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Meet George Washington.
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Read the story to learn more about George Washington. Then fill in the circle for the word or words that best completes each sentence below.
Meet George Washington
Did you know that George Washington wore false teeth? People once thought they were made of wood. A few years ago, scientists discovered that the rumor was false! His teeth were made of gold, ivory, lead, and animal teeth.
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People can learn more about the first U.S. president at Mount Vernon. That was once Washington's home in Virginia. Today, it is a ...
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Sen. Brownback Introduces Conflict Coltan and Cassiterite Act
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...has introduced the Conflict Coltan and Cassiterite Act of 2008 (S. 3058), legislation...derived from columbite-tantalite or cassiterite mined or extracted in the Democratic...legislation follows:Conflict Coltan and Cassiterite Act of 2008S. 3058To prohibit the importation...
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Cassiterite prices rocket
Newspaper article from: The Press
; ...Democratic Republic of Congo break up and bag raw chunks of cassiterite, the base element of tin, which is at a 15- year high...flights transport about $US50,000 ($NZ76,000) in cassiterite daily from the forests of eastern Congo...
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Congo's Tin Miners Suffer as Others Gain; Government Troops Oversee Booming Trade
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...Matiya abandoned his fields to dig for cassiterite, the main ore of tin. After a two...I earn something. If there were no cassiterite, I would have no job," he said...from the civil war still controlled the cassiterite trade in this region. Government troops...
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Tin Miners Feed Demand With Little Return
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ...Matiya abandoned his fields to dig for cassiterite, the main ore of tin. After a two...I earn something. If there were no cassiterite I would have no job," he said, spitting...from the civil war still controlled the cassiterite trade in this region. Government troops...
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Tin miners feed soaring global demand but realize little gain themselves
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...Matiya abandoned his fields to dig for cassiterite, the main ore of tin. After a two...I earn something. If there were no cassiterite I would have no job," he said, spitting...from the civil war still controlled the cassiterite trade in this region. Government troops...
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Research from China University provides new data on mathematical geosciences.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Journal of Mathematics
; ...irregularities and spatial cassiterite phase distribution characteristics...index, the two phases of cassiterite can be distinguished and...temperature conditions, the large cassiterite crystals formed earlier than...Consequently, the large cassiterites underwent longer, high...
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ADSORPTION OF WATER ON TiO^sub 2^ AND SnO^sub 2^ SURFACES: MOLECULAR DYNAMICS STUDY
Magazine article from: Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications
; ...rutile (α-TiO^sub 2^) and cassiterite (α-SnO^sub 2^) were studied...indicates that water dissociates on cassiterite while it stays associated on rutile...Adsorption; Metal oxide; Rutile; Cassiterite; Water; Free energy; Chemical potential...
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SENS. BROWNBACK, DURBIN INTRODUCE CONFLICT MINING BILL
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...introduced the Conflict Coltan and Cassiterite Act, legislation which would require...conflict over the mining of minerals like cassiterite and coltan; to date, the conflict...rights abroad." The Conflict Coltan and Cassiterite Act requires the President to compile...
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Paris Show 1997. (mineral show)(What's New in Minerals)
Magazine article from: The Mineralogical Record
; ...I was very impressed by some cassiterite from Xu Bao Diang, Piugwu, Sichuan. Chinese cassiterites have become instant classics in...Frederic, only about 2-3% of the cassiterite specimens recovered from the mine...
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Brazil's Tin Man Mines Amazonian Fortune
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...geologists had stumbled on significant deposits of cassiterite, or tin ore. Today he occupies the penthouse...and finally hit pay dirt. "We found some cassiterite, then more cassiterite, and still more," said one of the geologists...
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