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drone
drone A fertile male in a colony of social bees, especially the honeybee (
Apis mellifera). The drones die after mating with the queen bee as the male reproductive organs explode within the female.
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Drone On
Magazine article from: Strings; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...natural overtones. DRONES IN ACTION So what can you do with a drone? First, tune to...You can also use drones to work on playing...tunes. With the drone, start with the...harmonically means changing drones in midstream. If you're playing to a drone recording, it...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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DRONES GET NEW MISSIONS.(PERSPECTIVE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 6/8/2003; 700+ words
; ...company with a 15-pound drone that launches via a bungee...military has been developing drones since 1964. Now the...main obstacles to using drones was confusion about the...Administration's exact rules on drones. ``Interesting question...cite.'' In general, drone fliers must get federal...
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 "The Sunday Independent (South Africa)")
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Drones raise safety issues in US airspace; Unmanned aircraft are proving useful - if they're allowed to fly, writes Del Quentin Wilber.(Dispatches)
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Independent (South Africa); 7/29/2007; 700+ words
; ...the heaviest users of drones in civil airspace are...t asked us to use a drone," said Marion Blakey...plan to dispatch small drones into hurricanes and tropical...Administration, which sent a drone into a tropical storm...rescuers sent up small drones in a last-ditch effort...
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Drones May Be Allowed to Share U.S. Skies
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/4/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...be satisfied" before drones can go into widespread...technology to enhance a drone's ability to detect...of the program, the drones will be able to detect...live in a society where drone planes . . . are constantly...plans to allow the drones to take off and land...
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Drones Raise Safety Issues as Service Roles Multiply
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/20/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Administration, which sent a drone into a tropical storm...December sent up small drones in a last-ditch effort...testing whether large drones can fly high above airports...Despite the enthusiasm of drone users, safety experts...Mount Hood, the small drones crashed 11 times because...
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Drones at Home: Big Market, Big Concerns; Regulators Consider Allowing Use of Unmanned Planes in U.S.
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...considering rules that would allow drones, the pilotless planes being...and the Balkans. A Predator drone, which can linger for 20 hours...place in his defense budget. A drone can rival a 747 in size or weigh...also experimenting with mini- drones that can be carried in a backpack...
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Once Spurned, Drones Gain Host of Suitors
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 6/18/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...remote-controlled drones, including the use...electronically. The drone gained supporters...remote-controlled drone is more prone than...even civilians. Drones also have a drastically...Theoretically, drones can be relanded or...of sorties for a drone usually runs in single...
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MIDEAST: WHEN DRONES BECOME INDISCRIMINATE
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...includes technical information about drones and drone-launched missiles. Israeli drones have advanced sensors, combining...Garlasco. Still, the reliance on drone tactics - and the strategic cutting-edge drones increasingly provide - may surpass...
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 "Chicago Sun-Times (IL)")
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Drones part of leverage game in Afghan war
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times (IL); 11/5/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...to call off the drones. A statement from...Continuing drone attacks on our...defense ministry said drone strikes "could...people." If the drones really are alienating...we're using drones. By all accounts, the drone attacks have been...
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Palestinians Call Drones a Deadly Weapon
News Wire article from: AP Online; 3/3/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...gunmen hit by Israeli drones. The drone has a zone of around...the world leader in drone technology and proudly...it maintains its drones are for surveillance...to comment on the drone's firing capabilities...force officials say drones have become such...
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drone
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Depending on the mission, drones can be equipped with...weapons. Guidance of the drone can originate from an...the successful use of drones in the Second Persian...a remote-controlled drone. By the Vietnam War...to launch and control drones had evolved. Initially...
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drone flies
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
drone flies See SYRPHIDAE .
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Bagpipes
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...squeezed to feed air to the chanter and drones. To give the effect of detached notes...played the tune and the other was the drone. The bags were made of whole skins...musette had two chanters and four drones, but all the drones were in a single...
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bee
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...live through the winter. The drones die in the fall. A developing...workers; unfertilized eggs become drones. A fertilized egg may also...aloft in a nuptial flight by the drones, only one of which impregnates...in a pouch in her body. The drone dies, and the queen returns...
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bagpipe family
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...confined to a single note ( drones ), these being tuned to the...always) double, while the drone reeds vary in different types...conical-bore chanter and 3 drones (2 tuned to a′ and...G major); it has usually 4 drones; its chanter pipes are end...
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