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81History of Soviet and Russian espionage in the United States — Since the late 1920s, the Soviet Union, through its OGPU and NKVD intelligence services, used Russians and foreign born nationals as well as Communist and left leaning Americans to perform espionage activities in the United States.Haynes, John… …
823D computer graphics software — 3D computer graphics Basics …
83SAAN — Infobox Defunct Company company name = SAAN company fate = Filed for bankruptcy, stores shut down company type = Discount store chain foundation = 1947 defunct = 2008 location = flagicon|Canada Mississauga, Ontario industry = Retail products =… …
84hardware — n 1. metalware, hard goods, durables, appliances, Brit. ironmongery. 2. equipment, gear, accouterments, appurtenances, fixtures, paraphernalia, Inf. things; tools, contrivances, machinery, implements, utensils, conveniences; All Mil. arms,… …
85o|ver|ex|tend|ed — «OH vuhr ihk STEHN dihd», adjective. having greater liabilities than assets: »The American family, buying hard goods on the newly discovered installment plan, was equally exposed to the hazard of overextended credit (Bulletin of Atomic… …
86Penal system in the People's Republic of China — Hard labor still was the most common form of punishment in China in the 1980s. The penal system stressed reform rather than retribution, and it was expected that productive labor would reduce the penal institutions cost to society. Even death… …
87United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
88Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
89Foreign trade of the Soviet Union — Soviet foreign trade played only a minor role in the Soviet economy. In 1985, for example, exports and imports each accounted for only 4 percent of the Soviet gross national product. The Soviet Union maintained this low level because it could… …
90china — /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 …
