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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...blisher =U.S. Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel|date =1958 edition|location =Washington 25, D.C.}}</ref> ...red by British [[Royal Navy]] in 1912. All guns on a single ship were laid from a central position placed above the bridge as high as possible. The directo
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• Sodium nitrite
  ...eated ''de novo'' from [[nitric oxide synthase]] utilizing [[arginine]] or from ingested [[nitrate]] or [[nitrite]].<ref>{{cite journal | doi = 10.1006/nio ...chemicals | year = 1995 | publisher = [[National Academy Press]] | city = Washington, D.C. | isbn = 0309052297 | url = http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_
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• Ciprofloxacin
  | image2 = Ciprofloxacin-zwitterion-from-xtal-3D-balls.png ...one-resistant Campylobacter species and the withdrawal of fluoroquinolones from use in poultry: a public health success story. | journal = Clin Infect Dis
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• Textiles of Oaxaca
  [[Image:Backstrap loom.jpg|left|thumb|200px|A woman from [[Guatemala]] works on a backstrap loom, in [[Mesoamerica]]n tradition.]] ...e Crafts of Mexico'', Eds. Margarita de Orellana and Alberto Ruy-Sánchez, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 2004, p. 224.</ref>
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• Cemesto
  ...ts name is a [[portmanteau]] word combining "cem" from "cement" and "esto" from "asbestos." ...=NRHPsuburban/> Cemesto was used to build temporary office buildings in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>Antoinette Josephine Lee, [http://books.google.com/books?id=hjD
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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 ...em slowly dries and hardens. The culm begins to sprout branches and leaves from each [[Node (botany)|node]]. During the third year, the culm further harden
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• Optacon
  ...b. 1974, pp. 49-56</ref> is an electromechanical device that enables blind people to read printed material that has not been transcribed into Braille. ...(born 1952, blind since the age of 3). Using the Optacon, Candy graduated from Stanford and received a PhD. She has worked as a clinical psychologist sinc
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• Carbon monoxide poisoning
  ...lorless, odorless, tasteless, and non-irritating, it is very difficult for people to detect. Carbon monoxide is a product of [[incomplete combustion]] of org ...rent haunted houses. Symptoms such as delirium and hallucinations have led people suffering poisoning to think they have seen ghosts or to believe their hous
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• Asbestos
  [[Image:Blue asbestos.jpg|thumb|Blue asbestos (crocidolite) from [[Wittenoom, Western Australia]]. The ruler is 1 cm.]] ...ch 2003 amending Council Directive 83/477/EEC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work |publisher=Publications O
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• Mold growth, assessment, and remediation
  ...ure, and mold remediation is the process of removal and/or cleanup of mold from an indoor environment. ...old.jpg|thumb|right|Although this home suffered only minor exterior damage from [[Hurricane Katrina]], small leaks and inadequate air flow permitted this m
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• Chromium
  ...lso odorless, tasteless, and malleable. The name of the element is derived from the Greek word "chrōma" (χρώμα), meaning [[color]], because many of i ...]] [[metabolism]], few cases have been reported where its complete removal from the diet has caused [[chromium deficiency]]. It is toxic in larger amounts.
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• Michael H. Belzer
  | website = http://www.ilir.umich.edu/ILIR/umtip/default.htm?/People/belzer.htm Michael H. Belzer<br> ...er [[Turnover (employment)|turnover]].<ref>"Sweatshops on Wheels." ''[[The Washington Post]]''</ref> As the ''[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]'' wrote: "The cabs
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• Lead poisoning
  ...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 ...85</ref> Poisoning is a pattern of symptoms that occur with toxic effects from mid to high levels of exposure; toxicity is a wider spectrum of effects, in
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• Linda Rosenstock
  ...alth, National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety, University of Washington ...director for the [[National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health]] from 1994 through 2000 and has been the dean of the [[University of California,
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• List of eponyms (L-Z)
  * ''[[Pépé le Moko]]'' fictional character from the novel and movies of the same name — [[Pepe Le Pew]] Warner Bros. Fren * [[Baby Face Nelson]] — [[Baby Face Finlayson]], formerly from ''[[The Beano]]'' comic
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• List of American places named after people
  ...es in the [[United States|United States of America]] which are named after people. The etymology is generally referenced in the article about the person or t ...dstown, Kentucky]] &ndash; David Bard, who obtained the original town site from the governor of Virginia, and his brother William Bard, who surveyed the si
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• List of places named after people
  ...ace names see [[toponomy]]. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see [[eponym]]. {{main|List of countries named after people}}
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• Salvia divinorum
  ...ll be on supervised probation for three years; the charges will be removed from his record if he successfully completes his time on supervision. The judge ...Valdés 2001]].</ref> and counterpoints more supportive of Wasson's theory from [[Jonathan Ott]].<ref name="Ott1995">[[#refOtt1995|Ott 1995]].</ref>
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• List of assassinations and acts of terrorism against Americans
  {{sync|List of assassinated people#United States}} * 1881 - [[James A. Garfield]], 20th US President, is shot in Washington by [[Charles J. Guiteau]]
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• Letelier case
  |location = [[Washington, D.C.]] The '''Letelier case''' (September 21, 1976) refers to the murder in [[Washington, D.C.]] of [[Orlando Letelier]], a [[Chile]]an [[political figure]] and lat
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