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51Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …
52breach of contract — breach of contract: breach (1b) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. breach of contract …
53Counterfeit electronic components — While counterfeiting has existed for centuries, the appearance of counterfeit electronic components is a relatively new phenomenon, unique to the 21st century[citation needed] and the digital age. Mankind has become increasingly dependent on… …
54Nevada National Security Site — Nevada Test Site November 1951 nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. Test is shot Dog from Operation Buster, with a yield of 21 kilotonnes of TNT (88 TJ). It was the f …
55HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
56Taiwanese aborigines — () complete with a lineage to Fujian province. In other cases, plains Aborigine families adopted common Han surnames, but traced their earliest ancestor to their locality in Taiwan.In many cases, large groups of immigrant Han would unite under a… …
57U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — Abbreviation ICE ICE is a component of the United States Department of Homeland Security …
58Phytotherapy — Running total of the number of research papers listed on PubMed from 1990 2007 containing the word phytotherapy. [original research?] Phytotherapy is the study of the use of extracts from natural origin a …
59Japan Self-Defense Forces — Military of Japan redirects here. For earlier military forces of the country, see Military history of Japan. JSDF redirects here. For other uses, see Japan Social Development Fund. Japan Self Defense Forces 日本国自衛隊 …
60Reverse osmosis — Schematics of a reverse osmosis system (desalination) using a pressure exchanger. 1: Sea water inflow, 2: Fresh water …
