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  • 111Hitachi — For other uses, see Hitachi (disambiguation). Hitachi, Ltd. 株式会社日立製作所 Type Public Kabushiki gaisha Traded as TYO …

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  • 112Optical fiber connector — An optical fiber connector terminates the end of an optical fiber, and enables quicker connection and disconnection than splicing. The connectors mechanically couple and align the cores of fibers so that light can pass. Better connectors lose… …

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  • 113List of problems solved by MacGyver — This is a list of problems that have been solved by the fictional character MacGyver from the television series of the same name. (This list is not yet comprehensive.) MacGyver employs his resourcefulness and his knowledge of chemistry,… …

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  • 114I-35W Mississippi River bridge — This article is about the bridge that collapsed in 2007. For the replacement bridge, see I 35W Saint Anthony Falls Bridge. Mississippi River Bridge …

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  • 115Dick Jarmon — Articleissues wikify = March 2008 citationstyle = August 2008 orphan = August 2008 introrewrite = August 2008 peacock = August 2008Dick Jarmon, a.k.a. The Porter Cable Collector, has always had a fascination for power tools (Hicks 12). It was at… …

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  • 116carboxylic acid — Chem. any organic acid containing one or more carboxyl groups. [1900 05; CARBOXYL + IC] * * * Any organic compound with the general chemical formula ―COOH in which a carbon (C) atom is bonded to an oxygen (O) atom by a double bond to make a… …

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  • 117Israel — /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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  • 118performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 119railroad — /rayl rohd /, n. 1. a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail. 2. an entire system… …

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  • 120Calendar of 2000 — ▪ 2001 January We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history. Never before has our nation enjoyed, at once, so much prosperity and social progress with so little internal crisis and so few external threats. Never before have we had such… …

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