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Greenock
Greenock , city (1991 pop. 58,436), Inverclyde, W Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde. Greenock is a port, and shipping and shipbuilding are major industries. Others include engineering, textile manufacturing, sugar refining, and the production of office equipment. Greenock is the birthplace of James ... Read more |
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Vermiculite
Vermiculite Background The term vermiculite applies to a group of minerals characterized by their ability to expand into long, worm-like strands when heated. This expansion process is called exfoliation. The name vermiculite is derived from a combination of the Latin word ... Read more |
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Closed Universe
Closed Universe Within standard Big Bang cosmology essentially only three futures are available for the physical universe. The universe is either open, which means it will continue to expand at an ever increasing rate; or it is flat, which means it will only expand at a rate just sufficient to... Read more |
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Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery 420 acres (170 hectares), N Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; est. 1864. More than 60,000 American war dead, as well as notables including Presidents William Howard Taft and John F. Kennedy, Gen. John J. Pershing, and Admiral Robert E. Peary are... Read more |
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Arlington
Arlington county (1990 pop. 170,936), N Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. Arlington is a residential and commercial suburb of Washington. Within its boundaries are Arlington National Cemetery ; Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial ; the Pentagon ; the U.S. Marine Corps... Read more |
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Costa del Sol
Costa del Sol , a strip of coastline, S. Spain, in Andalusia, extending from Motril to Estepona The area has become famous as a Mediterranean coastal resort, and its tourist industry continues to expand.... Read more |
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Ring nebula
Ring nebula planetary nebula in the northern constellation Lyra; cataloged as M57 or NGC 6720. It is perhaps the most famous and beautiful nebula of this type. Its name describes the appearance of the expanding shell of gas. The nebula is estimated to be more than 5,000 light-years distant.... Read more |
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Sherwood Forest
Sherwood Forest formerly a large royal forest, mainly in Nottinghamshire, central England. Remnants of the forest exist near Mansfield and Hucknall ; efforts began in the 1990s to replant and expand it. It is famous as the haunt of Robin Hood and his band.... Read more |
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protoxylem
protoxylem The primary xylem tissue that is formed in the expanding region of roots and shoots before the shoot or root has completed the elongation process. In the secondary walls of these vessels the lignin is deposited in rings and spirals, which allows for further elongation. The protoxylem is... Read more |
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Arlington Cemetery to Expand
Arlington National Cemetery officials are moving ahead with plans to expand the burial ground, to the...wooded parcel around historic Arlington House. Congress has approved...study of the land around Arlington House, the former estate... |
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Arlington National Cemetery to Expand
00-00-0000 Title: Arlington National Cemetery to Expand [image omitted] ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) _ Arlington National Cemetery is expanding by 60 acres to make room to receive another... |
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"Arlington cemetery to expand. (Now hear this: brief news items of interest...
Beginning in 2003, Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia will develop 66 acres...graves and a new columbarium in the cemetery's northwest corner. Forty existing...2008. For more information on Arlington, visit its Internet home page... |
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Arlington National Cemetery to expand by 60 acres ( 24 hectares), awaiting...
00-00-0000 Dateline: ARLINGTON, Virginia Arlington National Cemetery is expanding by 60 acres (24 hectares) to make...fence. Sixty-five of those killed have joined Arlington's ranks. "We can't look at what may happen... |
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County, feds swap land, expand Arlington Cemetery
...allow Arlington National Cemetery to eliminate a road...continue through 2060. The Arlington County Board voted Tuesday...planning supervisor with Arlington County. The two sides...consider a land swap with Arlington County and ... |
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Stump Applauds Enactment of Defense Bill That Will Expand Arlington Cemetery.
...for the expansion of Arlington National Cemetery. The $289 billion...which supervises Arlington National Cemetery...heroes, burial at Arlington National Cemetery...supported his long fight to expand the ... |
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Arlington Cemetery Gains Land to Expand
...agreed to transfer 45 acres to Arlington National Cemetery, which is filling up so rapidly...000 new grave sites for Arlington, where fewer than 60,000...sites a year being filled at Arlington Cemetery, according to Metzler. With... |
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Bill would expand Arlington Cemetery
The House version of the FY'00 Defense Authorization Act would enlarge Arlington National Cemetery by 36.5 acres. The Pentagon would transfer the land from its Navy Annex. The act also requires the military to supply two... |
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Arlington Cemetery Fight Brewing; House Panel Kept County Board in the Dark...
...move by Congress to expand Arlington Cemetery's space for burial...decried yesterday by Arlington County officials...said that because the cemetery expansion would involve...that this was none of Arlington's business ... |
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Arlington Cemetery Plan Roils Local Board; House Panel Bypassed County on...
...move by Congress to expand Arlington Cemetery's space for burial...decried yesterday by Arlington County officials...said that because the cemetery expansion would involve...that this was none of Arlington's business ... |
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