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periodic table
periodic table chart of the elements arranged according to the periodic law discovered by Dmitri I. Mendeleev and revised by Henry G. J. Moseley . In the periodic table the elements are arranged in columns and rows according to increasing atomic number (see the table entitled Periodic Table... Read more |
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John Gibbon
John Gibbon 1827-96, Union general in the Civil War, b. near Holmesburg (now part of Philadelphia), Pa., grad. West Point, 1847. Made a brigadier general of volunteers (1862), he fought in the second battle of Bull Run, at South Mt., at Antietam, and in the Wilderness campaign (1864). After the war... Read more |
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vertebral column
vertebral column (backbone; spinal column; spine) A flexible bony column in vertebrates that extends down the long axis of the body and provides the main skeletal support. It also encloses and protects the spinal cord and provides attachment for the muscles of the back. The vertebral column consists... Read more |
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Heywood Campbell Broun
Heywood Campbell Broun , 1888-1939, American newspaper columnist and critic, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. He worked on the New York Tribune (1912-21) and the New York World (1921-28), where his syndicated column, "It Seems to Me," began. In 1928 he transferred it to the Scripps-Howard newspapers,... Read more |
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Mazarin Bible
Mazarin Bible , considered to be the first important work printed by Gutenberg and the earliest book printed from movable types. The Bible, printed at Mainz, probably required several years of work; it was completed not later than 1455 and printed in an edition of about 180 copies. The text of the... Read more |
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Meteorological radar stations
Tornado A tornado is a rapidly spinning column of air formed in severe thunderstorms. The rotating column, or vortex, forms inside the storm cloud and grows downward until it touches the ground. Although a tornado is not as large as its parent thunderstorm, it is capable of extreme damage because... Read more |
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Bhopal
Bhopal , former principality, Madhya Pradesh state, central India. A region of rolling downs and thickly forested hills, it is predominantly agricultural. Its Buddhist monuments include the famous stupa (3d cent. BC) at Sanchi. Bhopal was founded in the early 18th cent. and was ruled from 1844 to... Read more |
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Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln Memorial monument, 107 acres (45 hectares), in Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.; built 1914-17. The building, designed by Henry Bacon and styled after a Greek temple, has 36 Doric columns representing the states of the Union at the time of Lincoln's death. Inside the building is a heroic... Read more |
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entasis
entasis [Gr.,=stretching], the slight convex curvature of a classical column that diminishes in diameter as it rises. This device, as used by Greek builders, was of extreme subtlety, the freehand curvature being merely sufficient to guard the contours of the column from any appearance of inward... Read more |
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A survivor of the Union Carbide tragedy in Bhopal remembers, 15 years later.
...owned Union Carbide pesticide...the worst industrial accident in history...I was 11 years old then...of my 8-year-old brother...of us in Bhopal awoke to...Hazarika's ``Bhopal: The ... |
 "The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)")
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Cloud still hangs over Bhopal.(Local)
...chemical giant Union Carbide leaked a...traveled to Bhopal and seen...the bane of Bhopal: Dow Chemical...settlement for Bhopal was $470...causing an industrial disaster...1981 in an accident, and then...her ... |
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Airwaves: An eruption of interest in Iceland
...mile high column of ash into...s worst industrial accident, which happened 20 years ago yesterday...Indian city of Bhopal. Some 7...standards at the Union Carbide plant and...apportioned. In ... |
 "The Washington Times (Washington, DC)")
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Dealing with India's nuclear weapons ambitions.(SUNDAY READ)(SOLUTIONS: TWO...
...nuclear facilities last year alone, and regulations...waivers against costly accidents. This will not be...memories of the terrible industrial accident that killed perhaps 20,000 living around a Union Carbide plant in ... |
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Bush support for India's nuclear program takes the wrong path.(COLUMN; George...
...evidenced by the 1984 accident at a Union Carbide chemical facility...Indian city of Bhopal, which killed...public from major industrial accidents. India's interest...clashes in recent years in the ... |
 "Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand)")
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Bangkok Post, Thailand, MDK Consultants Column.
...develop include industrial accidents, environmental...failure, industrial disputes...percent of the year's crisis...and major accidents. Fortunately...blamed for an accident, and what...million, Union ... |
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American Journal;Texas Anti-Pollution Activist No Match for Smell of Money
...open this year, Mitsubishi...For four years, Carlson...survivors from Union Carbide's Bhopal disaster...gallons of industrial wastes daily...industrial accidents, an explosion...decided last ... |
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