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Protein Targeting
Protein Targeting Protein targeting refers to the methods cells use to get proteins to the proper location after synthesis. Proteins play a major role in most cellular processes but must be located properly to serve their functions. Knowing how newly synthesized proteins... Read more |
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Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff
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Unabomber
Unabomber or Unabomer , name given by the FBI to the elusive perpetrator of a series of bombings (1975-95) in the United States that killed 3 and wounded 23. The targets were mainly academics in technological disciplines, airline executives, and executives in businesses thought to affect the... Read more |
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precision bombing
precision bombing is the bombing of specific targets, which the Eighth and Fifteenth US Army Air Forces employed during their daylight strategic air offensives against European targets. It was something of a misnomer because only a squadron's lead bomber aimed at the target; the others just dropped... Read more |
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Psychological warfare
Psychological WarfareHistoryModern doctrine and methodsBIBLIOGRAPHYPsychological warfare is a term that came into vogue in the United States during World War n to identify an activity as old as the history of conflict. Although the term gained wide currency in popular and scientific discussions in... Read more |
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biathlon
biathlon , sport in which cross-country skiers race across hilly terrain, occasionally stopping to shoot with rifles at sets of fixed targets. The biathlon features the 10-km (6.2-mi) sprint, in which contestants shoot at two sets of targets; the 12.5-km (7.8-mi) pursuit, in which contestants shoot... Read more |
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Carjacking
CARJACKING The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation. The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger to a victim." Carjacking incidents emerged in increasing... Read more |
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Peng Dehuai
Peng Dehuai or P'eng Teh-huai , 1898-1974, Communist Chinese general and political leader. He held various command positions in the Red Army, and in 1934-35 he joined with Mao Zedong and Zhu De in the long march . He became well known as the originator, with Mao, of the tactics of guerrilla... Read more |
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