bubonic plague
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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bubonic plague the commonest form of plague in humans, characterized by fever, delirium, and the formation of buboes. The plague bacterium is transmitted by rat fleas. Epidemics occurred in Europe throughout the Middle Ages (notably as the
Black of Chancery and the
Great of Chancery of 1665–6); the disease is still endemic in parts of Asia.
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Fireworks - do not break the law.
M2 Presswire; 11/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...possess a category four firework if you are not a fireworks professional. Under the...professional display firework) by any member of the public unless a fireworks professional; and * use of an adult firework between the hours of 11pm...
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Fireworks Go On Sale in Orange County, Calif., with Fewer Permits Issued.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 7/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...has no connection to fireworks sales. "Fireworks have been a tradition...nonprofit groups say the firework sales have become a...000 it earned from fireworks sales. The nonprofit...athletic leagues with firework fees, Schoonover said...
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FIREWORKS LAWS SPARK OBJECTIONS
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 6/26/1999; 700+ words
; ...Ill., stacks her shopping cart with fireworks, including Palmtrees, Rockets Whistlings...Candles and Sonic Blasts, at Shelton Fireworks in Portage. (COLOR)(LESLIE ADKINS...from East Moline, Ill., leave Shelton Fireworks in Porter with two shopping carts full...
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Firework gangs run riot in terror spree
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 10/17/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...and possession of fireworks in the run-up...Dumbiedykes area had a lit firework put through the...responsibility to ensure fireworks are not sold to...cut the number of firework injuries, including...to a fifth of all firework accidents last year...illegal markets in fireworks . A ...
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Firework sales kick off in Las Cruces, N.M.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 6/24/2004; 700+ words
; ...Business News Jun. 24--The Fourth of July fireworks season is officially here. Fireworks sales were allowed to began Sunday in Las Cruces...of Do[+ or -]a Ana, there would be no fireworks at her house. "My husband takes the kids...
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Fireworks: Think of the consequences - be safe, not sorry.
M2 Presswire; 10/18/2004; 700+ words
; ...vandals using fireworks to terrorise...this year's firework season safer...information on the Firework Safety Campaign...gov.uk/fireworks 3. The three...public unless fireworks professional...of an adult firework between the...
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Fireworks safety.
Magazine article from: Combat Edge; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...we have the American Fireworks Standards Laboratory (AFSL) that monitors firework production. Fireworks are used for events...have resulted in a fireworks mishap: A 52-year...artillery shell type of firework with a large fuse...
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Firework curfew comes into force.
M2 Presswire; 8/6/2004; 672 words
; ...2004-UK Government: Firework curfew comes into force...laws to crackdown on firework yobs come into force...ahead of this year's firework season. From Saturday...be illegal; * to let fireworks off between 11pm and...
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Fireworks Shortage Will Get Worse Before Better.
Business Wire; 6/30/2008; 700+ words
; ...Export Delays Will Impact U.S. Fireworks Industry Beyond July 4th Holiday BETHESDA, Md. -- The U.S. fireworks industry is facing very troubling...we are experiencing a shortage of fireworks and pyrotechnic devices," said Julie...
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Fireworks cause for fun, caution
News Wire article from: University Wire; 7/5/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...set off any consumer firework -- fireworks containing less than...standards for American firework manufacturers and banned fireworks that did not comply...million pounds of used fireworks, 11,100 people suffered firework-related injuries...
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Fireworks
Book article from: How Products Are Made
Fireworks Background A firework is a device that uses combustion...On the other hand, German fireworks of the time were usually shot into the air, much like today's fireworks. Although the firework displays of the Italian masters...
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firework
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...used typically for display or in celebrations. ∎ ( fireworks ) a display of fireworks: they were oohing and aahing as if they were watching the fireworks. ∎ ( fireworks ) fig. an outburst of anger or other...
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Fireworks Music
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Fireworks Music ( Music for the Royal Fireworks ). Suite of 8 movts. by Handel for wind band, comp. for and played at fireworks display in Green Park, London, to mark Peace of Aix-la- Chapelle, 1749. Later Handel added str. parts. Arr...
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fireworks
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
fireworks see pyrotechnics .
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fireworks mode
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet
fireworks mode A computer that it is in the process of CRASH ing. The term is derived from the fact that the computer often issues large amounts of spurious characters which are received by any computers that are connected to it.
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