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• Fallout shelter
  [[Image:fallout shelter.jpg|thumb|A sign pointing to an old fallout shelter in New York City.]] .... Many such shelters were constructed as [[civil defense]] measures during the Cold War.
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• USS Lansing (DE-388)
  |Ship in service= ...g|commissioned]] on 10 November 1943 with Lieutenant Commander S. R. Sands in command.
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• USS Hissem (DE-400)
  |Ship in service= ...E-400/DER-400)''' was an [[Edsall class destroyer escort]] of the [[United States Navy]]. She was named for [[Joseph Hissem]].
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• USS Huse (DE-145)
  |Ship caption=''Huse'' in harbor, circa 1950s. |Ship in service=
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• USS Howard D. Crow (DE-252)
  |Ship in service= ...[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submar
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• USS Kretchmer (DE-329)
  |Ship in service= ...he [[U.S. Navy]] during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]
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• USS Roy O. Hale (DE-336)
  |Ship flag={{USN flag|1963}} |Ship decommissioned=15 July 1963
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• USS Mills (DE-383)
  |Ship in service= ...avy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war, she performed additional duties for the Navy, including those of a [[radar picket]] ship and a safety and support s
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• USS Rhodes (DE-384)
  |Ship flag={{USN flag|1963}} |Ship decommissioned=10 July 1963
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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  |Ship in service= ...s Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submar
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• USS Thomas J. Gary (DE-326)
  |Ship in service= |Ship in service=
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• USS Peterson (DE-152)
  {{For|other ships of the same name|USS Peterson}} |Ship in service=
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• USS Camp (DE-251)
  |Ship in service= |Ship in service=
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• USCGC Casco (WAVP-370)
  |Ship caption=USCGC ''Casco'' (WHEC-370, ex-WAVP-370) in 1969. |Ship country=United States
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• USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374)
  |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}}
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• USCGC Half Moon (WAVP-378)
  ...sometime between 1949 and the Coast Guard's 1967 adoption of the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] marking on its ships. |Ship country=United States
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• USCGC Barataria (WAVP-381)
  ...etime between 1949 and the Coast Guard{{'s}} 1967 adoption of the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] markings on its ships.. |Ship country=United States
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• USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278)
  |Ship fate=Returned to the US Navy, 19 December 1951 |Ship in service=
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• USS High Point (PCH-1)
  |Ship acquired=15 August 1963 |Ship in service=15 August 1963
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• M42 Duster
  |caption=M42 in Yad la-Shiryon museum, Israel. ...loads M42 Dusters of the 517th Artillery at the [[Rio Hato]] training area in [[Panama]] during 1965 war games.]]
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• Otobreda 76 mm
  ...as mounted in a stealth cupola (to reduce [[Radar cross-section]]) onboard the Norwegian ''Fridtjof Nansen''. |design_date=Compact: 1963</br>Super Rapid: 1985
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• Hydroelectric
  ...est hydroelectric power stations|largest hydro-electric power station]] in the world]] ...tion international statistics database</ref> This was approximately 20% of the world's electricity, and accounted for about 88% of electricity from renewa
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• Chloramphenicol
  | legal_status = Ocular P, else POM <small>([[United Kingdom|UK]])</small> .... It is considered a prototypical [[broad-spectrum antibiotic]], alongside the [[Tetracycline antibiotics|tetracycline]]s.
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• Acetic acid
  ...]] (62&nbsp;[[Fahrenheit|°F]]) to a colourless [[crystal]]line [[solid]]. The pure acid and its concentrated solutions are dangerously corrosive. ...[[descaling agent]]s. In the [[food industry]], acetic acid is used under the [[E number|food additive code]] E260 as an [[acidity regulator]] and as a c
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• Paracetamol
  ...cite journal | doi = 10.1021/je990124v | title = Solubility of Paracetamol in Pure Solvents | author = Roger A. Granberg and Åke C. Rasmuson | url = htt ...States Adopted Name|USAN]]) is a widely used [[over-the-counter drug|over-the-counter]] [[analgesic]] (pain reliever) and [[antipyretic]] (fever reducer)
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• Diazepam
  ...fect of the neurotransmitter GABA by binding to the benzodiazepine site on the [[GABAA receptor|GABA_A receptor]] leading to [[central nervous s ...[[paradoxical effects]] such as excitement, rage or worsening of seizures in epileptics. Benzodiazepines also can cause or worsen [[Major depression|dep
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• Rebar
  {{For|the company|Rebar (Taiwan)}} ...l be embedded inside cast [[concrete]] to increase the tensile strength of the concrete.]]
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• Harry Ashmore
  ...tanding on the right) with other Planetary Society enthusiasts sometime in the 1970's]] ...tzer Prize]] for his editorials in 1957 on the school integration conflict in [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]].
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• William Benton (senator)
  ...tes|U.S.]] senator from [[Connecticut]] (1949 - 1953) and [[publisher]] of the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'' (1943 - 1973). ...ich point he matriculated at [[Yale University]], where he was admitted to the [[Zeta Psi]] fraternity.
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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  | image_caption = New American edition of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (1899) | country = United Kingdom (1768–1900)<br>United States (1901–present)
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• Propædia
  ...listing the staff members, advisors and contributors to all three parts of the ''Britannica''. ==The Outline of Knowledge==
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• Mortimer J. Adler
  | birth_place = [[New York, New York]], [[United States]] | death_place = [[Palo Alto, California]], United States
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• A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar
  | name = A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar | image_caption = Title page from the 38th edition published in 1880
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• Polymer science
  ...s such as [[plastic]]s. The field of polymer science includes researchers in multiple disciplines including [[chemistry]], [[physics]], and [[engineerin *[[Polymer chemistry]] or [[macromolecular chemistry]], concerned with the chemical synthesis and chemical properties of polymers.
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• Refractory metals
  ...="#90FF00"|[[Ruthenium|Ru]]||bgcolor="#90FF00"|[[Rhodium|Rh]]||Pd||Ag||Cd||In||Sn||Sb||Te||I ||Xe ...ds, and chemical reaction vessels in corrosive environments. Partly due to the high melting point, refractory metals are stable against [[creep (deformati
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• Vermiculite
  | pleochroism = X in paler shades than Y and Z ...te]].<ref name=Mindat/> Large commercial vermiculite mines currently exist in [[South Africa]], [[China]], and [[Brazil]].
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• Timeline of clothing and textiles technology
  *c. 8000 BC – Evidence of [[flax]] cultivation in the [[Near East]].<ref name="Cambridge 1">''Cambridge History of Western Textil ...ref>Barber 1991.</ref> This requires much greater skill than [[knitting]] in order to create a fine product.<ref name="Theaker 2006">Theaker 2006.</ref>
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• List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: swords)
  {{For|the list of non-sword national treasure craft items|List of National Treasures The term "[[National Treasures of Japan|National Treasure]]" has been used in Japan to denote [[Cultural Properties of Japan|cultural properties]] since
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• Ethylene oxide
  ...of its special molecular structure, ethylene oxide easily participates in the [[addition reaction]], opening its cycle, and thus easily [[polymerisation| ...liquid.<ref name=Ullmann>Siegfried Rebsdat, Dieter Mayer "Ethylene Oxide" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2005.{{
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• Health and safety crime in the United Kingdom
  In the '''[[United Kingdom]]''' there are several '''[[crime]]s''' that arise from failure to ==Offences under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974==
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• Air safety
  ...n also be applied in the context of campaigns that inform the public as to the safety of [[air travel]]. ===United States===
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• J. Donald Millar
  ...nald Millar, M.D., M.P.H., receiving the Gorgas Medal for his achievements in preventive medicine. ...= [[Surgeon General's Medallion]], [[Distinguished Service Medal (United States)|Distinguished Service Medal]]
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• Deere & Company
  location = [[Moline, Illinois]], [[United States|U.S.]]<ref>[http://www.deere.com/en_US/deerecom/contactus/index.html Deere ...leading supplier of [[construction equipment]], as well as equipment used in lawn, grounds and turf care, such as ride-on [[lawn mowers]], string trimme
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• List of eponyms of airports
  ...luding the name of the [[airport]], the location and the person after whom the airport is named. ...t]] || [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]] || [[Illinois]], [[United States]] || [[Abraham Lincoln]]
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• List of colleges and universities named after people
  ...cal leader]]s, and respected [[teacher]]s or other leaders associated with the institution. This is a list of [[higher education]] institutions named for ==Institutions named for people associated with the institution==
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• List of American places named after people
  .... The etymology is generally referenced in the article about the person or the place name. *[[Abernathy, Texas]] &ndash; Monroe Abernathy (one of the developers of the town)
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• List of atlases
  ...[atlas]]es, each a collection of maps, some including statistical data for the regions represented: Some cartographically or commercially important atlases include the following:
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• Salvia divinorum
  ...ntro/><ref name="Valdes1987">[[#refValdes1987|Valdes 1987]], p. 106.</ref> The plant grows to over a meter high,<ref name="Valdés1983p287" /> has hollow ...mon names allude to the Mazatec belief that the plant is an incarnation of the [[Virgin Mary]], with its ritual use also invoking that relationship. Its a
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• Warburg's Tincture
  ...s Tincture''' was a [[pharmaceutical]] drug, now obsolete. It was invented in 1834 by Dr [[Carl Warburg]]. Warburg's [[Tincture]] was well-known in the [[Victorian era]] as a medicine for [[fevers]], especially tropical fevers,
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• Secobarbital
  | pregnancy_category = D ([[United States|USA]]) ...]], [[anticonvulsant]], [[sedative]] and [[hypnotic]] properties. In the [[United Kingdom]], it was known as '''Quinalbarbitone'''.
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