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Regulatory Flexibility Act
Regulatory Flexibility Act The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) of 1980 is a law designed to make government agencies review all regulations that they impose to ensure that they do not place a disproportionate economic burden on small business owners and other small entities. The Regulatory... Read more |
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Small business
Small Business Most people get their definition of "small business" from personal experience in dealing with small retail stores and service organizations. Most people also have a minimum size in mind and overlook a whole category of small business, the very small operations Europeans call... Read more |
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Grazing
Grazing The term grazing is used to describe the eating of small, frequent meals, or mini-meals, throughout the day, typically every three to four hours. Grazing does not mean constantly eating snack foods, but rather is a concept of consuming one's daily food intake,... Read more |
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Non-small cell lung cancer
Lung cancer, non-small cell Definition Non-small cell lung cancer is a disease in which the cells of the lung tissues grow uncontrollably and form tumors. Description There are two kinds of lung cancers, primary and secondary. Primary lung cancer starts in the lung itself, and is... Read more |
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swift
swift common name for small, swallowlike birds related to the hummingbird and found all over the world, chiefly in the tropics. They range in size from 6 to 12 in. (15-30 cm) in length. Swifts have long wings and small feet and can perch only on vertical surfaces. They scoop up insects in their... Read more |
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Small cell lung cancer
Lung cancer, small cell Definition Small cell lung cancer is a disease in which the cells of the lung tissues grow uncontrollably and form tumors. Description Lung cancer is divided into two main types: small cell and non-small cell. Small cell lung cancer is the least common of... Read more |
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metalpoint
metalpoint. Method of drawing using a small metal-tipped rod on paper or other material that has been coated with a special ground. This coating is slightly granular, causing a trace of the metal to rub off on it. The metal may be copper, gold, lead, or (most commonly) silver, which gives an... Read more |
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Leiomyosarcoma
Leiomyosarcoma Definition Leiomyosarcoma is cancer that consists of smooth muscle cells and small cell sarcoma tumor. The cancer begins in smooth muscle cells that grow uncontrollably and form tumors. Description Leiomyosarcomas can start in any organ that contains smooth... Read more |
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Enterostomy
Enterostomy Definition An enterostomy is an operation in which the surgeon makes a passage into the patient's small intestine through the abdomen with an opening to allow for drainage or to insert a tube for feeding. The opening is called a stoma, from the Greek word for mouth. Enterostomies may... Read more |
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manikins and mannequins
...one of the small gaily-coloured...and model are all terms which suggest a creature designed to be...small, androgynous creature with its box...coffins of the great; examples...given to the first great ... |
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Music-Hall
...customers sat at small tables to eat and...and jugglers, all controlled by a chairman...typical of many all over London, seating 2,000.The...Leybourne and the Great Vance ( Alfred...featured little creature, billed as...many the finest of ... |
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moon
...The moon has great influence in vulgar philosophy...principle. Being smaller than the sun and reflecting...everyone knows how great a share the Moon has in forwarding...time when we were all sea creatures.Finally, the moon...Plutarch, and ... |
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Sharp
...In retaliation Sharp killed all the survivors. He had better luck...years of age, a very comely creature.’ History does not relate the fate of...translated. Called Waggoner of the Great South Sea, it was a superb...deserted his ship, captured a small Dutch ... |
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Trollope, Anthony
...achievements is the introduction in Great Britain of the pillar-box for letters...Framley Parsonage (1861), The Small House at Allington (1864), and The Last...Plantagenet Palliser, who appears in all of them. This series began with...novelist's need to live with his ... |
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minerals
...sea shells of living creatures accumulated over aeons...above the usual norm.All the essential elements...For example, our small but essential need...one which contains all our needs, and we...presumably evolved so that all our mineral ... |
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Cúchulainn
...the smith]. The greatest hero in early Irish...one of the three great heroes of early Ireland, all of whom may derive...and supremacy over all contenders. Surviving...characteristic quickness and small, dark stature...with which a tiny ... |
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Tate, Phyllis (Margaret Duncan)
...wrote especially well for vv. and small ens. Works incl.:OPERAS: The...Ballads, bar., instr. (1969); Creatures Great and Small, mez., gui., db., perc...soloists, ch., orch. (1976); All the World's a Stage, ch... |
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Jeep
Jeep jeep trademark a small sturdy all-purpose vehicle first mass-produced for use in the U.S...general purpose, influenced by ‘Eugene the Jeep,’ a creature of great resourcefulness and power in the Popeye comic strip. |
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great
...great auk, greater flamingo. ∎ (Greater) (of a city...urban areas: Greater Cleveland. 2...average: the great Italian conductor...PHRASES: great and small of all sizes, classes, or types: ... |
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3-D Fantasy Creatures!(Brief Article)
...horn was worth a great deal of money...imaginations and make a creature that no one has...lesson so that the creatures would be freestanding...a part of their creature's body. Other...for their fantasy creatures to be passed out...to make ... |
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Curious `Creatures' Dragons, mermaids, and one-eyed monsters scare - and...
...EXHIBITION REVIEW MYTHIC CREATURES: DRAGONS, UNICORNS...to make sense of it all. None of our explanations...status one rung above all the other animals...finding themselves in great danger, and being...creatures from cultures ... |
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Creature mysteries long a part of Penn's Woods; New Shyamalan film takes off...
...tales of unusual creatures since the 18th...Sasquatches to much smaller, hair- covered creatures along the banks...encounter with a creature in February...the thing was small, maybe 5...imagined it all." Until a...witnessed ... |
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Solid animatronics and puppet creature effects
...and puppet creature effectsByline...Alien (six all together...mysterious" creatures. However...of other smaller characters...will have a great time hunting...make the creatures as "real...talents of creature ... |
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All creatures great and small; Just the Job: A sci-fi drama just wouldn't be...
...name of the late, great Jim Henson, they...also includes The Creature Shop in Camden...world's premiere creature- building workshops...Jamie Courtier is The Creature Shop's creative...several copies of a small preliminary model...I pursued ... |
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Creature feature
...really tried to keep all the work handmade...because I'm so small. The industry is all going from Scotland...best known for her creatures, but she has a growing...a human-size creature for a shop in Japan...and it was a really ... |
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Magical creatures, doors in walls and other adventures.
...Summary: BEIRUT: A small door set into the...discover a mysterious creature in a rock pool...they nurture the creature away from the gaze...opposite her room, all as red as the mysterious...It should be a great opportunity for a...The Daily ... |
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Galapagos: Unique exotic creatures inhabit protected islands.(Travel)
...These bizarre creatures can reach a height...tortoise, the more the creature looks like ET...observations he made of its creatures, which led to his...large islands, six small islands and more...remarkably, the creatures of the ... |
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Extraordinary Galapagos; Unusual creatures fascinate.(TRAVEL)
...of this bizarre creature really does make...must, and this odd creature is, after all, the namesake of...it is here. The creatures of the Galapagos...world's second-smallest, northernmost and...accompany visitors at all ... |
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CREATURES GO TO CLASS.(LIVING)
...Teachers throughout Greater Cincinnati and Northern...things.'' Having creatures in the classroom...interdependence of all living things and...needs of living creature. At Oakdale, under...Mouse. But not all school pets are...and uncountable ... |
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