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  • 1Nuclear power in North Korea — The Democratic People s Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea) has been attempting to develop nuclear technology since the 1950s. Although the country currently has no known operational nuclear reactors, efforts at developing its… …

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  • 2fisheries —    With nearly 20,000 vessels of varying size capable of unloading well over a million tons of fish a year from near and distant waters, the Spanish fishing fleet is the largest by far in the EU. Three quarters of the fleet is based in the… …

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  • 3ship — shipless, adj. shiplessly, adv. /ship/, n., v., shipped, shipping. n. 1. a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 2. Naut. a. a sailing vessel square rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a… …

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  • 4Lake freighter — Lake freighters, or Lakers, are cargo vessels that ply the Great Lakes. The most well known is the SS Edmund Fitzgerald , the latest major vessel to be wrecked on the Lakes. These vessels are traditionally called boats, not ships. In the mid 20th …

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  • 5School bus — This article is about vehicles specifically designed and manufactured for carrying students to and from school. For information about school transportation in general, see student transport. School Bus Front 3/4 view of a typical North American… …

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  • 6Crane (machine) — A modern crawler type derrick crane with outriggers. The latticed boom is fitted with a jib. A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower material …

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  • 7USS Belle Grove (LSD-2) — was a sclass|Ashland|dock landing ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of Belle Grove Plantation, the birthplace of President James Madison (1751–1836) in Port Conway, Virginia. Belle Grove was laid down on 27 October 1942 by the Moore… …

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  • 8Guadalcanal Campaign — Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II …

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  • 9solids, mechanics of — ▪ physics Introduction       science concerned with the stressing (stress), deformation (deformation and flow), and failure of solid materials and structures.       What, then, is a solid? Any material, fluid or solid, can support normal forces.… …

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  • 10Bulk carrier — The Sabrina I is a modern Handymax bulk carrier. Class overview Name: Freighter Subclasses …

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