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  • 101Wage insurance — is a form of proposed insurance that would provide workers with compensation if they are forced to move to a job with a lower salary. The idea is usually proposed as a response to outsourcing and the effects of globalization, although it could… …

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  • 103Descriptions des Arts et Métiers — Descriptions des Arts et Métiers, faites ou approuvées par messieurs de l Académie Royale des Sciences was published by the Académie Royale des Sciences of Paris between 1761 and 1788. The full series comprises 113 folio volumes plus three… …

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  • 104Little Lever — infobox UK place latitude= 53.5633 longitude= 2.3699 official name= Little Lever population= 11,505 (2001 Census) os grid reference= SD7507 metropolitan borough= Bolton metropolitan county= Greater Manchester region= North West England country=… …

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  • 105Halifax — /hal euh faks /, n. 1. Earl of (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood), 1881 1959, British statesman. 2. a seaport in and the capital of Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 117,882. 3. a city in West Yorkshire, in N central England. 91,171. * * * City (pop., 2001 …

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  • 106Darwen — This article is about the town in Lancashire. For the similarly named river which runs through the town, see River Darwen. Not to be confused with any of the possible meanings of Darwin. Coordinates: 53°41′53″N 2°27′40″W /  …

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  • 107Bradford on Avon — infobox UK place country= England official name= Bradford on Avon population= 9,326 latitude= 51.34690833 longitude= 2.251063889 shire district= West Wiltshire shire county= Wiltshire os grid reference= ST823605 region= South West England post… …

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  • 108Power loom — The first power loom, a mechanized loom powered by a drive shaft, was designed in 1784 by Edmund Cartwright and first built in 1785, later to be perfected by William Horrocks. It allowed textile making to be done far faster than if a human had… …

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  • 109Hermann Broch — Infobox Person name = Hermann Broch image size = caption = birth name = birth date = birth date|1886|11|01 birth place = Vienna, Austria death date = death date and age|1951|05|30|1886|11|01 death place = death cause = resting place = resting… …

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  • 110Korea, South — Introduction Korea, South Background: After World War II, a republic was set up in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula while a Communist style government was installed in the north. The Korean War (1950 53) had US and other UN forces… …

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