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• Phencyclidine
  ...istry|chemical]] structure, PCP is an arylcyclohexylamine derivative, and, in [[pharmacology]], it is a member of the family of [[dissociative anestheti ...nnels (nAChR). Some analogues have greater potency at nAChR than at NMDAR. In some brain regions, these effects act synergistically to inhibit excitatory
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• Salvia divinorum
  ...[[Sierra Madre de Oaxaca|Sierra Mazateca]] of [[Oaxaca]], Mexico, growing in shady and moist locations.<ref name=Reisfield1993intro/><ref name="Valdes19 ...ame="Imanshahidi2006p430">[[#refImanshahidi2006|Imanshahidi & Hosseinzadeh 2006]], p.&nbsp;430.</ref> a potent [[Kappa Opioid receptor|κ-opioid]] and [[D2
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• COX-2 inhibitor
  ...ne]]. [[Rofecoxib]] (commonly known as [[Vioxx]]) was taken off the market in 2004 because of these concerns. ...mons any royalties and profits from his discovery. A lawsuit is currently in progress by Simmons against the drug developers. [http://www.the-scientist.
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• Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
  | metabolism = 95%, mainly [[Hepatic]], also in blood and tissues ...title -->].</ref> to treat [[cataplexy]] and excessive daytime sleepiness in patients with [[narcolepsy]]. The same company is also investigating the dr
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• Oktoberfest
  ...ember to the first weekend in October. It is one of the most famous events in Germany and the world's largest fair, with some six million people attendin ...ays when the 1st Sunday is October 2nd and 18 days when it is October 1st. In 2010, the festival lasts exceptionally until the first October Monday, to m
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• Letelier case
  ...ce]] [[DINA]] of the government of [[Augusto Pinochet]] was one among many in [[Operation Condor]]. [[Image:Letelier1975.jpg|thumb|right|Letelier in 1975.]]
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• Eric Robert Rudolph
  ...>[http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/1998/October/477crm.htm Eric Rudolph charged in Centennial Olympic Park bombing]</ref> ...ml |publisher=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]] |date=2005-04-15 |accessdate=2006-06-29 |quote=Rudolph called himself a Roman Catholic at war over abortion.
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• Brink's robbery (1981)
  ...a [[Brink's]] [[armored car (valuables)|armored car]] at the Nanuet Mall, in [[Nanuet, New York]], killing two police officers, [[Edward O'Grady II|Edwa ...arm from his body. The criminals then took $1.6 million in cash, got back in their van, and fled the scene.
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• Centennial Olympic Park bombing
  ...Park bombing''' was a [[terrorism|terrorist]] [[bomb]]ing on July 27, 1996 in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States during the [[1 ...ed|date=June 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
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• Beltway sniper attacks
  ...er reportedly details 4 new shootings] Associated Press/KX net.com 16 June 2006</ref> In September 2003, Muhammad was [[Capital punishment in the United States|sentenced to death]]. One month later, Malvo was sentence
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• Los Angeles Times bombing
  ...-post-bombing.jpg|thumb|350px|Rubble of the ''Los Angeles Times'' building in 1910]] ...onvicted, and sentenced to life in prison. J.J. was sentenced to 15 years in prison for bombing a local iron manufacturing plant, and returned to the Ir
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• Rosewood massacre
  ...re two blacks and two whites were killed in [[Rosewood, Florida|Rosewood]] in January 1923]] ...]]s in the years before the massacre, including a well-publicized incident in December 1922.
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• 1993 World Trade Center bombing
  {{About|the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 1993|the 2001 attack and destruction of the World Trade Center|September 11 ...iciary Committee }}</ref><ref>Wright, Lawrence, ''Looming Tower'', Knopf, (2006) p. 178.</ref> It failed to do so, but did kill six people and injured 1,04
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• 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
  ...ed support for people working for civil rights. It marked a turning point in the U.S. [[African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)|1960s Civil R ...rn Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)]] to integrate public facilities in the country.
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• Hutaree
  ...an Patriot movement]], based in [[Adrian, Michigan|Adrian]], [[Michigan]], in the [[United States]].<ref name=ReportBBC>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/worl The group was formed in early 2008. The name "Hutaree" appears to be a [[neologism]]; the group's w
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• 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
  | caption = Four of the restaurants in The Dalles affected by the attack ...ent was the first, and single largest [[bioterrorism|bioterrorist]] attack in United States history.<ref name="healthexperts" /><ref name="lewis">{{cite
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• Assassination of George Tiller
  | caption = [[George Tiller]] gives a mock [[consultation]] in 1997 in the setting of his clinic, Women’s Health Care – [[Wichita, Kansas]], w ...s |url=http://airamerica.com/news/11-13-2009/fbi-got-warning-about-suspect-in-kan-doctor-death/ |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=2009-11-13 |title=Scott
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• John F. Kennedy assassination
  ...ennedy with his wife, Jacqueline, and [[Texas Governor]] [[John Connally]] in the [[Presidential state car (United States)|presidential limousine]], minu |caption6= The assassination site in 2008. White arrows indicate the sixth floor window and the mark on the road
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• Counter-terrorism
  ...itaries]], [[police department]]s and [[corporation]]s adopt to prevent or in response to terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed. ...ticular context. Individuals, such as [[Timothy McVeigh]], may also engage in terrorist acts such as the [[Oklahoma City bombing]].
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• Internet and terrorism
  ...vary due to difficulties measuring but, there is a general consensus that in 1996 there was just under 100 websites and to well over 5000 websites today ...h primarily occurred due to evidence recovered from [[Al Qaeda]] computers in Afghanistan, that indicate the Internet was being used to collect intellige
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