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  • 111Milton Balkany — Born 1946 (age 64–65) Detroit, MI Charge(s) Extortion, blackmail, wire fraud Conviction(s) November 2010. Penalty 4 years Federal imprisonment. Projected release date 08 12 2014 …

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  • 112Biodiesel standard — Biodiesel has a number of standards for its quality.The European standard for biodiesel is EN 14214, which is translated into the respective national standards for each country that forms the CEN (European Committee for Standardization) area e.g …

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  • 113japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 114Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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  • 115insurance — /in shoor euhns, sherr /, n. 1. the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one s person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a… …

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  • 116War of Currents — In the War of Currents era (sometimes, War of the Currents or Battle of Currents ) in the late 1880s, George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison became adversaries due to Edison s promotion of direct current (DC) for electric power distribution over… …

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  • 117industrial polymers, major — Introduction       chemical compounds used in the manufacture of synthetic industrial materials.       In the commercial production of plastics, elastomers, man made fibres, adhesives, and surface coatings, a tremendous variety of polymers are… …

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  • 118Packard — For people named Packard, see Packard (surname). For computer company, see Hewlett Packard. Packard Former type Automobile company Industry Manufacturing Founde …

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  • 119South African contract law — is essentially a modernised version of the Roman Dutch law of contract, [1] which is itself rooted in Roman law. In the broadest definition, a contract is an agreement entered into by two or more parties with the serious intention of creating a… …

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  • 120Scooter (motorcycle) — The Vespa was the first globally popular scooter. A scooter is a motorcycle with step through frame and a platform for the operator s feet. Elements of scooter design have been present in some of the earliest motorcycles, and motorcycles… …

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