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  • 21Mining (military) — Explosion of the mine beneath Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt on the Western Front during World War I (July 1 1916). Photo by Ernest Brooks Mining, landmining or undermining is a siege method which has been used since antiquity against a walled city,… …

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  • 22Millennium Park — For other uses, see Millennium Park (disambiguation). Millennium Park Millennium Park as seen from the north in 2005 …

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  • 23Burglar alarm — Silent alarm redirects here. For the album, see Silent Alarm (album). Burglar (or intrusion), fire and safety alarms are all electronic today. Sensors are connected to a control unit via a low voltage hardwire or narrowband RF signal which is… …

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  • 24List of Cosmic Era superweapons — This is a list of fictional superweapons from the Cosmic Era (CE) timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries. Nuclear technologies After the Bloody Valentine War all military use of these technologies was banned by the Treaty of Junius. This did not …

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  • 25Millimeter wave scanner — Active millimeter wave technology Active Millimeter Wave Unit A millimeter wave scanner is a whole–body imaging device used for detecting ob …

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  • 26Fritzl case — The Fritzl case emerged in late April 2008 when a 42 year old Austrian woman, Elisabeth Fritzl, stated to police that she had been sexually abused, raped, and physically assaulted by her father, Josef Fritzl, since 1977 and had been imprisoned by …

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  • 27artillery — /ahr til euh ree/, n. 1. mounted projectile firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms. 2. the troops or the branch of an army concerned with the use and service of such weapons. 3.… …

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  • 28china — /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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  • 29China — /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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  • 30performing 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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