countermine
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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countermine n. an excavation dug to intercept another dug by an enemy.
v. dig a countermine against.
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VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT:DEXTER DANIEL
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 11/18/2009; 689 words
; ...and inclusionof acceptance into the Maryland Center for Veterans Education and TrainingCenter...Courts and remain an Alumnus of the Maryland Center forVeterans Education and Training Center. In addition, I`m so blessed tobe employed...
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U.S. STRATEGY IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN:ANDREW F. KREPINEVICH
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 11/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...11-17-2009 Statement of Andrew F. Krepinevich President Center for Strategic and BudgetaryAssessments Committee on House Armed...The decision on whetherto honor this request would seem to center on the answers to two questions:first, ``What level of...
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EASTERN EUROPE AMBASSADORIAL NOMINATIONS:ELENI TSAKOPOULOS KOUNALAKIS
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 11/18/2009; 700+ words
; ...chairs - atStanford and Georgetown - in the field of Hellenism and Democracy, as wellas a lecture series at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars.The United States and Hungary have forged a strong friendship and excellentbilateral relations...
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JUDICIARY AND JUSTICE NOMINATIONS:PATRICK LEAHY
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 11/18/2009; 700+ words
; ...percent of his cases.`` TheJudiciary Committee has also received letters of strong support from theAsian American Justice Center, the Congressional Asian Pacific AmericanCaucus, the Organization of Chinese Americans, and the Japanese AmericanCitizens...
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TROOPS IN ANBAR PREPARE FOR IRAQI ELECTION
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 11/17/2009; ; 619 words
; ...and relegatedU.S. forces to an advisory role. At the end of July, U.S. forces pulledback from Iraqi cities and urban centers, where Iraqi forces now have exclusivesecurity authority unless American forces are requested to aid operations.NO PORTION...
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FDA Eyes Nutritional Claims On Packages
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 10/21/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...to Michael Jacobson, who directs the consumer advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest, some are not true at all. Dr. MICHAEL JACOBSON (Executive Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest): Some breakfast cereals...
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Daughters Remember Late Father, The Infamous Civil Rights Lawyer
Transcript from: NPR Tell Me More; 11/19/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...the man who embraced mobster John Gotti, represented an accused New York cop shooter and a suspect in the first World Trade Center bombings. But if you are Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler, then you think of the man you loved and admired as your father...
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LONG TERM DEFENSE BUDGET TRENDS:DAVID J. BERTEAU
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 11/18/2009; 700+ words
; ...Senior Adviser, Director, Defense IndustrialInitiatives Group Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Committee on...that are coming. My statement todaydraws from research at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.I want to begin by...
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CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS:RHONDA SANDERS
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 11/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...oforganizations such as Feeding America, The Food Research and Action Center,The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Children`s HealthWatch...age ofthree in emergency rooms and clinics at Boston Medical Center, the Universityof Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore...
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FARM CREDIT NOMINATION:JILL LONG THOMPSON
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 11/18/2009; 683 words
; ...Development in the United States Department of Agriculture. Mostrecently, I served as CEO and Senior Fellow at the National Center forFood and Agricultural Policy. I will use these experiences and the knowledgeI have gained and apply them as a Board Member...
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Geothermal Energy
Book article from: Alternative Energy
...cultivation of fish or other aquatic life forms. Balneology The science of baths, especially for therapeutic use. Core The center, innermost layer of the Earth. Crust The outermost layer of the Earth. Geothermal reservoir A pocket of hot water contained...
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SIC 2022 Natural, Processed and Imitation Cheese
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...cheese among their provisions. The first U.S. cheese plant was built in 1851 in Rome, New York, and the area remained the center of American cheesemaking for the next 50 years. The U.S. cheesemaking industry began shifting westward toward Wisconsin...
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SIC 2097 Manufactured Ice
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...issue among ice suppliers. Many ice suppliers have learned to enhance the purity of their product by creating a hole in the center of each cube and then flushing it, rinsing away the sulfur, iron, and other impurities in water that had concentrated there...
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SIC 2335 Women's, Juniors', and Misses' Dresses
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...associations that focus on local issues and policies. Business Centers. The industry's central business locations are New York...and Los Angeles, thus ensuring their prominence as fashion centers for the United States. Manufacturing Process. The manufacturing...
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SIC 2411 Logging
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...geographic distribution of logging within the United States. The South and the Pacific Northwest have been the two traditional centers of U.S. logging. In the South, loggers have relied on private holdings, which account for some 90 percent of all timberland...
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