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  • Iron
    ...as bronze or the other copper related alloys. Iron is ubiquitous in modern life; it is used primarily for its structural strength. Pure iron is soft (softe .../sup> years. <sup>60</sup>Fe is an [[extinct radionuclide]] of long [[half-life]] (2.6&nbsp;million years).<ref name="NUBASE">{{cite journal| first = Audi|
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  • Wood
    ...art completely decayed. Some species begin to form heartwood very early in life, so having only a thin layer of live sapwood, while in others the change co If a tree grows all its life in the open and the conditions of [[soil]] and site remain unchanged, it wi
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  • Phenazopyridine
    |elimination_half-life = ...representative of humans.<ref name = jps /> Rat models have shown its half-life to be 7.35 hours,<ref name = bdd /> and that it is excreted 40% hepatically
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  • Phenylephrine
    | elimination_half-life = 2.1 to 3.4 hours ...already tachycardic and/or has a [[cardiomyopathy]]. The elimination half life of phenylephrine is about 2.5 to 3 hours.
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  • Optacon
    ...unding established, Bliss joined the Stanford faculty half-time, the other half being at SRI. At SRI tactile reading experiments were conducted to maximiz ...ers were anxious to know how well the Optacon components held up in a real life environment, what uses were made of the Optacon, how much was it used, and
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  • Ethylene oxide
    ...<ref name = "industrial"/> This more efficient routine accounted for about half of ethylene oxide production in the 1950s in the U.S., and after 1975 it co ...dc.gov/niosh/idlh/intridl4.html Documentation for Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations (IDLH): NIOSH Chemical Listing and Documentation o
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  • Indoor air quality
    ...onal Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC</ref> The half life for radon is 3.8 days, indicating that once the source is removed, the haza ...air quality throughout the design and construction stages of a building's life.
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  • Carbon monoxide poisoning
    ...on monoxide exposure may lead to a significantly shorter [[life expectancy|life span]] due to [[heart]] damage.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Henry CR, Satran .../> Administering [[oxygen]] via [[non-rebreather mask]] shortens the half life of carbon monoxide to 80 minutes from 320 minutes on normal air.<ref name="
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  • Cancer
    ...400 women were studied, half randomly assigned to a normal diet, the other half assigned to a diet containing less than 20% calories from fat. The women on ...earlier diagnosis in specific cases. Early diagnosis may lead to extended life, but may also falsely prolong the lead time to death through [[lead time bi
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  • Manganese
    ...have half-lives that are less than 3 hours and the majority of these have half-lives that are less than 1 minute. This element also has 3 [[meta state]]s. ...a [[half-life]] of 3.7 million years. Because of its relatively short half-life, <sup>53</sup>Mn occurs only in tiny amounts due to the action of [[cosmic
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  • Work–life balance
    ...the other. Related, though broader, terms include "lifestyle balance" and "life balance". ...te 1970s to describe the balance between an individual's work and personal life.<ref>Publication in: New Ways to Work and the Working Mother's Association
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  • Benzene
    ...of, and was a mere invention rather than a recollection of an event in his life. Kekulé's 1890 speech<ref>{{cite journal| author=F. A. Kekulé| title= Ben ...hemistry of low-valent metals. Important examples include the sandwich and half-sandwich complexes respectively [[Bis(benzene)chromium|Cr(C<sub>6</sub>H<su
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  • Occupational safety and health
    ...area concerned with protecting the [[safety]], [[health]] and [[quality of life|welfare]] of people engaged in [[Employment|work or employment]]. The goal ...Europe, it has been shown that this is where they are lacking. “Nearly half of senior managers and company directors do not have an up-to-date understa
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  • Mine Safety and Health Administration
    ...dzLAC&pg=PA549 "Safety First" Underground: The New Bureau Of Mines And Its Life Saving Campaign In The Coal Fields] |journal=[[World's Work|The World's Wor ...of incidents to overall number of employees or hours worked) by more than half and fatalities by two-thirds following three prior decades of steady improv
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  • Arsenic
    ...] from 60 to 92. The most stable of these is <sup>73</sup>As with a [[half-life]] of 80.3&nbsp;days. Isotopes that are lighter than the stable <sup>75</sup ...o 84. The most stable of arsenic's isomers is <sup>68m</sup>As with a half-life of 111&nbsp;seconds.<ref name="NUBASE"/>
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  • Work–life balance (United States)
    ...e balance. Related, though broader, terms include "lifestyle balance" and "life balance". ...was set at sixty hours per week. Similar laws were later adopted by about half of the country’s states. Only men in exceptionally hazardous jobs were c
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  • Chromium
    ...have half-lives that are less than 24 hours and the majority of these have half-lives that are less than 1 minute. This element also has 2 [[meta state]]s.
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  • Cadmium
    ...ve half-lives that are less than 2.5 hours, and the majority of these have half-lives that are less than 5 minutes. This element also has 8 known [[meta st ...me="lifecycle">{{cite journal | doi = 10.1016/j.rser.2003.12.001 | title = Life cycle impact analysis of cadmium in CdTe PV production | year = 2004 | last
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  • Beryllium
    ...lium produces a direct corrosive effect to tissue, and can cause a chronic life-threatening allergic disease called [[berylliosis]] in susceptible persons. ...element is not known to be necessary or useful for either plant or animal life.
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  • Formaldehyde
    ...moulded products. Production of formaldehyde resins accounts for more than half of formaldehyde consumption. ...od scare]] regarding the addition of formaldehyde to foods to extend shelf life. Foods known to be contaminated include noodles, salted fish, tofu, and ru
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  • Chlorine
    ...d other compounds, it is abundant in nature and necessary to most forms of life, including [[human]]s. In its elemental form (Cl<sub>2</sub> or "dichlorine ...sup>[[argon|Ar]], with a combined [[half-life]] of 308,000 years. The half-life of this [[hydrophilic]] nonreactive isotope makes it suitable for [[geologi
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  • Wildfire
    ...l}}</ref> Wildfires can cause extensive damage, both to property and human life, but they also have various beneficial effects on wilderness areas. Some pl ...long with drought and human involvement, could damage or destroy more than half of the Amazon rainforest by the year 2030.<ref>Nepstad, 4</ref> Wildfires g
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  • Lead poisoning
    ...amount of lead necessary to cause harm did not come about until the latter half of the 20th&nbsp;century. No safe threshold for lead exposure has been dis ...long after the initial exposure is gone.<ref name="Patrick06"/> The half-life of lead in the blood in men is about 40&nbsp;days, but it may be longer in
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  • Lead
    ...le element]]s, although the next higher element, [[bismuth]], has a [[half-life]] that is so long (much longer than the age of the universe) that it can be ...one common [[radiogenic isotope]] of lead, <sup>202</sup>Pb, has a [[half life]] of about 53,000 years.<ref name="NUBASE">{{cite journal|first = Audi|last
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  • Ethylenediamine
    ...ue = 1 | pages=133–6 |pmid = 2137392 }}</ref> Ethylenediamine has a half-life of about 30 minutes and a small volume of distribution of 0.133 liters/kg.
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  • Dimercaptosuccinic acid
    ...f exposure in known lead contaminated environments. Its elimination [[half-life]] is 2.5-3.5 h. DMSA can cross the [[blood-brain barrier]] of mice,<ref>{{c
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  • Deferasirox
    | elimination_half-life = 8 to 16 hours The half-life of deferasirox is between 8 and 16 hours allowing once a day dosing. Two mo
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  • Partition coefficient
    ...tend to be more active. Hydrophobic agrochemicals in general have longer half lives and therefore display increased risk of adverse environmental impact. ...groundwater to pollute waterways, and its toxicity to animals and aquatic life.<ref name="Cronin">{{cite journal |author= Cronin D, Mark T |title=The Role
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  • Le Chatelier's principle
    ...k]] must have a finite [[Half-life#Half-life_in_non-exponential_decay|half-life]].<ref>{{cite book |chapter= Application of the Second Law of Thermodynamic ...he pressure of the above situation, then the volume of both sides would be half the current values. Then <math>K_c</math> would now be as follow:
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  • Hemoglobin
    When [[red blood cell|red cell]]s reach the end of their life due to aging or defects, they are broken down, the hemoglobin molecule is b ...tative of glucose level in the blood averaged over a longer time (the half-life of red blood cells, which is typically 50–55 days).
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  • Buffer solution
    ...t a nearly constant value in a wide variety of chemical applications. Many life forms thrive only in a relatively small pH range; an example of a buffer so ...he concentrations of acid and conjugate base are equal, often described as half-neutralization, pH=p''K''<sub>a</sub>. In general, the pH of a buffer solut
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  • List of cutaneous conditions
    *[[Half and half nails]] (Lindsay's nails) ...fiths CE |title=Psoriasis: epidemiology, clinical features, and quality of life |journal=Ann Rheum Dis |volume=64 |issue=Suppl 2 |pages=ii18–23; discussi
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  • List of foods named after people
    * [[Dongpo's pork]] – squares of pork, half lean meat and half fat, pan-fried then braised. Named after poet [[Su Dongpo]] (1037–1101) ...Western world. After a long spell of wars, the Roman general retired to a life of indulgence and opulence, most evident in his gardens and his cuisine. Hi
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  • List of dog diseases
    ...ur most commonly in non-spayed females or female that were spayed later in life.<ref name=Morrison_1998/> ...swallow large amounts of air with the water and this can cause an equally life-threatening case of [[bloat]] in their stomach.<ref>[http://dogclassonline.
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  • Bone marrow
    ...red. With age, more and more of it is converted to the yellow type. About half of adult bone marrow is red.<ref name=T4/> Red marrow is found mainly in th <li>[[Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation]]</li></ol>
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  • Spleen
    ...|accessdate=}}</ref> Recently, it has been found to contain in its reserve half of the body's [[monocyte]]s within the [[red pulp]]. These monocytes, upon * Storage of half the body's [[monocyte]]s so that upon injury they can migrate to the injure
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  • Interatrial septum
    Caption2 = Interior of dorsal half of heart of human embryo of about thirty-five days. | ...atrium, the valve closes. Because the [[lung]]s are nonfunctional in fetal life, pressure in the [[pulmonary circulation]] is greater than that of the [[sy
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  • Angiotensin
    ...ed in red blood cells and the vascular beds of most tissues. It has a half-life in circulation of around 30 seconds, whereas, in tissue, it may be as long
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  • Dosulepin
    | elimination_half-life = 20 hours ...the initial dose should be increased with caution under close supervision. Half the normal adult dose may be sufficient to produce a satisfactory clinical
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  • Nefopam
    | elimination_half-life = Nefopam is around half the potency and slightly less effective as an analgesic compared to [[morph
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  • Fioricet
    ...ay be increased by liver damage and after an overdose. Caffeine has a half-life of about 3 hours.
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  • Atypical, adjuvant and potentiators
    ...I-D-6 liver enzyme pathway and therefore serum levels and [[metabolic half life]] of many opioids, especially the [[codeine]]-derived semi-synthetics, are
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  • 2-Arachidonyl glyceryl ether
    ...lycerol]], noladin is metabolically more stable resulting in a longer half-life.<ref name="pmid12356827">{{cite journal
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  • 11-nor-9-Carboxy-THC
    | elimination_half-life= 30 to 120 days {{Fact|date=June 2009}} 11-COOH-THC is not [[psychoactive]] itself, but has a long half-life in the body of up to several days (or even weeks in very heavy users),<ref>
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  • Tetrahydrocannabinol
    | elimination_half-life = 1.6-59 hours <ref name="pmid12648025"/>, 25-36 hours (orally administered ...ck Index]], 12th edition, THC has a [[LD50|LD<sub>50</sub>]] (dose killing half of the research subjects) value of 1270&nbsp;[[Milligram|mg]]/[[Kilogram|kg
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  • Cannabis
    ...e THC/CBD ratio is genetically determined and remains fixed throughout the life of a plant.<ref name = "meijer2003a">Etienne P. M. de Meijer, M. Bagatta, A ...However, any Cannabis withdrawal symptoms are typically mild and are never life-threatening.<ref name = "drugpolicy.org"/>
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  • Marijuana and the brain
    ...drug in the [[United States]] in the [[adolescent]] population, and almost half (44%) of senior high-school students have reported using marijuana in their ...ance since the brain undergoes rapid neurodevelopment during this stage of life. Studies have examined these aversive effects in adolescent rats and found
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  • Smoking cessation (cannabis)
    ...episode. In addition, cannabis was the primary drug concerned in more than half of all admissions aged 15-19.<ref>SAMSHA (2008b) Treatment Episode Data Set ...ocus of the intervention is to help identify values and improve quality of life.<ref name=ncpic/>
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  • Buprenorphine
    | elimination_half-life = 20-70, mean 37 hours ...eliminated mainly through excretion into the bile. The [[elimination half-life]] of buprenorphine is 20–73 hours (mean 37). Due to the mainly hepatic el
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  • Hydromorphone
    | elimination_half-life = 2&ndash;3 hours<ref name="pmid6165742">{{cite journal | author = Vallner ...nt programs around the world, mostly because it offers a better quality of life to addicts, and lacks some of methadone's more troublesome side effects. At
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  • Pholcodine
    | elimination_half-life = 32-43 hours; volume of distribution is 36-49L/kg. ...g the drug chronically would not be reached for nearly 2 weeks. Nearly one-half of a single dose is eventually excreted as free or conjugated parent drug.
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  • Methadone
    | elimination_half-life = 24-36 h ...patients. The analgesic activity is shorter than the pharmacological half-life; dosing for pain control usually requires multiple doses per day.{{Citation
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  • Phencyclidine
    | elimination_half-life= 7-46 hours ...again discontinued. Its side effects and long [[Biological half-life|half-life]] in the human body made it unsuitable for medical applications.
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  • Salvia divinorum
    ...ce, from the onset of effects, lasts from about 30 minutes up to one and a half hours.<ref name=SiebertFAQVI/> ...cts have a completely different character than the peak experience. About half of users report a pleasing '[[Afterglow (drug culture)|afterglow]]', or ple
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  • Hydrocodone
    | elimination_half-life = 3.8–6 hours ...btained and provided to the pharmacy.) Most state laws put a 3 month "half life" on the prescription, meaning that a pharmacy cannot legally fill the presc
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  • Warburg's Tincture
    ...&f=false ''The Life of Capt. Sir Richard F. Burton'']</ref><ref>''The True Life of Capt. Sir Richard F. Burton'', Georgiana M. Stisted, p. 395 [http://book ...OYi_0em&sig=mReOTYrC1gFQiwU2v_kisQH4ERk#v=onepage&q=tincture&f=false ''The Life of Gordon'',Vol. 1 (2009) by Boulger, D. C]</ref>
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  • Diflunisal
    | elimination_half-life = 8 to 12 hours ...l not be steady until repeated doesages are achieved. The long plasma half-life is a distinctive feature of diflunisal in comparison to similar drugs. To i
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  • Diclofenac
    | elimination_half-life = 1.2-2 hr (35% of the drug enters enterohepatic recirculation) ...of one single dose is much longer (6 to 8 hours) than the very short half-life that the drug indicates.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} This could be due
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  • Azapropazone
    | elimination_half-life = 20 hours Azapropazone has a half life of approximately 20 hours in humans and is not extensively metabolized.<ref
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  • Dexketoprofen
    | elimination_half-life = # Take this medication half to one hour before food.
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  • Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
    ...h regards to dosing regimens (related to the compound's [[elimination half-life]]), route of administration, and tolerability profile. Some more common exa ...t half-lives (2–3 hours). Some NSAIDs (typically oxicams) have very long half-lives (e.g. 20–60 hours).
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  • Alfaxalone
    | elimination_half-life = ...rapidly in the liver. Alfaxalone has a very short plasma elimination half-life in dogs and cats
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  • Ethylene
    Polyethylenes of various types consume more than half of world ethylene supply. Polyethylene, also called ''polythene'', is the w ...36.{{DOI|10.1093/jxb/erp204}}</ref> It acts at trace levels throughout the life of the plant by stimulating or regulating the [[ripening]] of [[fruit]], th
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  • Etomidate
    | elimination_half-life = 75 [[Minutes|min]] ...dose, anesthesia is induced for about 5–10 minutes even though the half-life of drug metabolism is approximately 75 minutes. This is because etomidate
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  • Xenon
    |title=Average (Recommended) Half-Life Values for Two-Neutrino Double-Beta Decay ...oduced by [[beta decay]] of <sup>129</sup>[[iodine|I]], which has a [[half-life]] of 16&nbsp;million years, while <sup>131m</sup>Xe, <sup>133</sup>Xe, <sup
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  • Propofol
    | elimination_half-life = 30 to 60 min The [[Biological half-life|half life of elimination]] of propofol has been estimated at between 2 and 24 hours.
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  • Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
    | elimination_half-life = 30–60 minutes ...unction) have slower clearance of GHB and require reduced doses, typically half the normal dose. Xyrem oral solution is standardised to 500&nbsp;mg Na.GHB/
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  • Preparedness Day Bombing
    ...came from other cities of the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. At 2:06pm, about half an hour into the parade, a [[dynamite]] [[time bomb]] (using a clock as a t ...th sentence was commuted. In 1918 Billings's sentence was also commuted to life imprisonment. By 1939, evidence of perjury and false testimony at the trial
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  • Los Angeles Times bombing
    .... J.B. admitted to setting the explosive, was convicted, and sentenced to life in prison. J.J. was sentenced to 15 years in prison for bombing a local ir ...Angeles, employers had been successfully resisting unionization for nearly half a century. [[Harrison Gray Otis (publisher)|Harrison Gray Otis]], publisher
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  • Ted Kaczynski
    | conviction_penalty = [[Life imprisonment|Life in prison without the possibility of parole]] ...h he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to [[Life imprisonment#United States|life in prison with no possibility of parole]]. Theodore Kaczynski has been desi
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  • George Metesky
    ...ttempted murder, damaging a building by explosion, maliciously endangering life, and carrying concealed weapons in violation of New York State's [[Sullivan ...[[pipe bomb]]s, ranging in size from four to ten inches long and from one-half inch to two inches in diameter. Most used [[timer]]s constructed from flas
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  • Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
    ...mmigration|immigrant]], was convicted of Kennedy's murder and is serving a life sentence for the crime. The shooting was recorded on audio tape by a freela ...6/15_newsroom_mccarthytimeline/|title=A timeline of Sen. Eugene McCarthy's life and political career|publisher=Minnesota Public Radio|date=2005-12-10|acces
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  • Rosewood massacre
    ...itch. The man was never prosecuted, and K Bryce said it "clouded his whole life". (Moore, 1982)</ref> As they passed the area, the Bryces slowed their trai ...rn town was all-white when at the turn of the century it had been at least half black, the local woman replied, "I know what you're digging for. You're try
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  • Sterling Hall bombing
    ...o work at the facility, it was required that mathematicians spend at least half their time on U.S. Army research. ...ieve in our system of government and are set to destroy our present way of life." - Wisconsin Governor [[Warren P. Knowles]], August 25, 1970.<ref name="WS
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  • 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
    ...shpuram laboratory for ''Salmonella'' Typhi, the bacterium that causes the life-threatening illness [[typhoid fever]].<ref name="miller" /><ref name="frost ...immigration fraud; Puja received 15, 15, seven and a half, and four and a half years, respectively, for her role in the first four of these crimes, as wel
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  • John F. Kennedy assassination
    ...ib bone, exited his chest just below his right nipple creating a two-and-a-half inch oval sucking-air chest wound, then entered just above his right wrist, ...s, the President was pronounced dead. "We never had any hope of saving his life," one doctor said.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jfkassassination.net/russ/test
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  • Terrorism insurance
    ...her{{Facts|date=November 2007}}. This regards property insurance, but also life insurance, medical insurance, etc. ...s/ Catastrophes] from the [[Insurance Information Institute]] (Scroll down half way to see a break down of 9/11 losses)
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  • History of terrorism
    ...kish authorities captured Öcalan. He was tried in Turkey and sentenced to life imprisonment. The PKK has since gone through a series of name changes.<ref ...from Chechnya and an end to the [[Second Chechen War]]. After a two-and-a-half day siege, Russian [[Spetsnaz]] forces pumped an [[Moscow hostage crisis ch
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  • Leaderless resistance
    ...les]] campaign and [[Save the Hill Grove Cats]] to close down [[Huntingdon Life Sciences]]. Despite claiming successes <ref>[http://www.shac.net/MISC/quant ...tor]] presents a mixed message, calling Smith "a selfless man who gave his life in the resistance to Jewish/mud tyranny," but noting "the Church does not c
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  • Taliban
    ...ere required to wear the all-covering chadof, they were banned from public life, denied access to health care and education, windows needed to be covered s ...Kabul, the Taliban leader who had received him as his guest payed with his life (he was killed by other senior Taliban) for failing to execute Massoud whil
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  • Al-Qaeda
    ...ama bin Laden: ''Islam is different from any other religion; it's a way of life. We [Khalifa and bin Laden] were trying to understand what Islam has to say ...1993, a young schoolgirl was killed in an unsuccessful EIJ attempt on the life of the Egyptian prime minister, [[Atef Sedki]]. Egyptian public opinion tur
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  • Steven Hatfill
    ...o be a [[trial by media]] with great toll on his personal and professional life. After eight months of pressure from the media and amateur detectives, the ...es-1726419-f.html Victor M. Glasberg & Associates]</ref>, stated: "Steve's life has been devastated by a drumbeat of innuendo, implication and speculation.
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  • Agro-terrorism
    ''"I, for the life of me, cannot understand why the terrorists have not attacked our food supp ...n people would drink this milk... most of these would be poisoned, roughly half of them would die"''{{Fact|date=December 2008}}
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  • Feroz Abbasi
    ...et up a website for a militant Islamic group. Because his half-brother and half-sister had a [[Christian]] father, he stopped talking to the family and eve ...reject as false. And indeed we will make them taste of the penalty of this life prior to the supreme penalty in order that they may repent and return. And
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  • Guantanamo military commission
    ...e; found guilty for providing material support and sentenced to five and a half years (66 months) in prison (credited for 61 months in detention) |Sentenced to life imprisonment without parole
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  • Haqqani network
    ...t elders and contractors are paying money to Afghan workers, but sometimes half of the money will go to Haqqani's people."<ref name="ABC 2009-12-29" /> Ha ...news.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7895078&page=1 Taliban Wanted $25 Million for Life of New York Times Reporter], [[ABC News]], 2009-06-22</ref>
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  • José Padilla (prisoner)
    ...on of the law|trial in civilian courts]]. Padilla was held for three and a half years as an "enemy combatant" after his arrest in 2002 on suspicion of plot ...]: "You have to understand that the government was asking for 30 years to life sentence in prison. We have a chance to appeal, and in the [[appeal]] we're
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  • War on Terror
    ...t had been used to bring charges against more than 400 suspects, more than half of whom had been convicted. Meanwhile the ACLU quoted Justice Department fi ...r began as part of the justification for invading Iraq, but then took on a life of its own, fueled by media coverage.
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  • Anthrax
    |title=Life and Times of Louis Pasteur ...lth Administration]] (MSHA) approved high efficiency-respirator, such as a half-face disposable respirator with a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) fi
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  • Butter
    ...d today in parts of [[Africa]] and the [[Near East]], involves a goat skin half filled with milk, and inflated with air before being sealed. The skin is th ...n the farm, and the cream alone shipped to the factory. By 1900, more than half the butter produced in the [[United States]] was factory made; [[Europe]] f
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  • Butter tea
    Drinking butter tea is a regular part of Tibetan life. Before work, a Tibetan will typically down several bowlfuls of this tangy ...China. Any good Tibetan drinks fifty or sixty cups of tea every day of his life. The leaves are boiled for several hours, then the infusion is poured into
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  • Kumis
    ...re produces approximately 1,000 to 1,200 kilograms of milk, of which about half is left to the foals.<ref>Indra p. 73.</ref> ...olstoy]], a famous Russian writer, spoke of running away from his troubled life by drinking kumis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.classicallibrary.org/tols
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  • United States raw milk debate
    ...er a valid statistical correlation with raw milk or a positive sample, and half lacked both. Even with the FDA's numbers, raw milk was cited as being no le ...hers (such as [[tuberculosis]]) have symptoms that are chronic, severe, or life-threatening.
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  • Infant formula
    ...HO report recommends exclusive [[breastfeeding]] for the first 6 months of life for all babies.<ref name="WHO">{{cite conference ...s in the United States surpassed all commercial formulas, and by 1950 over half of all babies in the United States were reared on such formulas.<ref name="
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  • Evaporated milk
    ...akes evaporated milk attractive for shipping purposes and can have a shelf life of months or even years, depending upon the brand. This made evaporated mil The process involves the evaporation of about half the water from the milk, after which the product is homogenized, canned, an
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  • Cheese
    ...rom fresher, lower-priced milk, and lower shipping costs. The long storage life of some cheese, especially if it is encased in a protective rind, allows se ...ezzo.jpg|thumb|A piece of soft curd cheese, oven baked to increase [[shelf life|longevity]]]]
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  • Equivalent impedance transforms
    ...networks. The impedance of the series elements in the balanced version is half the corresponding impedance of the unbalanced version.]] ...traightforward: all series connected elements are divided in half with one half being relocated in what was the common branch. Transforming from balanced
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  • Moore's law
    .../news.cnet.com/New-life-for-Moores-Law/2009-1006_3-5672485.html|title= New Life for Moore's Law|date=19 April 2005|first=Michael|last=Kanellos|publisher=cn ...Thus, the cost of transmitting a bit over an optical network decreases by half every nine months. The availability of [[wavelength-division multiplexing]]
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