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• Military cadence
  ...march or running-in-formation (double time) march. This serves the purpose of keeping soldiers "dressed", moving in step as a unit and in formation, whil ...close-order drill was a particular cadence count for the complex sequence of loading and firing a musket. In the Revolutionary War, Baron von Steuben no
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• Fallout shelter
  ...ioactive material then falls to earth, subjecting anything within the line of sight to radiation, a significant [[radioactive contamination|hazard]]. A f == History ==
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• USS Stewart (DE-238)
  |Ship out of service= ...f only two preserved U.S. destroyer escorts and the only surviving example of her class.
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• USS Wainwright (DD-62)
  ...e DANFS | author = [[Naval History & Heritage Command]] | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w1/wainwright-i.htm | title = Wainwright | short = on | acce ...me=USCG>{{cite web | title = Wainwright: CG-24 | url = http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Wainwright.pdf | format = pdf | work = | publisher = Historian'
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• USS Porter (DD-59)
  ...e DANFS | author = [[Naval History & Heritage Command]] | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/porter-ii.htm | title = Porter | short = on | accessdate ...ubes; the ''[[Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]]'' ([http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/porter-ii.htm link]) reports, without explanation, four.
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• 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun
  |image= [[Image:USS South Dakota (BB-57) at Scapa Flow, 1943.jpg|300px]] ...tion= Battleship armament: 16"/45 caliber guns aboard the battleship [[USS South Dakota (BB-57)]].
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• 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun
  ...{{Sclass|Iowa|battleship}} {{USS|Iowa|BB-61|6}} fires a full [[broadside]] of her 16"/50 Mark 7 guns. ...Iowa''-class battleships]]. Due to its power it is regarded by many as one of the most effective [[naval artillery|battleship gun]]s ever designed.<ref>{
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• 5"/38 caliber gun
  <!-- Service history --> ...avy, US Coast Guard, Royal Navy, Danish Navy, Italian Navy, Japanese Navy, South Vietnamese Navy, and every navy that bought surplus WWII, U.S. Navy warship
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• Otobreda 76 mm
  <!-- Service history --> <!-- Production history -->
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• QF 1 pounder pom-pom
  <!-- Service history --> |used_by=[[Image:Flag of Transvaal.svg|22px]][[South African Republic]]<br>[[British Empire]]<br>{{flagcountry|German Empire}}<b
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...GFCS for 5 inch and larger guns, up to battleships such as the [[Armament of the Iowa class battleship|USS ''Iowa'']]. After the 1950s, GCFSs were integ ...NNERY, VOLUME 2 FIRE CONTROL, NAVPERS 10798-A|publisher =U.S. Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel|date =1958 edition|location =Washington 25, D.C.}}</ref>
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• Type 91 torpedo
  <!-- Service history --> <!-- Production history -->
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• Hydroelectric
  ...l 2006.jpg|thumb|right|280px|The [[Three Gorges Dam]] in China, the [[List of the largest hydroelectric power stations|largest hydro-electric power stati ...approximately 20% of the world's electricity, and accounted for about 88% of electricity from renewable sources.<ref name="REN21-2006">[http://www.ren21
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• Quinine
  | pregnancy_category = C <small>([[United States of America|USA]])</small>, D <small>([[Australia|Au]])</small> ...nti-inflammatory]] properties and a bitter taste. It is a [[stereoisomer]] of [[quinidine]] which, unlike quinine, is an [[anti-arrhythmic]]. Quinine con
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• Chloroquine
  ...wɪn}}) is a [[4-aminoquinoline]] drug used in the treatment or prevention of [[malaria]]. ==History==
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• Nevirapine
  |pregnancy_category = B: ([[United states of America|USA]]) ...nevirapine is used alone, so recommended therapy consists of combinations of three or more antiretrovirals.
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• Azithromycin
  '''Azithromycin''' is an [[azalide]], a subclass of [[macrolide]] [[antibiotics]]. ...the [[United States]] under the name '''Zithromax''', and under a variety of brand names and generic labels worldwide. It is derived from [[erythromycin
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• Mercury (element)
  ...of any metal. A heavy, silvery [[d-block]] [[metal]], mercury is also one of the five [[liquid metal|metallic]] chemical elements that are [[liquid]] at ...f mercury (such as [[mercuric chloride]] or [[methylmercury]]), inhalation of mercury vapor, or eating seafood contaminated with mercury.
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• Arisaema triphyllum
  ...ist woodlands and thickets from [[Nova Scotia]] west to [[Minnesota]], and south to southern [[Florida]]. ...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
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• Solanum nigrum
  ...e=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Solanum~nigrum ''Solanum nigrum'' plant profile, ''New South Wales Flora Online'']</ref> ...], and can be [[fatal]]. Death can result from the ingestion of high doses of plant parts, causing [[cardiac arrhythmia]]s and [[respiratory failure]].
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