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51Private equity in the 1990s — relates to one of the major periods in the history of private equity and venture capital. Within the broader private equity industry, two distinct sub industries, leveraged buyouts and venture capital experienced growth along parallel although… …
52Chief Performance Officer of the United States — (CPO) is a position in the Office of Management and Budget (within the Executive Office of the President of the United States), first announced on January 7, 2009 by then President elect Barack Obama. The new post concentrates on the federal… …
53Distributed control system — Part of a series of articles on Industry Manufacturing methods Batch production • Job production Continuous production Improvement method …
54Mind control in popular culture — Mind control has proven a popular subject in fiction, featuring in books and films such as The IPCRESS File and The Manchurian Candidate, both stories featuring the premise that controllers could hypnotize a person into murdering on command while …
55Economic history of the People's Republic of China — Throughout most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as during much of earlier Chinese history, the economy was barely able to meet the basic needs of the country s huge population the largest in the world. In normal years the economy… …
56motion picture, history of the — Introduction history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first …
57Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom — United Kingdom Nuclear program start date 10 April 1940 First nuclear weapon test 2 October 1952 First fusion weapon test …
58Fallujah during the Iraq War — Map showing the location of Fallujah in Iraq The United States occupation of Fallujah began in April 2003, one month following the beginning of the invasion of Iraq. In April 2003 US forces opened fire on a group of demonstrators, claiming they… …
59Command and Control Research Program (CCRP) — [http://www.dodccrp.org The Command and Control Research Program (CCRP)] within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (NII) focuses upon (1) improving both the state of the art and the state of the practice of command and control (C2)… …
60Command and Control Research Program — For other uses, see CCRP (disambiguation). The Command and Control Research Program (CCRP) within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (NII) focuses upon (1) improving both the state of the art and the state of the practice of command …
