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• USS Brough (DE-148)
  |Ship out of service= ...ly]] for his actions during the [[Battle of the Aleutian Islands|battles]] of [[Kiska]] and [[Attu]].
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• USS Obstructor (ACM-7)
  |Ship out of service= ...46, commissioned 1 February 1947 as USCGC ''Heather'' [http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Heather_1947.pdf (WABL / WLB-331)]
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• Williams Gun
  ...ngton, Kentucky]], who later served as an Artillery Captain with a battery of his design. It was a breech-loading, rapid-fire cannon that was operated b ...xamples are now located at [[Kentucky Historical Society|Kentucky Military History Museum]] and the Watervliet Army Arsenal Museum.
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• Arisaema triphyllum
  ...d covers over and contain a [[spadix]] ("Jack"), covered with tiny flowers of both sexes. The flowers are unisexual, in small plants most if not all the ...ing a plant with a single rounded leaf. Seedlings need three or more years of growth before they become large enough to flower.
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• Robinia pseudoacacia
  ...tly used common name is '''False Acacia''', which is a literal translation of the [[specific epithet]]. It was introduced into Britain in 1636. ...2–5 cm long and 1.5–3 cm broad. Each leaf usually has a pair of short thorns at the base, 1–2 mm long or absent on adult crown shoot
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• J. Gordon Melton
  | birth_place = [[Birmingham, Alabama]] | work_institution = [[University of California, Santa Barbara]]
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• Rammed earth
  ...made of rammed earth at [[Dunhuang]], [[Gansu]] province, the eastern end of the [[Silk Road]]]] ...ref> to semi dry deserts, mountain areas and the tropics. The availability of useful soil and building design for the local climatic conditions are the f
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• Wildfire
  ...ropagation|propagation]], the combustible material present, and the effect of weather on the fire.<ref name=UToronto /> ...cial effects on wilderness areas. Some plant species depend on the effects of fire for growth and reproduction,<ref name=NOVA /> although large wildfires
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• Black Lung Benefits Act of 1973
  ==History== ...ttp://www.umwa.org/?q=content/black-lung Black Lung] - United Mine Workers of America</ref>
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• Emerson Electric Company
  ...'''[[David Farr|David N. Farr]]''' <small><br>[[Chairman]] of the [[Board of Directors|Board]]<br>[[President]] & [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]]</small divisions = [[#Business_segments|List of divisions]] |
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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 prizes named after people
  This is a list of '''[[prize]]s''' that are '''named after people'''. ''For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see [[Lists of etymologies]]''.
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• Synthetic cannabis
  [[File:Spice drug.jpg|thumb|A bag of Spice]] ...went on sale it was thought that they achieved an effect through a mixture of legal herbs. Laboratory analysis in 2008 showed this was not the case and t
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• Salvia divinorum
  | image_alt = A short green plant with many elliptical shaped leaves of arcuate venation ...[cloud forest]] in the isolated [[Sierra Madre de Oaxaca|Sierra Mazateca]] of [[Oaxaca]], Mexico, growing in shady and moist locations.<ref name=Reisfiel
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• Purple drank
  ...prite]] soft drink and pieces of [[Jolly Rancher]] candy. The purplish hue of purple drank comes from [[dye]]s in the cough syrup. ..., Number 2, Spring 2001. The name "lean" refers to "abusers’ propensity of having difficulty in standing up straight."</ref> '''syrup''',<ref name=Lei
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• List of assassinations and acts of terrorism against Americans
  {{sync|List of terrorist incidents in the United States}} {{sync|List of assassinated people#United States}}
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• 1919 United States anarchist bombings
  ...l through June 1919. These bombings fueled the [[First Red Scare|Red Scare of 1919-20]]. ...1918, had arrested two prominent Galleanists and led a raid on the offices of their publication ''Cronaca Sovversiva''.<ref>Avrich (1991), 147</ref>
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• United States Capitol shooting incident (1954)
  ...s Capitol]] (chamber of the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]) ...a balcony for visitors) of the [[United States Capitol#House Chamber|House of Representatives chamber]] in the [[United States Capitol]].
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• William McIntosh
  {{For|those of a similar name|William Mackintosh (disambiguation)}} ...y Charles Bird King.JPG|thumb|right|250px|[[Charles Bird King]]'s portrait of William McIntosh]]
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• Centennial Olympic Park bombing
  ...e)|Georgia]], United States during the [[1996 Summer Olympics]], the first of four committed by [[Eric Robert Rudolph]].<ref>"Eric Rudolph lays out the a ...ne 2010}} It was the largest pipe bomb in U.S. history, weighing in excess of 40 pounds. It used a [[steel]] plate as a directional device.<ref>{{cite ne
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