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1Crisis — For other uses, see Crisis (disambiguation). A crisis (plural: crises ; adjectival form: critical ) (from the Greek κρίσις, krisis) is any event that is, or expected to lead to, an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual, group,… …
2Messinian salinity crisis — Events of the Cenozoic view • discuss •  …
3FBI Crisis Negotiation Unit — The FBI s Crisis Negotiation Unit (CNU) is the part of the Operational Support Branch of its Critical Incident Response Group responsible for the FBI s Crisis (Hostage) Negotiation Program. The mission of the CNU is four fold, consisting of… …
4Taiwan's identity crisis — has been an ongoing issue for several decades arising from the political rivalry between the Republic of China (ROC) and the People s Republic of China (PRC). Taiwanese are frustrated by the political rivalry which is the cause of confusion both… …
5diplomacy — /di ploh meuh see/, n. 1. the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations. 2. the art or science of conducting such negotiations. 3. skill in managing negotiations, handling people, etc., so that there is… …
6Dartford F.C. — Dartford Full name Dartford Football Club Nickname(s) The Darts Founded 1888 …
7china — /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 …
8China — /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 …
9Business cycle — Economics …
10United 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… …
