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The Oxford Companion to World War II
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GI, nickname for a US soldier. It stood for Galvanized Iron (garbage cans), General Issue, or Government Issue. For GI Bill of Rights, see
USA, 3.
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SPONGES' NEW TWISTS.(Industry Overview)
Magazine article from: WWD; 12/10/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...innovation and sex appeal to sponges. "A sponge is a sponge is a sponge...layer pink polkadot sponge that took sponges up a notch." Pinnacle has many more sponges in its bag of tricks, including a foam sponge shaped like a butterfly...
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Sponge Contraceptive Goes on Sale Again
News Wire article from: AP Online; 3/5/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...is awaiting a dozen sponges she paid for in advance...rights to the Today Sponge from the drug company...Canadian Web sites. More sponges, priced at the U...000 boxes of a dozen sponges each in the past week. The sponge helps prevent pregnancy...
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Sponge iron industry faces problem in gas supply. (Industry).(Natural gas price may undermined steel producers' competitiveness if increased)(International Pages)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Indonesian Commercial Newsletter; 1/29/2002; 700+ words
; The country's sponge iron industry is facing problem in the...Krakatau Steel (KS), the only producer of sponge iron in the country said it would face...the present price level is increased. Sponge iron, which is the product of a reduction...
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Nonwoven medical sponges and bandages in the U.S. (Medical Nonwovens)
Magazine article from: Nonwovens Industry; 11/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...IV and other medical sponges and bandage rolls (Table...Table 1 NONWOVEN MEDICAL SPONGE AND BANDAGE PRODUCTS...Comments General Purpose Sponges Wound prepping, cleaning...continued to emphasize gauze sponges, while actually increasing...and share of spunlaced sponge products. A second ...
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HEXACTINELLID SPONGES FROM THE EARLY CAMBRIAN BLACK SHALE OF SOUTH ANHUI, CHINA
Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology; 11/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...early evolution of sponges. The reports of Neoproterozoic sponge spicules and the diversity...the early pattern of sponge evolution relies on...preservation of aggregated sponges in body form. Abundant...extraordinarily preserved sponge body fossils are well...
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Sponge shops soak up some tourist dollars
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 5/2/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...area. But most of his sponges come from the island...Kalymnos, Greece's famed sponge center, which also...Aegean Sea. "For these sponges, they (the sponge divers) go down from...Aravandinos said. When sponges are removed from the...
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SPONGES CAN MAKE PEOPLE ILL.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 10/18/1995; 700+ words
; ...of four new antibacterial sponges in exchange for any used sponge in the kitchen. They collected enough icky sponges to fill a clear plastic suitcase...like a dishcloth or ordinary sponge. Designate separate sponges for different cleaning tasks...
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Sponge Contraceptive on Sale Again
News Wire article from: AP Online; 3/4/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...rights to Today's Sponge from the drug company...Internet sites. More sponges, priced at the U...went hunting for sponges. I didn't do the...disappearance of Today's Sponge, two foreign brands...while using Today's Sponge, but had two miscarriages...ordered $130 in sponges through ...
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FIRST HEXACTINELLID SPONGE REPORTED FROM THE UPPER TRIASSIC NAYBAND FORMATION OF CENTRAL IRAN
Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...unchambered hexactinellid sponges also occur, but are...largest known hexactinellid sponge from the Nayband Formation...nonchambered hexactinellid sponges were collected from this...where hexactinellid sponges occur only sporadically...diverse hexactinellid sponge fauna (Senowbari-Daryan...
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A SPHINCTOZOAN SPONGE FROM THE LATE TRIASSIC (NORIAN) OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...knowledge of the sponge fauna of the region...other hypercalcified sponges from Oman in the...characters present in this sponge shows the need for...genus of sphinctozoan sponges and revising sponges...interval containing the sponge lived in an open...Hypercalcified sponges ...
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Sponge
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...century, cellulose sponges rapidly replaced the natural sponge for most common household...the sheep's wool sponge, or Hippospongia canaliculata. Synthetic sponges are made of three...cellulose used for sponges arrives at the sponge factory in large...
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sponge
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
sponge common name for...family. Adult sponges are sessile, attaching...on the type of sponge, are imbedded...individuals. Solitary sponges and colonies range...sometimes bleached. Sponge fishing has declined...use of synthetic sponges and to a decline...
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sponges and related fossils
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...isolated spicules shows that sponges existed at least as far back as the Cambrian. The sponges form the major part of the...there are several groups of sponge-like organisms that are...conical and also calcareous. Sponges are classified on the shape...
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sponges
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...of water. Each day a sponge can process a volume...three major groups of sponges: glass sponges (500...deep ocean; calcareous sponges (about 500 species...They include the bath sponge ( Spongia ), one of...commercially important sponges that are collected by...
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sponge cake
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
sponge cake / ˈspənj ˌkāk / • n. a very light sweet cake of spongelike consistency, made with little or no fat.
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