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key (identification key) A means of identifying a specimen organism by selecting from a series of choices relating to external features. Each stage in the key presents several character descriptions (two in a
dichotomous key); each description is followed by a direction to another stage in the key. Selection of the character that matches the specimen leads to another stage, with another two choices, and so on until the specimen is identified.
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One-Woman Show Explores Human Side Of Health Care
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday; 11/13/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Explores Human Side Of Health Care Host: IRA FLATOWTime 15:00-16:00 PM Play Audio IRA FLATOW, host: Seems like all the key players are weighing in on the health care debate. You have your politicians, your insurance companies, your hospitals, your...
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PROPOSALS FOR LONG-TERM FISCAL STABILITY:DIANNE FEINSTEIN
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 11/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...make it difficult.That is why we have put together this hybrid commission of independentpeople outside of the Congress with key members of the Congress. I thankyou for listening. NO PORTION OF THIS TRANSCRIPTION MAY BE COPIED, SOLD OR RETRANSMITTED WITHOUTTHE...
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Nightly Business Report
Transcript from: Nightly Business Report; 11/13/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...combination.SUSIE GHARIB, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT ANCHOR: He`s talking about his peers and why young Americans could be key to making health reform work.KANGAS: Tonight`s "Market Monitor" guest says he`s still extremely bullish on gold and...
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DOE AND USDA SELECT PROJECTS FOR MORE THAN $24 MILLION IN BIOMASS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 11/12/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...environmental sustainability and capacity of forest-based biofuel feedstockswithin the Lake States region. This project will address key uncertaintiesabout expanding feedstock harvests in the northern Lake States, includingenvironmental impacts, economic feasibility...
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President Obama Brings Personal Ties To Asia Tour
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday; 11/14/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...and the spread of nuclear weapons. Speaking in Tokyo today, Mr. Obama also tried to sell renewed relations with Asia as a key to job growth back here in the United States. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. SCOTT HORSLEY: President Obama spoke to about...
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NELSON SPEAKS OUT FOR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS
Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases; 11/10/2009; 537 words
; ...members ofthe Congressional Sportsman`s Caucus (CSC) to join him in supporting therights of law-abiding gun owners as a key case is considered before theSupreme Court. In a letter sent today, Senator Nelson urged CSC membersto sign on to a brief in...
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SECRETARY OF EDUCATION ARNE DUNCAN SECRETARY OF EDUCATION ARNE DUNCAN HOLDS A NEWS TELECONFERENCE ON THE RACE TO THE TOP FUND
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 11/12/2009; 700+ words
; ...and, finally, turning around thelowest performing schools. We stayed firm in our commitment to these four areas of reformand key policies to support these reforms. We were also keeping the requirement that states break down anyfirewalls that prohibit the...
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WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS HOLDS WHITE HOUSE NEWS BRIEFING ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE EN ROUTE TO ALASKA
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 11/12/2009; 700+ words
; ...President outlined the way we would go about making thisdecision, and that's what he's stuck to. He understands that the key isgetting this decision right. And I think he believes, and I think quitefrankly the participants from yesterday believe we...
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PELOSI: ON VETERANS DAY, LET US HONOR THE SACRIFICE OF OUR VETERANS AND TAKE INSPIRATION FROM THEIR ACTIONS
Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases; 11/10/2009; 565 words
; ...first few months, nearly300,000 veterans signed up for these college benefits; and this year, weexpanded these critical keys to college to all children of service memberswho have died on active duty since 9/11. "On this Veterans Day, the prayersand...
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GATES DISCUSSES REAGAN'S ROLE IN FALL OF BERLIN WALL
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 11/11/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...2009 WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 2009 - A flexible American strategy based on RonaldReagan's inflexible belief in liberty was key to the fall of the BerlinWall, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here yesterday. The secretaryspoke at the Library of...
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Zinédine Zidane
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...joined (1994) the French national team and in 1998 led them to World Cup victory, winning the Golden Ball. In 2000 he was a key factor in France's capture of the European Cup. In the 2006 World Cup final (which France lost), Zidane was ejected for...
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Sarasota
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Peter Paul Rubens collection. Other attractions are the Sarasota Jungle Gardens and the Cars of Yesterday Museum. New College of Florida is in Sarasota. Nearby, on the keys off the Gulf of Mexico, are many beautiful white-sand beaches.
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Wally Schirra
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Dec. 15, 1965) to within feet of Gemini 7 —the first close rendezvous of manned spacecraft. Schirra was also a key figure in the subsequent Apollo program, and commanded (Oct., 1968) Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo flight. After logging...
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Tex Ritter
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Ole Opry. Among Ritter's best-known songs are the Oscar-winning theme for the movie High Noon (1952) and "Hillbilly Heaven" (1961). A key figure in the creation of the Country Music Hall of Fame, he was inducted into it in 1964.
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José Ramos-Horta
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...proindependence vote in a UN-supervised referendum in East Timor led to ferocious attacks by pro-Indonesian militias, he played a key role in securing UN peacekeeping forces and a UN-monitored transition government, in which he was appointed (2000) foreign...
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