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51Coal River (West Virginia) — For other uses, see Coal River (disambiguation). The Coal River at Upper Falls …
52Automatic stabiliser — In macroeconomics automatic stabilisers work as a tool to dampen fluctuations in real GDP without any explicit policy action by the government. The size of the government deficit tends to increase as a country enters recession, which helps keep… …
53Ice yachting — is the great sport of sailing and racing iceboats, also called ice yachts. It is practiced in Great Britain, Poland, Norway and Sweden, to some extent, and is very popular in the Netherlands and on the Gulf of Finland, but its highest development …
54Torpedo nets — were a passive naval warship defensive device against torpedoes, whose use was common practice from the 1890s through World War I. Torpedo nets were superseded by the anti torpedo bulge and torpedo belts.OriginsFollowing the introduction of the… …
55The Chords (U.S.) — The Chords was a 1950s American doo wop group, whose lone hit was Sh Boom . They were often cited as the first R B group of the 1950s to reach the pop charts.Line upThe Chords Carl (lead) and Claude Feaster (baritone), Jimmy Keyes (first tenor),… …
56Boom (windsurfing) — A boom in the context of windsurfing is a piece of equipment that attaches to the mast, providing structural support for the sail. Early booms were tied on to the mast using rope, but most newer booms use a clamp mechanism for attachments. Booms… …
57Thunderclap (comics) — Superherobox caption=Thunderclap in Civil War Frontline #3, art by Ramon Bachs. comic color=background:#ff8080 character name=Thunderclap real name=Stanley George Johnson publisher=Marvel Comics debut= Spider Man Weekly #607, (October, 1984)… …
58Real Business Cycle Theory — (or RBC Theory) is a class of macroeconomic models in which business cycle fluctuations to a large extent can be accounted for by real (in contrast to nominal) shocks. (The four primary economic fluctuations are secular (trend), business cycle,… …
59United States Navy in Vieques, Puerto Rico — Vieques, Puerto Rico, from the Air The United States Navy used Vieques, Puerto Rico for naval training and testing from 1941 to May 1, 2003. Some current studies show drastic increases in health problems which may or may not be related to toxic… …
60Howden Moor Incident — The Howden Moor Incident or Sheffield Incident, which took place over the Dark Peak between Manchester and Sheffield on March 24, 1997, is an alleged encounter between a UFO and Royal Air Force Tornado aircraft, scrambled from RAF Coningsby in… …
