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• USS Ricketts (DE-254)
  |Ship out of service= ...Texas]]; launched 10 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Milton E. Ricketts, widow of ''Lieutenant Ricketts''; and commissioned 5 October 1943 at Houston, Lt. Co
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• Sugar beet
  ...enopodiaceae'' family, is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of [[sucrose]]. It is grown commercially for [[sugar]] production. The sugar comes from the bulb of the beetroot plant, [[chard]] and fodder beet, all descended by cultivation
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• Diazepam
  ...09F.SGM}}</ref> The pharmacological action of diazepam enhances the effect of the neurotransmitter GABA by binding to the benzodiazepine site on the [[GA ...s-2008"/> Diazepam also has abuse potential and can cause serious problems of addiction. Urgent action by National Governments to improve prescribing pra
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• Taxus baccata
  ...] and southwest [[Asia]].<ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.</ref> It is the tree orig ...th the leaf bases twisted to align the leaves in two flat rows either side of the stem, except on erect leading shoots where the spiral arrangement is mo
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• The World Factbook
  | image_caption = Last Government print edition of ''The World Factbook'' (2010 edition) cover. | genre = [[almanac]] about the countries of the world
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• Dry stone
  ...ge:Inka mauern cuzco.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Inca architecture|Inca wall]] of dry stone construction in [[Cusco]], [[Peru]]]] ...on method, which is characterized by the presence of a load-bearing facade of carefully-selected interlocking stones. Dry-stone technology is best known
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• Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate
  {{Redirect|HMRI|UK government housing scheme|Housing Market Renewal Initiative}} ...the [[Health and Safety Executive]], then was transferred to the [[Office of Rail Regulation]] and finally ceased to exist in May 2009 when it was renam
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• Health and Safety Commission
  ...nctions were carried out by the [[Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland]]. It merged with the [[Health and Safety Executive]] on 1 April 2008. ...persons concerned with matters relevant to the operation of the objectives of the HSWA;
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• Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
  ....htm | title=About us | publisher=Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland | year=2006 | accessdate=2008-04-18 }}</ref> ...'Executive''' in 1998.<ref>Health and Safety at Work (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1998/19982795.htm SI 1998/2795 (N
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• Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
  introduced_by=[[Patrick McLoughlin]] [[Department of Employment]]| ...Railway Premises Act 1963]].<ref name="explan">{{ cite web | author=Office of Public Sector Information | title=Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Re
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• Factories Act 1961
  | parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom ...9, and certain other enactments relating to the safety, health and welfare of employed persons.</sup>
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• Emergency management
  ...he institutions for [[civil defense]] or within the conventional structure of the [[emergency service]]s. However, emergency management actually starts a ...anagement context. This focuses on the mitigation and preparedness aspects of the emergency cycle (see below).
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• Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
  parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom| ...eeping and use and preventing the unlawful acquisition, possession and use of dangerous substances, and for controlling certain emissions into the atmosp
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• Health and Safety Executive
  ...The HSE is sponsored by the [[Department for Work and Pensions]]. As part of its work HSE investigates industrial accidents, small and large, including ...persons concerned with matters relevant to the operation of the objectives of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
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• Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens
  ...departmental public body]]. It was established in [[1981]], and the terms of reference were revised in [[1991]] to allow for a wider remit. The terms of reference of the ACDP are:
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• List of colleges and universities named after people
  ...eacher]]s or other leaders associated with the institution. This is a list of [[higher education]] institutions named for people. ...d as their founders. A few institutions were named by the founder in honor of a parent, child, spouse, or other close family member.
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• List of American places named after people
  This is a list of places in the [[United States|United States of America]] which are named after people. The etymology is generally referenc *[[Abbot, Maine]] &ndash; John Abbot (treasurer of [[Bowdoin College]])
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• Counter-terrorism
  ...practices, [[Military tactics|tactics]], techniques, and strategies that [[government]]s, [[military|militaries]], [[police department]]s and [[corporation]]s ad The tactic of [[terrorism]] is available to [[insurgency|insurgents]] and governments. No
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• Insurgency
  {{History of war}} .... For example, during the [[American Civil War]], the [[Confederate States of America]] was [[non-recognized nations|not recognized]] as a sovereign stat
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• History of terrorism
  ...errorism]]. Scholars agree that terrorism is a disputed term, and very few of those labelled terrorists describe themselves as such. {{See also|Definition of terrorism}}
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