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1Central Plaza, Hong Kong — Infobox Skyscraper building name = Central Plaza 中環廣場 caption = Central Plaza by day in April 2003 year highest = year end = plural = location = Flagicon|Hong Kong Hong Kong coordinates = coord|22|16|48|N|114|10|25|E|region:HK… …
2dam — dam1 /dam/, n., v., dammed, damming. n. 1. a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, esp. one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river. 2. a body of water confined by a dam. 3. any barrier resembling a dam. v.t. 4. to furnish with a …
3Dam — /dam, dahm/, n. (Carl Peter) Henrik /kahrl pee ter hen rik/; Dan. /kahrddl pay teuhrdd hen rddik/, 1895 1976, Danish biochemist: Nobel prize for medicine 1943. * * * I Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such… …
4Milan — /mi lan , lahn /, n. an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral. 1,710,263. Italian, Milano /mee lah naw/. * * * Italian Milano Capital (pop., 2001 prelim.: 1,182,693), Lombardy region, northern Italy. The area was settled by… …
5International Space Station — ISS redirects here. For other uses, see ISS (disambiguation). International Space Station …
6Materials management — can deal with campus planning and building design for the movement of materials, or with logistics that deal with the tangible components of a supply chain. Specifically, this covers the acquisition of spare parts and replacements, quality… …
7Nuclear power in Japan — The Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant, a 3 unit BWR site typical of Japan s nuclear plants …
8Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
9India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …
10nuclear reactor — Physics. reactor (def. 4). Also called nuclear pile. [1940 45] * * * Device that can initiate and control a self sustaining series of nuclear fission reactions. Neutrons released in one fission reaction may strike other heavy nuclei, causing them …
