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How Stuff Works: Chew on this: Here's how gum works
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The average American munches more than a pound of gum every year.
So let's imagine for a moment that you are chewing a piece right now.
You can chew and chew and chew and it never disappears. Have you ever
wondered what it actually is that you are chewing?
The original chewing gum is a natural product. It is made from a
rubbery compound called chicle that comes from the sapodilla tree. If
you are an adventurous sort of person, you could fly down to
Guatemala or Mexico, hike into the rainforest, find a sapodilla tree
and cut into the bark. A rubbery sap would ooze out, and this is the
base for ...
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Bhopal: A beautiful little boomtown ; Below the radar of the national media, Bhopal is industrialising rapidly and emerging as an increasingly important manufacturing hub.
Newspaper article from: Business Today
; ...from a Union Carbide factory traumatised Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh is becoming...Mandideep and Budhni, which surround Bhopal, are attracting thousands of crores of...Electricals, the power equipment maker whose Bhopal unit was set up in 1956, is the pioneer...
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Bhopal, India, cleanup may be a dirty trick.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; ...Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 3--BHOPAL, India -- Here's a Rs 200-crore...up the toxic mess at Union Carbide's Bhopal plant? On Wednesday, the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas tragedy, Madhya Pradesh minister...
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Rathwa flags off Bhopal-Jabalpur Exp
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times
; ...Railways, Naranbhai Rathwa, flagged off the Bhopal-Jabalpur Express at the Bhopal railway station on Thursday. Rathwa said that...week it will go by Bina-Katni. He said that Bhopal division is one of the busiest divisions of the...
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Bhopal disaster changed handling of industrial risks; Indian tragedy redefined safety.(News)
Magazine article from: Business Insurance
; Byline: CAROLYN ALDRED BHOPAL, India-Twenty years ago this month...Corp. pesticide plant in the city of Bhopal, in central India, killed more than...preparedness have improved because of Bhopal, there is no guarantee that a similar...
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Four new trains for Bhopal
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times
; Bhopal, July. 04 -- The Railway Budget presented by Mamata Banerjee for...budget has attempted to reduce congestion on the three busy routes ie Bhopal-Lucknow, Bhopal-Ajmer and Bhopal-Gwalior in the 15th Railway Budget tabled in the...
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For robbers, new Bhopal a happy hunting ground
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times
; ...DELHI, India, Nov 26 -- FOR YEARS, Bhopal enjoyed the reputation of being a safe...the State capital. Those living in new Bhopal areas are the worst affected as these...October-end, the number of loots in new Bhopal was more than double the figure in Old...
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San Francisco asks Dow to take responsibility for Bhopal survivors
Newspaper article from: India Abroad
; ...issues that face the survivors of the Bhopal tragedy. The city will also observe December...industrial disaster of modern times, as Bhopal Remembrance Day. The resolution notes...activities and seminars regarding the Bhopal disaster, corporate accountability and...
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India deports Bhopal Princess from native city.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International
; ...Princess, granddaughter of the last Nawab of Bhopal, was bundled out of her native city by...grandfather was also Nawab Hamidullah Khan of Bhopal. The Hindustan Times website carried...ordeal in its Monday edition, datelined Bhopal: It will go down as one of the most ironic...
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RIGHTS-INDIA: PROTESTING BHOPAL SURVIVORS HIT WITH CIVIL SUIT
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...IPS) -- Rashida Bi, a survivor of the Bhopal gas leak, the world's worst industrial...being held. Back in India, meanwhile, the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karamchari Sangh (Bhopal Gas Affected Women's Stationery Workers...
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The movement in Bhopal and its lessons.
Magazine article from: Social Justice
; ...observer in the struggle of survivors of the Bhopal disaster, I wish to consider its successes...to confront other situations like the Bhopal disaster. Given the waves of liberalization...undeveloped" world, the recurrence of Bhopal is a real possibility and the lessons...
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