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  • |Ship caption=USS ''Barnegat'' (AVP-10), lead ship of the ''Barnegat''-class small seaplane tenders, in [[Puget Sound]] on 14 Oct ...s version of the company's name, which also is referred to in ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' entries as "Associated Shipbuilding Company
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  • ...perates the trapeze seen above the sights, moving the sights to adjust for lead. ...raft systems during [[World War II]], used by most of the western [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] as well as various other forces. It is often referred
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  • ...n armament of [[United States]] military [[fixed-wing aircraft]] for fifty years. The M61 was originally produced by [[General Electric]], and after several ...concerns. The Army wanted something better, combining extremely high rate of fire with exceptional reliability.
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  • ...l 2006.jpg|thumb|right|280px|The [[Three Gorges Dam]] in China, the [[List of the largest hydroelectric power stations|largest hydro-electric power stati ...approximately 20% of the world's electricity, and accounted for about 88% of electricity from renewable sources.<ref name="REN21-2006">[http://www.ren21
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  • | pregnancy_category = C <small>([[United States of America|USA]])</small>, D <small>([[Australia|Au]])</small> ...nti-inflammatory]] properties and a bitter taste. It is a [[stereoisomer]] of [[quinidine]] which, unlike quinine, is an [[anti-arrhythmic]]. Quinine con
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  • ...ited States Adopted Name|USAN]]) is a [[bactericidal]] [[antibiotic]] drug of the [[rifamycin]] group.<ref name="isbn0-07-142290-0">{{cite book |author=M ...}</ref> they decided to call these compounds "rifamycins". After two years of attempts in order to obtain more stable semi-synthetic products, in 1959 a
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  • ...of any metal. A heavy, silvery [[d-block]] [[metal]], mercury is also one of the five [[liquid metal|metallic]] chemical elements that are [[liquid]] at ...f mercury (such as [[mercuric chloride]] or [[methylmercury]]), inhalation of mercury vapor, or eating seafood contaminated with mercury.
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  • *[[Cardiac arrest]], cessation of [[Cardiac cycle|heartbeat]], or [[heart failure]] *[[Flushing (physiology)|Flushing]] of the [[face]]
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  • {{lead too short|date=June 2010}} ...fined and separated, most easily by [[boiling point]], into a large number of consumer products, from [[petrol]] and [[kerosene]] to [[asphalt]] and chem
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  • {{About|industrial hemp|its psychoactive variant|Cannabis (drug)|the biology of the plant|Cannabis|other uses|Hemp (disambiguation)}} [[Image:Cannab2 new.png|thumb|right|The variety of appearances for cannabis. Only ''C. sativa'' (left) is suited for industria
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  • ...dome]].<ref>[http://www.romanconcrete.com/ The Roman Pantheon: The Triumph of Concrete]</ref>]] ...ern building: [[Boston City Hall]] (completed 1968) is largely constructed of concrete, both pre-cast and poured-in-place.]]
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  • ...tape recorder connected by a thin cable to a camera module about the size of a penknife (See Fig. 1). ...he image threshold between white and black needed to turn on the vibration of the rods in the tactile array, and a switch that determines whether images
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  • | Caption = A coronal [[CT scan]] showing [[malignant]] [[mesothelioma|cancer of the lung sac]].<br/>Legend: →&nbsp;tumor&nbsp;←, ★&nbsp;central [[ple ...of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer is [[oncology]].
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  • ...us colors and are used industrially as [[pigment]]s. The [[permanganate]]s of [[alkali metal|alkali]] and [[alkaline earth metals]] are powerful oxidizer ...of enzymes in higher organisms, where they are essential in detoxification of [[superoxide]] free radicals. The element is a required trace mineral for a
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  • This is a list of '''[[prize]]s''' that are '''named after people'''. ''For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see [[Lists of etymologies]]''.
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  • | image_alt = A short green plant with many elliptical shaped leaves of arcuate venation ...[cloud forest]] in the isolated [[Sierra Madre de Oaxaca|Sierra Mazateca]] of [[Oaxaca]], Mexico, growing in shady and moist locations.<ref name=Reisfiel
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  • |location=[[Bologna Central Station|Central Station]] of [[Bologna]] |perps=[[Valerio Fioravanti]] and [[Francesca Mambro]], members of the [[Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari]]
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  • The tactic of [[terrorism]] is available to [[insurgency|insurgents]] and governments. No ...and other measures may focus more on the insurgency than the specific acts of terror. [[Foreign internal defense]] (FID) is a term used by several countr
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  • ...lamist Networks: The Case of Tablighi Jamaat], ''[[United States Institute of Peace]]'', ...df}} Murat Kurnaz ARB], ''[[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]'', pages 93-95</ref><ref name=ArbKurnaz96>
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  • ...reats to the [[working class]]. It also refers to the use of symbolic acts of violence against structural targets, in which the act is intended to evoke ...this is the most popular, the most potent, and the most irresistible form of propaganda."<ref>[http://marxists.org/reference/archive/bakunin/works/1870/
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  • {{History of war}} ...[[military tactics]], like [[ambush]]es, [[sabotage]], raids, the element of surprise, and extraordinary [[Motion (physics)|mobility]] to harass a large
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  • ...ted States (U.S.) [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA), generally outside of U.S. territory and legal [[jurisdiction]]. It can refer to the facilities t U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] acknowledged the existence of secret prisons operated by the CIA during a speech on September 6, 2006.<re
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  • ...are terms used to describe the apprehension and [[extrajudicial]] transfer of a person from one state to another.<ref name=MJC-2006-04-05/> "'''Torture b | quote=[[Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan]], Inc. involves five victims of CIA rendition, or “torture by proxy,” as it’s also known.
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  • ...ed against [[al-Qaeda]] and other terrorist organizations with the purpose of eliminating them.<ref name="WH 10-07-01"> [[ETA]] (Clockwise, starting at top left:Burning ruins of the [[World Trade Center]], American soldiers board a Chinook helicopter du
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  • [[File:Kaasmarkt2 close.jpg|thumb|Wheels of [[Gouda (cheese)|Gouda]]]] '''Cheese''' is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based [[food]] products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wi
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  • [[File:Modern crystal radio set.jpg|right|thumb|upright|A modern reproduction of an antique crystal set. It is tuned to different stations by moving the sli ...t component, known as a [[crystal detector]], originally made with a piece of crystalline mineral such as [[galena]].<ref name="Carr">{{Cite book
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