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71Technology of the 2000s — In general= * broadband internet usage in the US increases drastically, from 6% of U.S. internet users in June 2000 to what [http://news.com.com/Study+Broadband+penetration+to+surge+by+2010/2100 1034 3 5815756.html one study] predicts will be 62% …
72Crown (automobile) — Detroit Auto Vehicle Company Industry Automobile Predecessor Detroit Novelty Machine Company Successor none Founded 1905 Defunct 1907 Headquarters Detroit, Mic …
73Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
74Serbia — /serr bee euh/, n. a former kingdom in S Europe: now, with revised boundaries, a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, in the N part; includes the autonomous provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina. 9,660,000; 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Cap.:… …
75tractor — /trak teuhr/, n. 1. a powerful motor driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc. 2. Also called truck tractor. a short truck with a driver s cab but no body, designed for hauling a trailer or… …
76technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …
77Ice hockey — sport imagesize=250px caption=Two defencemen and a goaltender guard their goal. The referee s raised arm indicates that he intends to call a penalty. union=International Ice Hockey Federation nickname=Hockey first=March 3, 1875, Victoria Skating… …
78Aquilonia (Conan) — Aquilonia is a fictional country created by Robert E. Howard as part of his Hyborian world, created for his character Conan the Barbarian. Conan eventually becomes king of this country. Howard was quite precise concerning the geographic… …
79Blended mode — is a type of Charge depleting mode of operation of a Plug in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in which a portion of the motive energy is supplied by the electric portion of the system whose batteries are recharged from an external source. To… …
80Sediment Profile Imagery — (SPI) is an underwater technique for photographing the interface between the seabed and the overlying water. The technique is used to measure or estimate biological, chemical, and physical processes occurring in the first few centimetres of… …
