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food chain
food-chain The transfer of energy from the primary producers (green plants) through a series of organisms that eat and are eaten. At each stage much energy is lost as heat, a fact that usually limits the number of steps (trophic levels) in the chain to 4 or 5. Two basic types of food-chain are... Read more |
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cordon
cordon. 1. String- or belt-course, usually a band, projecting slightly from a wall, normally used in connection with fortifications. 2. Slightly projecting step or riser at the lower edge of each part of a stepped ramp so that each section between steps has less of an inclination than the ramp as a... Read more |
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Detoxification
Detoxification Definition Detoxification is a process in which the body is allowed to free itself of a drug. During this period, the symptoms of withdrawal are also treated. Detoxification is the primary step in any drug treatment program, and is used as the initial phase in... Read more |
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Carter doctrine
Carter Doctrine (1980).Announced by President Jimmy Carter on 24 January 1980, the “Carter Doctrine” extended U.S. containment policy to the Persian Gulf region. Under pressure from containment advocates, Carter concluded that the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan might be the first... Read more |
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curtail
curtail. In a stair, the outward curving or scroll-shaped part of the handrail, and the outer end of the lowest step. In grander stairs the first flight, detached from a wall, may have a curtail-or scroll-step with curved parts at each end of the balustrades and lowest step, often curving around... Read more |
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Savion Glover
Savion Glover 1974– Dancer and choreographer From Drums to Tap Won Praise for Stage, Film Work Out-Stepped Older Performers Conquered Sesame Street, Broadway Read more |
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Arafat
Arafat or Arafa , granite hill, Saudi Arabia, near Mecca . The hill was an ancient pagan sanctuary and is shrouded in many legends. It is a site for prayers during the hajj , the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Atop the hill is a minaret, reached by broad stone steps. On the 60th step is a... Read more |
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consistency index
consistency index In cladistic analysis, a measure of homoplasy in a phylogenetic tree (or cladogram), calculated as the number of steps (i.e. character state changes) in the cladogram divided by the smallest possible number of steps. The index therefore runs from 0 to 1. A low consistency index... Read more |
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dancing
dancing. References to dancing in travellers' accounts of rural life in Ireland date from the 16th century, but the development of step dancing as a formal art does not appear to have taken place before the last quarter of the 18th century. Given that the preponderance of instrumental melody which... Read more |
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Grovey v. Townsend
...participating in the Democratic primaries in the state, but in...from voting in party primaries, but in Nixon v. Condon...Democratic Party took steps to protect their whites‐only primary system. In May 1932...from the Democratic primary was ... |
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dance notation
...concentrate on the execution of dance steps as the primary element of dancing. Body movements...and his student, in which dance steps are described in the text, and reduced...showing the whole body in certain steps and postures. Notation, featuring ‘floor... |
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COMPUTING
...Hollerith's tab-sorter. Its primary purpose has been to compute...at least two kinds of memory: primary and secondary. Primary memory is usually silicon chips, typically...fast, they cannot be directed step by step. Instead, a script... |
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alluvial channels
...common along alluvial channels include step–pool sequences, pool–riffle sequences...elements, or may collect in regularly spaced steps that create plunging flow. Beavers create broad step–pool sequences by building dams that...temporal distribution of discharge as ... |
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Alexander Technique
...in any circumstance. The first step is inhibition, which is the refusal to act immediately. The second step is direction, which involves...which is referred to as the primary control. The third step is to make a conscious choice... |
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earthquake hazards and prediction
...into two categories, based on whether they are primary or secondary effects. Primary hazards include ground shaking, surface fault rupture...Such evaluations generally comprise two major steps: the identification and characterization of the... |
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Society and War
...victory, and then encourages them to go home again because their primary obligation is not to produce but to reproduce. When wars...recognition is withdrawn as soon as the shooting stops. One step forward, two steps back is one way to characterize the impact of war on this ... |
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Bomber Aircraft
...applied to any aircraft that has as its primary role the delivery of bombs against an...to‐ground missiles is clearly the primary role.The U.S. Army Air Service had no combat aircraft when the...was scrapped.The first significant steps on the road to a U.S. strategic air... |
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Grand Juries
...stated that the grand jury always has been regarded as a primary security to the innocent against hasty, malicious and oppressive...States v. Calandra). Although a witness may ask leave to step outside for consultation, he has no right to be advised by... |
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Gray v. Sanders
...Gray involved a challenge to Georgia's system that decided primary elections for statewide and congressional offices by county units...legislative authority. To Harlan, Gray seemed one more judicial step into the forbidden “political thicket.” See also Fair... |
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American musical terminology
...book must interpret them as ‘3 whole-steps lower’ or ‘a scale of 5 whole-steps’.(2) Eng. BAR = Amer. MEASURE, the former...NATURAL NOTES (of brass instr.) = Amer. PRIMARY TONES.(6) Eng. TO FLATTEN and TO SHARPEN... |
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Culhwch ac Olwen
...of Doged and carries home his wife. In her unhappiness the step-mother curses Culhwch, prophesying that he will not touch woman...track’ because four white clovers spring up wherever she steps. Olwen accepts Culhwch's profession of love but says that...swarm out of the hive. The first group ... |
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expression of requirements
...single coherent whole.The expression of requirements is a primary vehicle for communication between the procurers of a system...solution bias. System or software requirements represent the first step toward a solution to the problem and should be based on an abstract... |
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marriage
...greater risk of breaking up than first marriages, especially when step-children are involved. This may be in part because remarriage...interrelationship of employment and family life, including marriage. The primary focus has been on how women's employment has affected the... |
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food-chain
food-chain The transfer of energy from the primary producers (green plants) through a series of organisms that...is lost as heat, a fact that usually limits the number of steps (trophic levels) in the chain to four or five. Two basic... |
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Kennedy, Robert Francis
...position he launched a fierce attack on organized crime and took steps to address the problem of racial discrimination. However...Tet offensive. In a tumultuous campaign, he won a series of primary elections culminating in his victory in California, where he... |
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marry
...saying, mid 16th century; the formula is also applied to rash steps taken in other circumstances. (Compare happy's the wooing...late 19th century, distinguishing between monetary gain as a primary objective and a side benefit.See also better to marry than... |
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Suger
...s absence on the Second Crusade he was one of the regents. His Life of Louis VI is a primary historical source. His new church at St-Denis, of which he left an account, was a crucial step in the development of Gothic architecture. |
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demagnetization
...are usually partially demagnetized in a series of incremental steps to determine their coercivity and/or blocking-temperature...remanence, so it is often possible to isolate the original (primary) magnetization acquired when the samples were first formed... |
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Time
...these, and to interpret their significance. Therefore, a primary source for a religion's perception of time is to be found in its cosmology...organization of this into the Deuteronomic history was an important step in distinguishing ‘times’ as revealing the purposes of... |
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PRIMARY STEP OF AGENT SYSTEM SUPPORTED BY FINANCIAL CIRCLES
AsiaInfo Services 09-09-1996 Primary Step of Agent System Supported by Financial CirclesCHINA, September...suppression of the agent system. This agreement isonly the first step that the financial circle offers support toagent system... |
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Open primary a step toward reform.(News)
...Commission has recommended open primaries "to combat patronage and...General Assembly vote for open primaries would be a small step in the right direction toward reform. Some say open primaries have the potential to erode...Supreme Court. The open ... |
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VOTERS TAKE A PRIMARY STEP TO NOVEMBER.(MAIN)
...example, some voters were confused about Primary Day. ``We're getting a lot of calls...McMahon vie for the Democratic line, the primary between Independence Party candidates...debate last month. In two other Senate primaries, Ronnie Dugger, Mark J. Dunau and...Schenectady ... |
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New primary is step closer
Opening a new primary school in Selhurst came closer this week as the council took the next formal legal step. Following public consultation which showed strong backing for the new school, a council committee agreed on Tuesday to publish... |
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Pearlfisher has created the annual report for Creative Education Corporation,...
...created the annual report for Creative Education Corporation, the holding company for London nursery school group Primary Steps. The report has been designed to reflect a school exorcise book and incorporates graph paper, children's drawings... |
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ActivIdentity Offers Enterprise Leaders Three Keys to Success in Addressing...
...Security Breaches; Points to Smart Cards, More advanced One-Time-Password Tokens and Device Key Management as Primary Steps to Defending against Advanced Persistent Threats(C)1994-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:08062011 LONDON, UK... |
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Optimizing the Primary Recovery Step in Nonaffinity Purification Schemes for...
...been increased significantly. Primary recovery by tangential flow...cation exchange as a capture step. A nonaffinity purification...optimized primary recovery TFF step, is comparable to Protein A...two, or one chromatography steps have been ... |
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Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care: Step-by-Step Guidance for...
...Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care: Step-by-Step Guidance for Assessment...resource about assessing and treating primary care patients within an integrated...appointment; common interventions in primary care behavioral health; and ... |
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Integrated behavioral health in primary care; step-by-step guidance for...
...Integrated behavioral health in primary care; step-by-step guidance for assessment...behavioral health services into primary care emphasizes the 5A model of...factors that need to be considered. Primary care adaptations are then outlined... |
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Georgia primary first step in choosing Miller's successor
...businessman Bruce Hatfield. In the Democratic primary, state Rep. Roy Barnes fought Secretary...Runoffs are required in Georgia for primary races in which no candidate receives 50...known candidate Jim Boyd in the Democratic primary for the Senate seat held by Republican... |
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