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affluent society
affluent society term coined by John Kenneth Galbraith in The Affluent Society (1958) to describe the United States after World War II. An affluent society, as the term was used ironically by Galbraith, is rich in private resources but poor in public ones because of a misplaced priority on... Read more |
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Columella
Columella (Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella) , fl. 1st cent. AD, Latin writer on agriculture, b. Gades (now Cádiz), Spain. Of his work there remains the 12-volume De re rustica, treating general husbandry, the care of domestic animals, and farm management. The 10th book, modeled on... Read more |
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Monchengladbach
Mönchengladbach , formerly München-Gladbach , city (1994 pop. 265,312), North Rhine-Westphalia, W Germany. It is the twin city of adjacent Rheydt and is a major center of the German cotton textile industry. Textile machinery, iron, paper, chemicals, leather, and petroleum are also... Read more |
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splint
splint rigid or semiflexible device for the immobilization of displaced or fractured parts of the body. Most commonly employed for fractures of bones, a splint may be a first-aid measure that allows the patient to be moved without displacing the injured part, or it may be a means of fixation to... Read more |
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bus
bus [Lat. omnibus =for all], large public conveyance. A horse-drawn urban omnibus was introduced in Paris in 1662 by Blaise Pascal and his associates, but it remained in operation for only a few years. The omnibus reappeared c.1812 in Bordeaux, France, and afterward in Paris (c.1827), London... Read more |
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Future Now Inc
Future Now, Inc. 8044 Montgomery Rd.Cincinnati, Ohio 45236U.S.A.(513) 792-4500Fax: (513) 771-5898 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1976 as Cincinnati Word ProcessingEmployees: 1,500Sales: $700 millionStock Exchanges: NASDAQSICs: 7373 Computer Integrated Systems Design; 8243 DataProcessing... Read more |
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fuel injection
fuel injection system in an internal-combustion engine that delivers fuel or a fuel-air mixture to the cylinders by means of pressure from a pump. It was originally used in diesel engines because of diesel fuel's greater viscosity and the need to overcome the high pressure of the compressed air... Read more |
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George Peabody
George Peabody pē´bädē, -bedē , 1795-1869, American financier and philanthropist, b. South Danvers (now Peabody), Mass. At the age of 11 he was apprenticed to a grocer, and later (1814) he became a partner in a dry-goods firm in Georgetown, D.C. (now in Washington, D.C.).... Read more |
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Nanotubes
Nanotechnology THE HISTORY OF NANOTECHNOLOGY TYPES OF NANOMATERIALS BUSINESS APPLICATIONS NANOTECHNOLOGY ETHICS AND RESPONSIBILITY BIBLIOGRAPHY Applied to various materials across many industries, nanotechnology is the science of the very small. Originally, it dealt with the engineering of... Read more |
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