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  • 111mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …

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  • 112Calendar of 1995 — ▪ 1996 January January 1       Cardoso assumes office       Having won some 54% of the ballots cast in the October 1994 election, Fernando Cardoso took the oath of office as president of Brazil. As chief executive of South America s largest… …

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  • 113chemical industry — Introduction       complex of processes, operations, and organizations engaged in the manufacture of chemicals and their derivatives.       Although the chemical industry may be described simply as the industry that uses chemistry and… …

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  • 114Pittsburgh — This article is about the city in Pennsylvania. For the region, see Pittsburgh metropolitan area. For other uses, see Pittsburgh (disambiguation). City of Pittsburgh   City   …

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  • 115International Space Station program — The International Space Station program is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the fifteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and… …

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  • 116DISCLOSE Act — The Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act, commonly known as the DISCLOSE Act and also known as H.R. 5175 (S.3628 Senate), was a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Chris Van Hollen (D… …

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  • 117Mali Health Organizing Project — s logo Motto Promoting health change, not charity Formation 2006 Type …

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  • 118MUSIQUE — La musique!... Qu’est ce que cela veut dire?... Il est permis de supposer que Bach aurait su tranquillement trouver la réponse à une telle question, et sans doute aussi Couperin, Lassus, Grégoire le Grand et Aristoxène. Plus près de nous, Rameau… …

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