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  • 1Ejection seat — In aircraft, an ejection seat is a system designed to rescue the pilot or other crew of an aircraft (usually military) in an emergency. In most designs, the seat is propelled out of the aircraft by an explosive charge or rocket motor, carrying… …

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  • 2Lockheed F-104 Starfighter — F 104 Starfighter A Fokker built, German owned F 104G in USAF markings in August 1979 Role Intercep …

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  • 3F-104 Starfighter — infobox Aircraft name= F 104 Starfighter caption= A Fokker built, German owned F 104G in USAF markings in August 1979 type= Interceptor aircraft, fighter bomber national oigin = United States manufacturer= Lockheed designer= Clarence Kelly… …

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  • 4B-52 Stratofortress — Infobox Aircraft name = B 52 Stratofortress type = Strategic bomber manufacturer = Boeing caption = B 52H, 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA designer = first flight =15 April 1952 introduction =February 1955 retired = produced=1952 1962 primary… …

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  • 5United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 6china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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  • 7China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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  • 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… …

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  • 9arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …

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  • 10Israel — /iz ree euhl, ray /, n. 1. a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 5,534,672; 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Cap.: Jerusalem. 2. the people traditionally descended from Jacob; the Hebrew or Jewish people. 3 …

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