcane
  ...nsumption. Refineries, often located nearer to consumers in North America, Europe, and Japan, then produce refined white sugar, which is 99 percent sucrose. ...ugarcane juice. A food staple in Colombia and other countries in South and Central America.
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• Sugar beet
  The beet is moved from the heaps into a central channel or gulley, where it is washed towards the processing plant. ...end of the wars, over 300 sugar beet mills operated in France and central Europe.
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• Abacavir
  ...oups is up to 10%, but is 0% in Japan; the prevalence is 5–7% in western Europe. Screening for the ''HLA-B*5701'' has been convincingly shown to reduce th ...strophy]], may occur in people taking antiviral medications giving rise to central obesity, facial arm, leg, and/ or buttock wasting, breast enlargement, and
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• Atropine
  ...heart rate slowing when given at very low doses, presumably as a result of central action in the CNS.<ref>* {{cite book | first = | last =Rang HP, Dale MM, Ri ...sweating, blurry vision, decreased sweating/lacrimation, vasodilation, and central nervous system effects on [[muscarinic]] receptors, type 4 and 5. This set
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• Ciprofloxacin
  ...l= |format= |author2=Mandler }}</ref> and Stevens-Johnson syndrome, severe central nervous system disorders (CNS)<ref name=cipro2004/> and [[Clostridium diffi ...ractions that may affect the [[musculoskeletal]], [[central nervous system|central nervous]], [[renal]], and other systems.
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• Azithromycin
  ...tes. Pliva brought their azithromycin on the market in Central and Eastern Europe under the brand name of Sumamed in 1988, Pfizer Zithromax in 1991, and Zent
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• Acetic acid
  ...the biochemistry of all forms of life. When bound to [[coenzyme A]], it is central to the [[metabolism]] of [[carbohydrate]]s and [[fat]]s. However, the conce ...year), approximately half of which is produced in the [[United States]]. [[Europe]]an production stands at approximately 1&nbsp;Mt/a and is declining, and 0.
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• Morphine
  ...adone), and diacetylmorphine ([[heroin]]), morphine acts directly on the [[central nervous system]] (CNS) to relieve [[pain]]. Morphine has a high potential f ...ations were used for this purpose well into the 1960s in North America and Europe and in much curtailed fashion now and in other countries. Morphine will al
  87 KB (12,376 words) - 16:51, 27 September 2010
• Paracetamol
  '''[[Panadol]]''', which is marketed in Africa, Asia, Europe, Central America, and [[Australasia]], is the most widely available brand, sold in o In Europe, the most common brands of paracetamol are '''Efferalgan''' and '''Dolipran
  54 KB (7,376 words) - 16:52, 27 September 2010
• Eranthis
  ...ology)|family]] [[Ranunculaceae]] (Buttercup family), native to southern [[Europe]] and east across [[Asia]] to [[Japan]]. ...hyemalis'' is widely [[naturalisation (biology)|naturalised]] in northern Europe and North America.
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• Cicuta virosa
  ...mlock''') is a species of ''[[Cicuta]]'', native to northern and central [[Europe]], northern [[Asia]] and northwestern [[North America]]. It is a [[Perennia The plant contains [[cicutoxin]], which disrupts the workings of the [[central nervous system]]. In humans, cicutoxin rapidly produces symptoms of [[nause
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• Laburnum
  ...de a third species, ''Laburnum caramanicum'', but this native of southeast Europe and [[Asia Minor]] is usually treated in a distinct genus ''[[Podocytisus]] In [[Ted Hughes]] poem "The Laburnum Top," the central character goldfinch sits and feeds its young ones on this tree.
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• Cicuta
  ...e]] regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]], mainly [[North America]] and [[Europe]], typically growing in wet meadows, along streambanks and other wet and ma ...embers of the genus contain a [[toxin]] named [[cicutoxin]] which causes [[central nervous system]] stimulatory effects including [[seizure]]s following inges
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• Datura inoxia
  ...troduced species|introduced]] in [[Africa]], [[Asia]], [[Australia]] and [[Europe]]. The scientific name is often cited as ''D. innoxia''. The plant was firs
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• Manchineel
  ...[Florida]] in the [[United States]], [[the Bahamas]], the [[Caribbean]], [[Central America]], and northern [[South America]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.a To [[Europe]]ans, the manchineel quickly became notorious. The heroine of [[Giacomo Mey
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• Juniperus sabina
  ...ve to the [[mountain]]s of central and southern [[Europe]] and western and central [[Asia]], from [[Spain]] east to eastern [[Siberia]], typically growing at
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