system
system 1. The chronostratigraphic equivalent of the time unit
period. Systems are subdivided into
series, and together several systems constitute an ‘
erathem’. When used formally the initial letter of the term is capitalized, e.g. the
Devonian System.
2. In
geomorphology, a natural arrangement of interrelated objects or variables, the whole possessing properties that make it greater than the sum of the individual parts. It normally possesses stability, expressed by a balance between the input and output of energy and matter. This equilibrium may be upset by internal or external change. If the change is modest, the system quickly regains equilibrium; if it is extreme, a new equilibrium is established. A hillslope, for example, receives
precipitation and exports water, slope debris, and the products of
weathering. The form of the profile represents a balance between input and output. A landslide, perhaps induced by an increase in precipitation, would destroy this equilibrium, and in due course a new balance would be established. Several varieties of system are recognized. See
CASCADING SYSTEM;
CONTROL SYSTEM;
MORPHOLOGICAL SYSTEM; and
PROCESS-RESPONSE SYSTEM.
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War fears turn German election upside down
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 9/20/2002; 700+ words
; ...born during World War II and doesn't remember...childhood companion and years of misery while growing...That's why the 59-year-old teacher is so...with memories of the war or its aftermath...the first time all year. By skilfully appealing to those war fears with a ...
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Anti-War Movement Is Fighting a Losing Battle
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/5/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...has studied anti-war movements. "Short, quick wars with few casualties...popular." Had the war taken more American...Eileen Poole, a 43-year-old mother of three...the support for this war was soft, some movement...There were 59 vigils seven days a week in New...earlier movement took ...
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War and remembrance Memorials large and small pay tribute to heroes here
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/26/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...DuPage County's war dead are remembered with...those killed, from the War of 1812 to the Persian Gulf War. It stands next to the...captive for more than a year. In his later years, a falling tree branch...was renamed in 1949, seven years after the battle...
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WAR-RELATED ILLNESS; SEXUAL TRAUMA COUNSELING:MATTHEW L. PUGLISI
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 4/23/1998; 700+ words
; ...illnesses found after past wars. If passed, it would...experience in preceding wars. This could signal another...commitment of caring for its war veterans, and has the...Advisory Committee). Now, seven years later, many veterans...symptoms after previous wars (Hyams, et. al...
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Why Wars Widen: A Theory of Predation and Balancing
Magazine article from: Naval War College Review; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...will tend to use ongoing wars to balance against an adverse...predictions for the likelihood of war widening in the contemporary...encompasses great-power wars between 1700 and 1973, with a focus on the Seven Years' War, the French Revolutionary...
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A 2nd War In Korea Is A Bloody Prospect
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/27/1994; ; 700+ words
; WASHINGTON For years, U.S. and South Korean...call the Second Korean War. They have played out the war games, and the scenarios...Department's National War College and an expert...permit inspections of seven nuclear sites beginning...
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An unjust war ... (letters).
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 4/10/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...assumptions: that the war in Afghanistan finds validation in the just war theory, that the November...should be regarding the war and related issues. First...is just only when all seven criteria of the just war...budget for the next fiscal year is projected at $40 billion...
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War Emblem shows them in the Preakness, too.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 5/18/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...horse racing had heard of War Emblem. The world has...Triple Crown winner in 24 years and only the 12th in history...said Bob Baffert, War Emblem's flashy, self...in the spotlight with War Emblem's owner, Prince...Proud Citizen from about seven lengths back. "I feel...the Triple Crown last ...
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The war the media missed. (Vietnam)
Magazine article from: Canadian Dimension; 4/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...s entry into the Gulf War he announced that the war would usher in a "New...first casualty in times of war and George Bush started...States Air Force dropped seven million tons of bombs...reports in the first four years of the Vietnam war portrayed...
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GULF WAR ILLNESS LINKED TO IRAQI GERM WEAPONS GENE-ALTERED BACTERIUM FOUND IN VETS' BLOOD.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 12/11/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...of sick Persian Gulf War veterans to Iraqi biological...ended more than five years of denial and admitted...initial contact but even years later, Nicolson said...infectious. Since the seven-week Gulf War, which...investigation, that even three years after the war the ...
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The War of 1812
Book article from: American Eras
The War of 1812 Causes. President...asked Congress to declare war. Madison cited Britain...approved a declaration of war on 4 June by a vote of...thousand regulars for five years ’ service...army was still under seven thousand, and its officers...
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French and Indian Wars
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the British by the end of the wars; they became most concerned...than British. King William's War The first of the wars, King William's War (1689-97), approximately...French recaptured it the next year.) The British were unable...s War Hostilities lapsed for years until ...
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War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg and Tokyo
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg...allowing Germany to try its own war criminals after World War I , which involved farcical...prison sentences from ten years to life. Acting under the...found guilty in April 1948, seven received death sentences...
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Revolutionary War (1775–83)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...Interpretations Revolutionary War (1775–83...of the Revolutionary War ran deep in the structure...Anglo‐French wars of the eighteenth century...these conflicts, the Seven Years' (or French and Indian) War , the British government...
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Colonial Wars
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...largely insulated from the wars waged by their mother...1680s. Over the next seven decades, the colonies...into a series of four wars pitting England and assorted...by France. All of the wars, save for the last...of the contests, each war acquired two names: one...home during the first ...
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