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Bone disorder agents
Bone Disorder Drugs Definition Bone disorder drugs are medicines used to treat diseases that weaken the bones. Purpose The drugs described here are used to treat or prevent osteoporosis (brittle bone disease) in women past menopause as well as older men. They also are used prescribed for... Read more |
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optical disk
optical disk any of a variety of information storage disks that are played or read using a laser . Optical disks include compact discs (CDs and CD-ROMs), laser discs (see videodisc ), and digital versatile discs (or digital video discs; DVDs and DVD-ROMs). WORM [ W rite O nce/ R ead M any]... Read more |
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videodisc
videodisc or videodisk, disk used with a special player and television to reproduce both pictures and sound. A videodisc player cannot record television programs off the air for later playback, unlike a videocassette recorder (VCR) or recordable DVD (see digital versatile disc ). Videodiscs... Read more |
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corporal punishment
corporal punishment physical chastisement of an offender. At one extreme it includes the death penalty (see capital punishment ), but the term usually refers to punishments like flogging, caning, mutilation, and branding. Until c.1800, in many parts of the world, most crimes were punished thus, or... Read more |
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Initial public offerings
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING (IPO) An initial public offering (IPO) takes place when a privately held company goes public and makes its first offering of shares to the public. It is a significant stage in the growth of a business. It provides the business with access to capital, not only through the... Read more |
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goes
goes he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing involving oneself in debt is likely to lead to unhappiness; proverbial saying, late 15th century.what goes around, comes around often used as a comment on someone becoming subject to what they have visited on others. This modern saying (of US origin)... Read more |
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The Outsider
Outsider, The, novel by Richard Wright, published in 1953.Cross Damon, a black man who works in the Chicago post office, is caught in a subway accident but escapes without serious injury, though because of a mistaken identity his death is announced. He decides to take advantage of this error to... Read more |
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Beneficial Use
Beneficial Use Beneficial use is the productive use of water or solid material that is normally discarded or disposed of in a landfill or burned. Throughout the years, more materials that have been disposed of in the past are finding new demands and uses. Economics have shifted to make these... Read more |
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incense
incense perfume diffused by the burning of aromatic gums or spices. Incense was used in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome and is mentioned in the Old and the New Testaments. It is also found in the major religions of Asia. The Babylonians used it while praying in the 6th and 5th cent. BC and the... Read more |
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New Generation of Software Enlivens Learning a Language
...conjugation. A new generation of...correct answer and goes on to the next...the program goes on to the next...Spanish versions use HyperCard's...only ones who can use their computers...vocabulary of school, food, ... |
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Steps to prevention - Beacon Hill man goes on worldwide walk to warn teens...
...publisher, interactive videodisc designer, ethnographer...that nearly half of all new infections in 1998 - 5...comprise about 20 percent of new HIV-infection cases...Internet, magazines, schools and, you hope, from...Europe, where IV-drug ... |
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Arizona school's new language lab adds more than expected. (multimedia...
...Coronado High School in Scottsdale...Coronado High School, is also impressed...visited other schools and colleges in...something mechanical goes wrong, they will...was done by the school's computer technician...well as VCR and ... |
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NGA, Solving a Whodunit
...masterpiece, which goes on display Sunday...and presents new theories that...new interactive videodisc system that it is developing for use in schools. ABC has about...appropriate for school ... |
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Multimedia ILS brings literacy to adult learners in Georgia. (Integrated...
...graduated from high school and 20% of them...completing high school in the area were...demonstrated in schools throughout the...debuted a brand new version, entitled...equivalent of a high school diploma by the...economy." The ... |
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Networked multimedia at the University of Connecticut.(includes related...
...media retrieval, new cabling systems...fine as far as it goes, but two-way...ROM towers, videodisc players, satellite...instance, a high school science class...rockets, review a videodisc on space, watch...university's ... |
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Teachers learn about interactive video via Mac space adventure. (Macintosh...
...40 elementary school teachers sat down...as the story goes, 600 trillion...monitors and the videodisc, along with HyperCard...below zero--and use Nancy's "materials...a relatively new association of...provided the videodisc, ... |
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Encyclopedias and archives. (Model Applications)(IBM Multimedia supplement)
...enhancements. The 1991 New Grolier Electronic...that distinction goes to The Video Encyclopedia...most interesting use of The Video Encyclopedia...catalogues. A new partnership between...on CD-ROM and videodisc for easy distribution to ... |
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POWERING UP COMPUTER SECURITY IN EVERETT SCHOOLS.(Company Operations)
...students learn to use technology is...Gateway Middle School, every classroom...TV monitor, a videodisc player and a VCR...Jackson High School, there are six...Technology at Everett School District, my...planning in some ... |
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