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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  |issued_by= [[United States Navy]] ...cine|medical]] specialists for the [[United States Navy]] and the [[United States Marine Corps]]. The Hospital Corpsman works in a wide variety of capacities
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• Wood gas generator
  ...ble (and especially after the Otto engine's patent expired and entered the public domain), internal combustion engines began displacing steam engines as prim ...were common; in the United States, petroleum rationing was the law of the land, as all petroleum was diverted to the war effort. Due to the lack of gasoli
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• Mercury (element)
  ...oorly screens the nuclear charge that increases the attractive [[Coulomb's law|Coulomb interaction]] of the 6s shell and the nucleus (see [[lanthanide con In these compounds, mercury displays two oxidation states: +1 and +2. The +1 state oxidation involves the dimeric cation, Hg{{su|b=2|
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• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...elvises and fetuses in the [[midwife]]ry article; King [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] commanded that these pages be ripped from every copy.< ...of the Revolution, ending in 1776 with ‘The congress declare the United States of America independent of the crown and parliament of Great Britain.’ (''
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• Depleted uranium
  ...ons exposed to DU."<ref name="Hindin" /> The [[World Health Organization]] states that no consistent risk of reproductive, developmental, or carcinogenic ef ...e/faq16.cfm How much depleted uranium hexafluoride is stored in the United States]</ref><ref>[http://web.ead.anl.gov/uranium/documents/index.cfm Depleted UF<
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• Manganese
  ...|Oxidation states<br />of manganese<small><ref group=note>Common oxidation states are in bold.</ref></small><ref name="Schmidt">{{cite book|title = Anorganis ...[[oxidation|oxidizing agents]].<ref name="Holl"/> Compounds with oxidation states +5 (blue) and +6 (green) are strong oxidizing agents and are vulnerable to
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• Institute of Occupational Medicine
  ...nto the study from 25 [[collieries]] representative of conditions across [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. ...health effects of other occupational and environmental pollutants and into public health more generally, leading to the establishment of the IOM’s Centre f
  24 KB (3,511 words) - 21:32, 20 September 2010
• Air safety
  ...aining. It can also be applied in the context of campaigns that inform the public as to the safety of [[air travel]]. ===United States===
  53 KB (7,764 words) - 21:33, 20 September 2010
• Work–life balance
  ...e Working Mother's Association in the United Kingdom</ref> In the [[United States]], this phrase was first used in 1986. ==United States history==
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• Implications of nanotechnology
  ...inaccessible due to physical restrictions, which in turn may reduce labor, land, or maintenance requirements placed on humans. ...cial government [[regulation]], and regulatory bodies such as the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] and the Health & Consumer Protection Dire
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• Emergency management
  ...cle of emergency management must include long-term work on infrastructure, public awareness, and even human justice issues. This is not important in developi ...uch as mandatory evacuations), and communication of potential risks to the public.<ref>Lindell, M., Prater, C., and Perry, R. (2006). Fundamentals of Emergen
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• Mining
  ...d mine, extraction of the desired materials and finally reclamation of the land to prepare it for other uses once the mine is closed. ...s Park Coalition, (2000). Cerrillos Hills Historic Park Vision Statement. Public documents: Author. Retrieved August 27, 2007, [http://www.cerrilloshills.
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• National Mine Map Repository
  ...tional inventory of mine maps and supporting documentation for private and public interests. ...pository, in Spokane, Washington, held the mining archives for the western states of [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], [[Oregon]], [[California]], [[Ne
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• List of colleges and universities named after people
  ...sity in 1979 with the opening of [[Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law|its law school]]. | Founded in 1939 on land donated by the British farmer <ref>[http://egerton.ac.ke Home Egerton Unive
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• List of eponyms (L-Z)
  ...[[USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)]]; Lincoln is a slang term for the [[United States five dollar bill]] * [[Charles Lindbergh]], pilot — [[Lindbergh Law]] anti-kidnapping law
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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 refer ...engineer, soldier, and topographer with the United States [[Dragoon#United States|Dragoons]])
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• List of prizes named after people
  | Most distinguished [[United States|American]] [[picture book]] for children | Outstanding body of work by a [[United Kingdom|British]] citizen writing in [[English language|English]]
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• Rosewood massacre
  ...acial disturbances were common during the early 20th century in the United States, reflecting the nation's rapid social changes. Florida had an especially hi ...lorida had effectively [[Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era (United States)|disfranchised]] blacks since the turn of the century, both Sumner and Rose
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• Hutaree
  ...ent]], based in [[Adrian, Michigan|Adrian]], [[Michigan]], in the [[United States]].<ref name=ReportBBC>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8593975.s ...pported and defended by [[municipal police|local]], [[State police (United States)|state]] and [[federal police]] departments. On their website, all police
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• 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
  | location = [[The Dalles, Oregon|The Dalles]], [[Oregon]], United States ...e first, and single largest [[bioterrorism|bioterrorist]] attack in United States history.<ref name="healthexperts" /><ref name="lewis">{{cite web | last =Le
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