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41Setback Thermostat — A thermostat that can be set to automatically lower temperatures in an unoccupied house and raise them again before the occupant returns …
42setback lines — See building lines …
43setback restriction — See building lines …
44suffer a setback — lose a game, fail a test, become injured or ill Italy s soccer team suffered a setback losing to Ireland …
45Thermostat, Setback — A device, containing a clock mechanism, which can automatically change the inside temperature maintained by the HVAC system according to a preset schedule. The heating or cooling requirements can be reduced when a building is unoccupied or when …
46United 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… …
47Economic 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… …
48Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
49Architecture of the night — De Volharding Building, The Hague, 1928 by Jan Buijs, photographed in 1930 …
502006 Lebanon War — For the First Lebanon War, see 1982 Lebanon War. 2006 Lebanon War Part of the Israeli Lebanese conflict and Arab Israeli co …
