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HEROIN MAKING DEADLY COMEBACK.(NEWS)
The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)
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May 23, 2002|
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Byline: Shelly Whitehead Post staff reporter
Four people have died of drug overdoses in as many weeks in Covington, with all but one death tentatively linked to heroin.
Some fear that signals a sudden worsening of a heroin problem that first re-emerged locally about a year ago. That's when police and medical professionals say more potent heroin began manifesting itself in local emergency rooms and autopsy suites.
''We've seen a significant increase in Northern Kentucky in the last 1 1/2 years in heroin trafficking and use,'' said Northern Kentucky ...
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Creating, cooling, trapping francium atoms. (radioactive element francium trapped in glass bulb)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science News
; At number 87 in the periodic table, francium is the least stable of the first 103...in trace amounts in uranium deposits, francium atoms decay rapidly into lighter elements...first time, slowed down and captured francium atoms in a glass bulb, holding them...
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Study data from University of Siena provide new insights into physics.
Newspaper article from: Physics Week
; ...measurement of the diffusion coefficients of francium and rubidium ions implanted in a yttrium...take record of the diffusion time." "Francium isotopes are produced via fusion-evaporation...accelerator facility in Legnaro, Italy. Francium is ionized at the gold-vacuum interface...
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I'm melting!(CHART-READING SKILLS)(chemical elements)
Magazine article from: Science World
; ...nonmetal with the lowest melting point. 3. Francium is the element with the melting point...Nitrogen -210 Chlorine -101 Mercury -39 Francium 27 Rubidium 39 Sulfur 113 Silver 962...101 Nonmetal Mercury Hg -39 Metal Francium Fr 27 Metal Rubidium Rb 39 Metal Sulfur...
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Elementary transadditions.
Magazine article from: Word Ways
; ...plurals. Other element names were not so easy. Let's look at FRANCIUM for example. There is no straightforward transposition, so...Eupatorium W2 (5) Fermium flummeries flummeries Fluorine flouncier Francium microfauna microfauna Gadolinium modularizing OED modularizing...
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A magical pair of 6x6 chemical squares.
Magazine article from: Word Ways
; ...Antimony Iodine Caesium Lanthanum Promethium Samarium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Ytterbium Tungsten Gold Astatine Radon Francium Uranium Curium Nobelium Dubnium Bohrium Meitnerium It is important to note that three of the 110 elements have pairs of conflicting...
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The symbols of the chemical elements.
Magazine article from: Word Ways
; ...Ir iridium Pt platinum Au gold Hg mercury 81-85 Tl thallium Pb lead Bi bismuth Po polonium At astatine 86-90 Rn radon Fr francium Ra radium Ac actinium Th thorium 91-95 Pa protactinium U uranium Np neptunium Pu plutonium Am americium 96-100 Cm curium...
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MIT prank eyed in Charles injuries.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald
; ...the water. One of the crew put it in a trash can, where it soon smoked, caught fire then exploded. Sodium, potassium and francium, in their pure forms, combust when they react with water. A male crew member was burned in the face, arms and legs while...
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Periodic puzzler.(PERIODIC TABLE)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Science World
; ...tellurium and the noble gas xenon. 8. This glittery element's symbol is Au. 9. This alkali metal has 76 fewer electrons than francium. 10. This element's atoraic number is 77. 11. This alkaline earth metal has eight more protons than magnesium. 12...
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A Devotion to Their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity.
Magazine article from: Canadian Chemical News
; ...and also mentions several representatives of the second generation such as Marguerite Perey (1909-1975), who discovered francium in 1939. Although no formal archives exist for the women whose lives are discussed except for the better known Marie Curie...
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The two most misused words in cement, concrete, and masonry.(Hime & Erlin on Concrete)
Magazine article from: Concrete Construction
; ...not mean that at all. It means the hydroxides of the alkali metals: lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium. Practically, it means very soluble hydroxides. Thus they produce very high pH values. Since ammonium hydroxide is very...
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