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Sweatshops
Sweatshops Sweatshops are work environments that possess three major characteristics—long hours, low pay, and unsafe or unhealthy working conditions. Sweatshops may also have policies that severely restrict workers' freedoms, including limiting bathroom breaks and even conversations with... Read more |
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Acoustic Neuroma
Acoustic neuroma Definition An acoustic neuroma is a benign tumor involving cells of the myelin sheath that surrounds the vestibulocochlear nerve (eighth cranial nerve). Description The vestibulocochlear nerve extends from the inner ear to the brain and is made up of a... Read more |
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Pins and Needles
Pins and Needles (1937), a musical revue with sketches by various authors, Harold Rome (music, lyrics). [Labor Stage, 1,108 perf.] Originally mounted by the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union as a pleasant entertainment on weekends, with a cast recruited entirely from union members, this... Read more |
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Simpson Desert
Simpson Desert c.50,000 sq mi (130,000 sq km), barren region of central Australia, predominantly in the southeastern portion of the Northern Territory, extending S into Queensland and E into South Australia. Long, parallel sand dunes, up to 150 ft (46 m) high and 1,500 ft (457 m) apart, run for... Read more |
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make-up, or cosmetics, along with clothing fashions, jewellery, body piercing, tattooing, and hair adornment, is one of the many forms of body decoration regularly practised around the world. Like hairstyles and clothing fashions, make-up is usually a temporary form of adornment, one that can be... Read more |
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