iron curtain
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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2001
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iron curtain (usually
the Iron Curtain) the notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern Europe in 1989.
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Jakarta sinks up to 100 centimeters in 12 years: expert
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 2/28/2005; 513 words
; Jakarta sinks up to 100 centimeters in 12 years: expert JAKARTA...caused Jakarta to sink by up to 100 centimeters over the past 12 years, according...North Jakarta sank by between two centimeters and eight centimeters per year...
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Get centimeter-level results from single-frequency GPS.(GPS/GIS Integration)
Magazine article from: GEO World; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...processing back at the office. Centimeter collection with an L1 receiver...confident the data are sub-centimeter until the processing has...If you're looking for centimeter accuracy, code can't quite...an L1 radio wave (19.4 centimeters), we can count the number...
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Magellan Offers Blade GNSS Signal Processing Technology for Real- time Centimeter Accuracy
Newspaper article from: Wireless News; 5/3/2007; 574 words
; ...Processing Technology for Real- time Centimeter Accuracy WIRELESS NEWS-May 3, 2007...Processing Technology for Real-time Centimeter Accuracy (C)2007 10Meters - http...solution that it said makes possible centimeter-level accuracy for real-time and...
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Centimeter-level data collector. (Surveying and Mapping).(Leica Geosystems GS50+)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Magazine article from: GPS World; 8/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...frequency engine and RTK capacity, which, when combined, provide centimeter-level data collection results. The GS50+ can obtain 40-centimeter DGPS accuracy, 30-centimeter accuracy with post-processing code-observations, and 1-centimeter...
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Magellan's BLADE(TM) GNSS Signal Processing Enables Lower-Cost, Real-time Centimeter Accuracy.
Business Wire; 5/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...processing solution that makes possible centimeter-level accuracy for real-time and...signal reliability to enable rapid, centimeter-level solutions. Magellan's BLADE...improve satellite geometry to allow centimeter-level accuracies to be achieved in...
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Storm drops 60 centimeters (two feet) of snow in areas, giving northeastern United States a white Christmas
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/26/2002; ; 551 words
; ...Dateline: ALBANY, New York More than 60 centimeters (two feet) of snow fell in parts of...thunder. Snow was falling as fast as 13 centimeters (five inches) per hour in eastern...Maine was expected to see up to 45 centimeters (18 inches) of snow in places and...
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 "The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)")
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Well-endowed.(20 Centimeters)(Movie review)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 11/7/2006; ; 540 words
; 20 Centimeters * Written and directed by Ramon Salazar...transsexual hookers, Ramon Salazar's 20 Centimeters is a vibrant, effervescent story of...save enough money to get rid of the 20 centimeters of flesh between her legs, Monica Cervera...
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Kinneret up 53 centimeters so far this rainy season
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 1/20/2003; ; 541 words
; ...00-0000 Headline: Kinneret up 53 centimeters so far this rainy season Byline: DAVID...level of Lake Kinneret has risen by 53 centimeters since the beginning of the rainy season...water level had risen by a further four centimeters over the weekend as a result of scattered...
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WOMEN-VENEZUELA: WHERE VIOLENCE IS MEASURED IN CENTIMETERS
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 8/26/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...CARACAS, Aug. 25 (IPS) -- Seven centimeters. If a woman attempts to press charges...her wounds must measure at least seven centimeters. As Venezuela lacks legislation that...there were apparently not enough centimeters -- but rather his leaving home, a...
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Winter storm hits mid-Atlantic states, takes aim at Northeast; snowfall up to 46 centimeters forecast
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/6/2003; ; 617 words
; ...with up to 18 inches (46 centimeters) of snow forecast in parts...predicted up to 18 inches (46 centimeters) of snow through Sunday...Jersey, up to 14 inches (36 centimeters) of snow was forecast...where a 6-inch (15-centimeter) accumulation and forecasts...
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centimeter
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
centimeter , abbr. cm, unit of length equal to 0.01 meter , the basic unit of length in the metric system . The centimeter is the unit of length in the cgs system . It is approximately equal to 0.39 inch, or 1 inch equals about 2.54 centimeters. See weights and measures .
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Common Weights and Measures
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Conversion Factors 1 centimeter&thinsp...thinsp;2.54 centimeters 1 meter&thinsp...Factors 1 square centimeter&thinsp...6.45 square centimeters 1 acre&thinsp...Factors 1 cubic centimeter&thinsp...16.4 cubic centimeters 1 cubic yard...
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Stainless Steel
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...inch (.47 centimeter) thick and...inches (25.4 centimeters) wide. Strip...inch (.47 centimeter) thick and...inches (61 centimeters) wide. Sheet...1875 (.47 centimeter) thick and...than 24 (61 centimeters) wide. Heat...
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Baseball
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...and 9.25 inches (22.86-23.49 centimeters) in circumference to conform to Major...measuring 13/16 of an inch (2.06 centimeters) in diameter, made of a cork and rubber...measures 4- ⅛ inches (10.47 centimeters) in circumference. There are four...
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Distribution, Uniform
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...has an unknown length, say between 3 and 5 centimeters. Using modulo arithmetic can then generate random numbers between 3 and 5 centimeters, and take their average in multiple runs of 4 centimeters to estimate the side length. Random numbers...
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