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31C-5 Galaxy — Infobox Aircraft name=C 5 Galaxy type=Strategic airlifter manufacturer=Lockheed Georgia Co. caption= designer= first flight=30 June 1968 introduction=June 1970 retired= status=Operational Active: 33 Reserve: 45 ANG: 30Mehuron, Tamar A., Assoc.… …
32Southwest Airlines Flight 812 — The Boeing 737–300 involved in the incident, registration N632SW, pictured in 2007. Incident summary …
33Nondestructive testing — or Non destructive testing (NDT) is a wide group of analysis techniques used in science and industry to evaluate the properties of a material, component or system without causing damage.[1] The terms Nondestructive examination (NDE),… …
34National Bridge Inventory — The National Bridge Inventory (NBI) is a database, compiled by the Federal Highway Administration, with information on all bridges and tunnels in the United States that have roads passing above or below. This is similar to the grade crossing… …
35Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
36Space Shuttle Columbia disaster — For further information about Columbia s mission and crew, see STS 107. STS 107 mission patch The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission, STS 107, the Space… …
37international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
38Corruption in the People's Republic of China — Political corruption Corruption Perceptions Index, 2010 …
39De la Concorde overpass collapse — On September 30, 2006, part of an overpass (65 foot / 19.8 m section of a three lane overpass) (The Associated Press 2006a) collapsed in Laval, a suburb of Montreal, on Boulevard de la Concorde running over Autoroute 19. The collapse… …
40schools system — The 1944 Education Act in England and Wales enshrined the principle of balanced responsibilities for the structure and content of education. One of the corollaries of the system of checks and balances was individuals’ perception that power… …
