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  • ...[[Guantánamo Bay (Cuba)|Guantanamo Bay, Cuba]]. There, she parted company with the other ships and steamed independently to [[Bermuda]]. ...and the following day, conducted [[antisubmarine warfare]] (ASW) exercises with the captured Italian submarine ''[[Vortice (submarine)|Vortice]]''. On the
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  • ...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 ...] (7 inches /180 mm) heavy gun. The [[Royal Navy]] used all these guns and all except the 20-pounder saw service in [[New Zealand]].
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  • ...ecially-bred [[cultivar]]s reach 26 per cent or produce little morphine at all, under 1 per cent, perhaps down to 0.04 per cent. The latter varieties, in ...any in 1827 by the pharmacy which became the pharmaceutical compary Merck, with morphine sales being a large part of their early growth. <ref>[[Opium]]</re
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  • ...published by [[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]], a privately held company. Articles are aimed at educated adults, and written by about 100&nbsp;full-time edito ...ginning with the 11th edition, the ''Britannica'' shortened and simplified articles to broaden its North American market.<ref name="kogan_1958" /> In 1933, th
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  • ...y, where he graduated from Northwestern's [[Kellogg School of Management]] with a [[Master of Business Administration]] in 1987.<ref name="EBbio">{{cite we ...Francisco Productions to work for [[Mortimer Adler]], where he co-edited (with [[Charles Van Doren]]) ''Webster's Guide to American History'', ''A Documen
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  • ...een replaced with a [[gas]]. The result is an extremely low-density solid, with a notable effectiveness as a [[thermal conductivity|thermal insulator]]. It ...a bet with Charles Learned over who could replace the liquid in 'jellies' with gas without causing shrinkage.<ref>{{cite journal
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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 Alloys with a higher than 2.1% carbon content are known as [[cast iron]] because of the
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  • ...nths. During this first season, the clump of young shoots grow vertically, with no branching. In the next year, the pulpy wall of each [[culm]] or stem slo ...“alarm clock” in each cell of the plant which signals the diversion of all energy to flower production and the cessation of vegetative growth.<ref nam
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  • ...nk that has contained sewage, and a small underground electrical vault are all examples of confined spaces. The exact definition of a confined space varie ...ited States|U.S.]], entry into permit-required confined spaces must comply with regulations promulgated by the [[Occupational Safety and Health Administrat
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  • [[Image:Asbestos with muscovite.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Fibrous asbestos on [[muscovite]]]] ...nIntroductiontoAsbestosScience.pdf</ref> The [[European Union]] has banned all use of asbestos<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexU
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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 ...dition to various metallic impurities. The diol also exists in equilibrium with a series of short polymers (called [[oligomer]]s), depending on the concent
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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 ...xists in many homes, especially older ones; thus children in older housing with chipping paint are at greater risk. Prevention of lead exposure can range
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  • .../ref> however, search results from PubMed also reveal that most scientific articles written about PHRs have been published since 2000. Paper-based PHRs may be difficult to locate, update, and share with others. Paper-based PHRs are subject to physical loss and damage, such as c
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  • | image_alt = A man in a jacket with handcuffs ...{{cite news|url=http://www.insurgentdesire.org.uk/tedk.htm|title=Interview with Ted Kaczynski, Administrative Maximum Facility Prison, Florence, Colorado,
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  • ...hen he was young, and his father remarried. Reportedly, Kehoe often fought with his stepmother. When he was fourteen, an accident at the oil stove set his ...eighbors as an intelligent man who grew impatient with those who disagreed with him. Neighbors also recounted how Kehoe was cruel to his farm animals, havi
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  • |caption=President Kennedy with his wife, Jacqueline, and [[Texas Governor]] [[John Connally]] in the [[Pre ...sal Time|UTC]]) in [[Dealey Plaza]]. Kennedy was fatally shot while riding with his wife [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jacqueline]] in a Presidential [[moto
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  • ...terrorism]] is available to [[insurgency|insurgents]] and governments. Not all insurgents use [[Fear|terror]] as a tactic, and some choose not to use it b ...using the tactic of terrorism. The [[US military]] definition, compatible with the definitions used by [[NATO]] and many other militaries, is "Operations
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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 |title= Head Games / It All Started with Robespierre / "Terrorism": The history of a very frightening word
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  • ...cle gang''') is a type of [[motorcycle club]] that is part of a subculture with roots in the post-[[WWII]] USA, centered on [[Types of motorcycles#Cruiser| .... of Justice |accessdate=27 October 2009 }}</ref> Besides their connection with motorcycles and the ''one percenter'' subculture, criminal motorcycle gangs
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  • ...this attack on Congress and the American people. I do not believe that at all."<ref name="HuffingtonPost">{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ ...ty]], [[science fair]]s, the current events club, and the scholarship team all four years. He ran on the track and cross-country teams, worked on the year
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  • ...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 ...]'s gender unit, publicly condemned her organization for its collaboration with Begg, calling it "a gross error of judgment".<ref>[http://www.spectator.co.
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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> ...nment publicly condemns these attacks but has secretly shared intelligence with Americans<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/world/asia/12drone.html Qa
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  • ...group, transforming it from a "vigilante club" to an activist organization with membership numbering over 15,000.<ref name=hewitt>{{cite book ...the [[United Nations]]. In 1972, two JDL members were arrested and charged with bomb possession and [[burglary]] in a conspiracy to blow up the [[Long Isla
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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 ...established under this chapter is a regularly constituted court, affording all the necessary `judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by
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  • All wiretapping of American citizens by the [[National Security Agency]] requir ...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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  • ...):279–282.</ref> When spores are inhaled, ingested, or come into contact with a skin lesion on a host they may reactivate and multiply rapidly. ...read by spores. These spores can be transported by clothing or shoes. The dead body of an animal that died of anthrax can also be a source of anthrax spor
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  • | publisher = Språkdata, Sture Allén och Nordstedts Ordbok AB ...lk product]] that is made by [[fermentation (food)|fermenting]] cow's milk with a variety of bacteria from the species ''[[Lactococcus lactis]]'' and ''[[L
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  • Honeywell is a [[Fortune 100]] company with a workforce of approximately 130,000, of which approximately 58,000 are emp ...nc. in [[Wabash, Indiana|Wabash]], [[Indiana]]. Honeywell's company merged with Minneapolis Heat Regulator Company in 1927. The merged company was called t
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  • ...garithmic vertical scale]]; the line corresponds to [[exponential growth]] with transistor count doubling every two years.]] [[File:Osborne Executive with iPhone in 2009.jpg|thumb|An [[Osborne Executive]] portable computer, from 1
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