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  • |Ship commissioned=31 May 1943 ...ovember; sponsored by Mrs. William A. Porteos, Jr.; and commissioned on 31 May 1943, [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[B. C. Turner]], [[United States Naval Rese
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  • ...g, 1st Baron Armstrong|Sir William Armstrong]] and manufactured in England from 1855 by the [[Armstrong Whitworth#Elswick Ordnance Company|Elswick Ordnance ...l. Later increased in bore to 5-pounder, the design performed successfully with respect to both range and accuracy. Over the next three years he developed
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  • | image2 = Morphine-from-xtal-3D-balls.png ...ental poppy (''[[Papaver orientale|P. orientale]]''). Lower concentrations may be found in a handful of other species in the [[Papaveraceae|poppy family]]
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  • | author = As of 2008, 4,411 named contributors | media_type = As of 2008, 32 volumes (hardbound)
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  • {{Expert-subject|Chemistry|date=November 2008}} ...een replaced with a [[gas]]. The result is an extremely low-density solid, with a notable effectiveness as a [[thermal conductivity|thermal insulator]]. It
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  • ...s]], [[ductility]], and [[tensile strength]] of the resulting steel. Steel with increased carbon content can be made harder and stronger than iron, but suc ...point]] and [[castability]].<ref name=EM2/> Steel is also distinguishable from [[wrought iron]], which can contain a small amount of carbon, but it is inc
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  • ...}</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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  • [[Image:Asbestos with muscovite.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Fibrous asbestos on [[muscovite]]]] [[Image:Blue asbestos.jpg|thumb|Blue asbestos (crocidolite) from [[Wittenoom, Western Australia]]. The ruler is 1 cm.]]
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  • ...rmaldehyde''' (systematic name: '''methanal''') is an [[organic compound]] with the [[chemical formula|formula]] CH<sub>2</sub>O. As the simplest [[aldehyd ...pending on the concentration and temperature. The infinite polymer formed from formaldehyde is called paraformaldehyde. The cyclic trimer is called metafo
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  • ...stem|reproductive]] and [[nervous system|nervous]] systems. It interferes with the development of the nervous system and is therefore particularly toxic t ...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
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  • ...mmary of the health and medical history of an individual by gathering data from many sources and making this information accessible online to anyone who ha .../ref> however, search results from PubMed also reveal that most scientific articles written about PHRs have been published since 2000.
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  • | image_alt = A man in a jacket with handcuffs '''Theodore John "Ted" Kaczynski''' ({{pron-en|kəˈzɪnski}}; born May 22, 1942), also known as the '''Unabomber''' (University and Airline Bomber
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  • |date=May 18, 1927 ...ownship, Michigan|Bath Township]], [[Michigan]], [[United States|USA]], on May 18, 1927, which killed 38 [[primary school]] children and 7 adults, and inj
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  • |caption=President Kennedy with his wife, Jacqueline, and [[Texas Governor]] [[John Connally]] in the [[Pre |image4= Elm from 6th fl.jpg
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  • ...or them in a particular context. Individuals, such as [[Timothy McVeigh]], may also engage in terrorist acts such as the [[Oklahoma City bombing]]. ...nse]] (FID) is a term used by several countries{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}} for programs either to suppress insurgency, or reduce the conditions unde
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  • ...ual terrorists tend to be motivated more by a desire for social solidarity with other members of their organization than by political platforms or strategi ...ze the state's own use of armed force against opponents (such use of force may itself be described as "terror" by opponents of the state).<ref name=tws11j
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  • ...d, generally, the club enforces a set of bylaws on its members that derive from the values of the outlaw biker culture.<ref name=Drew2002>{{Citation |title ...torcycle club)|Mongols]], wrote that what makes a gang like them different from the [[Mafia]] is that crime and violence are not used as expedients in purs
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  • | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|2008|7|29|1946|4|22}} ...vid |last=Willman |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=2008-08-01 |accessdate=2008-08-01 }}</ref>
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  • ..., accessed 20 February 2010 |publisher=Thestar.co.za |date= |accessdate=26 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="dodds">{{cite news|url=http://news.google.com/newspa ...ing beaten to death while detained at Bagram. After intensive discussions with the U.K. government, President Bush had him released without charge on 25 J
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  • ...Committee of the Red Cross]] (ICRC) prepared a report based on interviews with black site detainees, conducted between October 6 and 11 and December 4 and ...before being made available to him. Danner provided excerpts of interviews with detainees, including [[Abu Zubaydah]], [[Walid bin Attash]] and [[Khalid Sh
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  • ...S drone war in Pakistan]</ref><ref>[http://www.newamerica.net/publications/articles/2009/drone_war_13672 The Drone War]</ref> ...New York Times]], 2009-12-11</ref> and also allowed the drones to operate from [[Shamsi airfield]] in Pakistan.<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/
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  • ::::(B) Sections 831(a), (b), and (d) (articles 31(a), (b), and (d) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), relating to c ...retations, and other precedents of military commissions under this chapter may not form the basis of any holding, decision, or other determination of a co
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  • ...f American citizens by the [[National Security Agency]] requires a warrant from a three judge court set up under the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Ac ...cial act knowing that it was not authorized by statute; this is punishable with a fine of up to $10,000 or up to five years in prison, or both.<ref>{{cite
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  • ...inhaled, ingested, or come into contact with a skin lesion on a host they may reactivate and multiply rapidly. ...ich herbivores contract anthrax. Carnivores living in the same environment may become infected by consuming infected animals. Diseased animals can spread
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  • ...ing]] services, and [[aerospace]] systems for a wide variety of customers, from private consumers to major [[corporation]]s and [[government]]s. ...w Jones Industrial Average]] Index from December 7, 1925 until February 9, 2008.
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  • ...garithmic vertical scale]]; the line corresponds to [[exponential growth]] with transistor count doubling every two years.]] ...with iPhone in 2009.jpg|thumb|An [[Osborne Executive]] portable computer, from 1982, and an [[iPhone]], released 2007. The Executive weighs 100 times as m
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