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  • 1labour economics — Study of how workers are allocated among jobs, how their rates of pay are determined, and how their efficiency is affected by various factors. The labour force of a country includes all those who work for gain in any capacity as well as those who …

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  • 2Intensive farming — or intensive agriculture is an agricultural production system characterized by the high inputs of capital, fertilizers, labour, or labour saving technologies such as pesticides relative to land area. [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article 9042533… …

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  • 3Bisulfite sequencing — Figure 1: Outline of bisulfite conversion of sample sequence of genomic DNA. Nucleotides in blue are unmethylated cytosines converted to uracils by bisulfite, while red nucleotides are 5 methylcytosines resistant to conversion …

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  • 4Ffestiniog Railway — Heritage Railway name = Ffestiniog Railway caption = Two trains passing at Tan y Bwlch, c. 1900 locale = Wales terminus = Porthmadog linename = Festiniog Railway Company builtby = Festiniog Railway Company originalgauge = RailGauge|23.5… …

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  • 5Triumph Herald — Infobox Automobile |sp=uk name = Triumph Herald manufacturer = Standard Triumph production = 1959 1971 predecessor = Standard 8 / 10 successor = Triumph Toledo body style = Two door saloon, coupé, estate, van and convertible engine = 948 cc OHV… …

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  • 6Gutenberg Bible — of the New York Public Library, bought by James Lenox in 1847. The first to come to the USA, national folklore has it that the officers at the New York Customs House removed their hats on seeing it. The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42 line… …

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  • 7Frederick Gard Fleay — (1831 ndash; 1909) was an influential and prolific nineteenth century Shakespeare scholar.Fleay, the son of a linen draper, graduated from King s College London (1849) and Trinity College, Cambridge (1853), where he received mathematical training …

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  • 8china — /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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  • 9China — /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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  • 10social security — 1. (usually caps.) a program of old age, unemployment, health, disability, and survivors insurance maintained by the U.S. federal government through compulsory payments by specific employer and employee groups. 2. the theory or practice of… …

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