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indicating viewing or examination, typically with an instrument having a name ending in -scope:
endoscopy
microscopy.
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Clubs: Band Didn't Warn of Pyrotechnics
News Wire article from: AP Online; 2/21/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...have prior knowledge that pyrotechnics were going to be used by...band or its agents to use pyrotechnics at The Station, and no permission...igniting immediately above the pyrotechnic displays on the stage. Domenic...given when Great White used pyrotechnics for a Valentine's Day show...
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The Safe Use of Indoor Pyrotechnics; Industry Group Issues Recommendations.
PR Newswire; 3/10/2003; 700+ words
; ...proximate" pyrotechnics to enhance...professional pyrotechnic company or...for indoor pyrotechnics. * Understand what pyrotechnic effects will...Proximate Pyrotechnics Regulations...requirements for pyrotechnic operators...
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Pyrotechnics Were New for Great White
News Wire article from: AP Online; 3/7/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...1980s, they didn't go for the glitzy pyrotechnics used by many of the popular heavy metal...started a new tour, the band had used pyrotechnics at least a half dozen times in small...country. On Feb. 20, the band's pyrotechnics sparked a fire that ripped through...
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R.I. Nightclub Fire Kills 96; Band's Pyrotechnics Ignite Wood Structure; About 170 Injured
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...clanging chords when two pyrotechnic wheels began to spin on stage...not have permission for the pyrotechnics show. But the band's lead...certificates required to stage a pyrotechnic display. They added that...Station. "The very notion of pyrotechnics in the interior of a combustible...
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MAINE SUSPENDS PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 2/25/2003; 700+ words
; ...banned all indoor pyrotechnic displays like...witnesses say similar pyrotechnics were used. No...sprinklers, and the pyrotechnic display had not...using the same pyrotechnics did their show...laws covering pyrotechnic displays to Baldacci...does not allow pyrotechnics in buildings ...
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R.I. Nightclub Fire Takes 96 Lives; Band's Pyrotechnics Ignite Wood Structure; About 170 Hurt
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/23/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...clanging chords when two pyrotechnic wheels began to spin on stage...not have permission for the pyrotechnics show. But the band's lead...certificates required to stage a pyrotechnic display. They added that...Station. "The very notion of pyrotechnics in the interior of a combustible...
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Industry Group Issues Checklists to Aid in the Safe Use of Indoor Pyrotechnics.
PR Newswire; 4/20/2004; 700+ words
; ...information on the pyrotechnics industry can be found...Indoor or Proximate Pyrotechnics While there are no...licensing requirements for pyrotechnic operators, many states...or distribution of pyrotechnic materials. The National...Standard for Use of Pyrotechnics Before a Proximate...
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Clubs: Band Didn't Warn on Pyrotechnics
News Wire article from: AP Online; 2/21/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...have prior knowledge that pyrotechnics were going to be used by...band or its agents to use pyrotechnics at The Station, and no permission...igniting immediately above the pyrotechnic displays on the stage. Domenic...given when Great White used pyrotechnics for a Valentine's Day show...
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Moratorium issued on pyrotechnics State continues probe into Russell's show
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 2/25/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...regulations governing pyrotechnic displays to see whether...The temporary ban on pyrotechnic displays went into...was made for a small pyrotechnics display that was part...permits a year for pyrotechnics, which are used at...scrutinize the state's pyrotechnic regulations, he believes...
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Pyrotechnics, The Safe Way
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/23/2003; 654 words
; ...plan for the use of pyrotechnics shall be made in writing...Number and types of pyrotechnic devices and materials...area during use of pyrotechnic effects shall be inherently...demonstration of the pyrotechnics shall be approved...impending firing of a pyrotechnic effect, where necessary...
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pyrotechnic
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...of or relating to fireworks: the sun flickered in the car like a pyrotechnic display. ∎ brilliant or sensational: his writing contains more pyrotechnic energy, more color and action. DERIVATIVES: py·ro...
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pyrotechnics
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
pyrotechnics , technology of making and using fireworks. Gunpowder was used in fireworks by the Chinese as early as the 9th cent., and it...
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B.J. Alan Co., Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...Developing a Business in Pyrotechnics Beginning in the late 1980s, the pyrotechnics industry began to grow...increased interest in special pyrotechnic effects and "close proximity...Commission found that the pyrotechnics industry was being harmed...
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Solid Rocket Boosters
Book article from: Space Sciences
...launch pad in a dramatic and heart-stopping display of pyrotechnics . Trailing pillars of flame and smoke, the boosters fly...separation systems, flight instruments, recovery avionics, pyrotechnics, deceleration systems, steering equipment, and range safety...
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Fireworks
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
163. Fireworks pyrotechnics, pyrotechny 1 . the art of making and using fireworks. 2 . a...display, as of eloquence, wit, virtuosity, etc. — pyrotechnic , pyrotechnical , adj. pyrotechnician a person skilled in the...
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