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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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2001
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mark n.
1. a piece of material or a knot used to indicate a depth on a sounding line.
2. a target: few bullets could have missed their mark.
mark time (of troops) march on the spot without moving forward.
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INNOCENCE PROTECTION ACT:BARRY MATSON
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 11/10/2009; 700+ words
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Berlin Celebrates 20th Anniversary Of Wall's Fall
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 11/9/2009; ; 611 words
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Voices Of A Revolution: Leipzig
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THE PRESIDENT ON VETERANS DAY
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For November 9, 2009, CBS
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SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON DELIVERS REMARKS AT NO LIMITS PUBLIC POLICY CONFERENCE LUNCHEON
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; ...enthusiasm. (Laughter.) Icannot tell you how excited and really grateful I am to be here with allof you. I want to thank Mark for his remarkable commitment to be the chairof the board of No Limits, Ann Lewis who has served the -- so many roles,who...
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Letters: Coverage Of The Fort Hood Attacks
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Hands
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Anderson, Ivie Marie
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Ibuka, Masaru
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...engineer of the Japan Measuring Apparatus Company from 1940 to 1945. But his early orientation toward pure research had left its mark. In 1936 Ibuka had married Sekiko Maeda, the daughter of a man with close connections to the Japanese monarchy. The marriage...
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Cashin, Bonnie
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Her Now (1947), The Snake Pit (1948), and Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949). Other films included The Eve of St. Mark (1944), The House on 92nd Street (1945), Give My Regards to Broadway (1948), and It Happens Every Spring (1949...
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Fujita, Tetsuya
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...from the starburst patterns, he calculated how high above the ground the bombs were exploded. At Nagasaki, he used scorch marks on bamboo vases to prove that only one bomb had been dropped on that city. Fujita's observations and experience at the bomb...
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