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  • 11Background radiation — This article is about ionizing radiation. For microwave background radiation from space, see Cosmic background radiation and cosmic background. Thermal radiation emitted by Earth is not considered in this category because it is not ionizing.… …

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  • 12background — back|ground [ bæk,graund ] noun *** 1. ) count the type of career, training, or education that someone has had: His musical background helps him a lot in his job. background in: We are looking for writers with a background in law. a ) the type of …

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  • 13background */*/*/ — UK [ˈbækˌɡraʊnd] / US noun Word forms background : singular background plural backgrounds 1) a) [countable] the type of family, social position, or culture that someone comes from students from very different backgrounds b) the type of career,… …

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  • 14background*/*/ — [ˈbækˌgraʊnd] noun 1) [C] the general experiences and influences that have formed someone s character, or the type of education and training they have had students from very different backgrounds[/ex] We are looking for writers with a background… …

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  • 15Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy — Studio album by Against Me! …

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  • 16background — background, setting, environment, milieu, mise en scène, backdrop are comparable when they refer to persons and their actions as found in real life or as represented in art and denote the place, time, circumstances, and conditions in which those… …

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  • 17Against All Odds (N-Dubz album) — Against All Odds Studio album by N Dubz Released 13 November 2009 (Ireland …

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  • 18Against Meidias — (Greek: Polytonic| Κατὰ Μειδίου) is one of the most famous judicial orations of the prominent Athenian statesman and orator Demosthenes.Historical BackgroundMeidias, a wealthy Athenian, publicly slapped Demosthenes, who was at the time a choregos …

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  • 19background — [bak′ground΄] n. 1. the part of a scene or picture that is or seems to be toward the back 2. surroundings, esp. those behind something and providing harmony or contrast; surface against which something is seen 3. a less important or unobtrusive… …

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  • 20Against All Enemies — Against All Enemies: Inside America s War on Terror (ISBN 0 743 26823 7) is a 2004 book by former U.S. chief counter terrorism advisor Richard A. Clarke, criticizing past and present presidential administrations for the way they handled the War… …

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