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Polymers devise a bright future.
Chemistry and Industry
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June 18, 2001|
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Imagine using the internet in full colour on your mobile phone, watching a football match on your handheld computer or simply unrolling your television and pinning it to a wall like a poster. These are things that we could all be doing in the next few years thanks to the development of new flat display technology based on polymer materials that emit visible light when an electric current flows ...
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Kansas, Missouri Rivers Surge; Defenses Hold; But Saturated Levees Are Springing Leaks
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...the heaving Kansas and Missouri rivers collided here today...over the weekend, the Missouri crested today at 48...Service said the Kansas River, which peaked at 54...intersection of the two rivers, a group of people gathered to watch the Missouri creep up the seemingly...unsettling ...
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Sandbaggers Busy As Missouri Rivers Rise
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ...The rain-swollen rivers and streams that make up the Missouri River system are cresting...Louis, where the Missouri River meets the Mississippi...Service. Parts of the Missouri, Platte and Grand rivers, along with their tributaries...
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Profile: Flooding of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers in 1993 and changes along the rivers' banks in the past 10 years
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers in 1993 and changes along the rivers' banks in the past 10...anxiously as the Mississippi River crested in St. Louis...but the Mississippi and Missouri rivers remain as powerful as ever...
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Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Form New Junction
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...0000 NOAH ADAMS, Host: The Missouri and the Mississippi have a...Considered. ADAMS: Both rivers are flooded and their junction...the levees at West Quincy, Missouri. ADAMS: Betting on the future...And I'm Noah Adams. The Missouri River spilled over a levee north...
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Mississippi and Missouri Rivers to Crest Simultaneously
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...cresting, and so too is the Missouri River north of the city...upstream from St. Louis, the Missouri River is already starting...are many leaks all along the River Des Peres in South St. Louis...would think though with the rivers cresting, people might just...of St. Louis Airport. ...
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COAST GUARD CLOSES PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI, ILLINOIS, MISSOURI RIVERS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...Sector Upper Mississippi River has closed the following...of the Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois rivers, in addition to previous...138. * The Illinois River is closed to all recreational...9 to 185.4. * The Missouri River is closed to recreational...to the mouth of the ...
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House Bill Restores Mississippi, Missouri Rivers Habitat
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire
; ...Upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. HR 1480, the Water...the Upper Mississippi River, from $19.5 million...restoration program for the Missouri River, a provision...bill will put Old Man River and the Big Muddy on...programs for American Rivers, a national river ...
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Missouri River review should focus on grain traffic.
Magazine article from: Feedstuffs
; ...a dramatic effect on Missouri River barge traffic and raising...loading terminal on the Missouri River at Nebraska City...traffic on the Missouri River for 2000. The most striking...wasonly 15.0% of total Missouri River barge traffic...
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Missouri River Bill Gains Important Bipartisan Support
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire
; ...remains a great friend of the Missouri River, and we applaud his continued...Smith, Director of American Rivers' Missouri River Field Office. Senators Pat...the legislation or American Rivers' Missouri River Campaign, visit www.americanrivers...
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MISSOURI RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT ISSUES:MICHAEL WELLS
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...been finalized on Mississippi River impacts, a decision on a preferred...made by the nine Mississippi River Governors, 16 mayors and county executives along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers have requested that President...unacceptable impacts to the Missouri and Mississippi ...
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