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Funk And Wagnalls Carbon Dioxide
941 wordsCarbon dioxide lasers are one of the most powerful lasers ever constructed. The word LASER stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Lasers are devices that amplify light and produce light beams, ranging from infrared to ultraviolet. A light beam is consistent when its waves or photons, increase while mixing together. Laser light can be extremely intense, highly directional and very pure in color. Gas lasers such as the carbon dioxide laser is made active by ultraviolet...
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Description Targeted Spell Area Of Effect Attack
515 wordsCasting Cost: 1 mana point for every 2 hp healed Description: The Medic starts with this spell and may cast it on any organic Description: The Medic may cast this spell on any unit to remove harmful spell effects (does not affect Stasis Field, but does include Lockdown) Description: Targeted spell. The unit hit will have his sight range reduced to 1 matrix permanently (unless restored by Medic). The unit affected should have Blinded displayed in info box. Also removes detection ability if the un...
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Tons Of Tnt Power Of One
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Shell And Flame Crimson And Yellow Branch
350 wordsThe symbol of the Ordnance Branch is a gold color metal shell and flame. This symbol was assigned to the Ordnance Branch in 1832. The shell and flame harmonizes with the protection of days gone by. The branch color is Crimson and yellow. In the beginning, the Ordnance Corps had a red trail, the same as Artillery. Later on in 1851, Crimson was assigned to this branch. Then in 1902 it was changed to black and scarlet. Then finally, in 1921, crimson and yellow were assigned the colors of this branc...
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World War Ii Equal Rights
675 wordsJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29 th, 1917 and died on November the 22 nd, 1963. He was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, and was assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald as his limousine drove by the Texas School Book Depository building and through Dealey Plaza. He was in office from 1961 - 1963, he was the youngest man elected President, and the youngest to die in the office. Of Irish descent, he was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard...
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Saddam Hussein Chemical Weapons
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Gulf War Syndrome President George Bush
1,097 words... to use air power with logistic and raiding strategies. The second and third phase was combat and raiding strategies that would use standoff air power, close-in power, ground artillery and naval artillery. The fourth phase used a combat and persisting strategy, which was set out to remove Iraqi forces. During all four phases the Coalition concentrated on the Iraqi weaknesses. The greatest weakness was their underestimation of the Coalitions capabilities. The Iraqi strategy was based on things...
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U S Navy Surface Of The Water
2,531 wordsWouldnt it be fun to ride a torpedo, or drive a nuclear reactor around underwater? In this research paper I am going to illustrate the ingenious submarine. The submarine is one of the most important strategic and tactical weapons systems of the 20 th Century, and this importance will increase in the 21 st Century. The tiny, leaking, creaking, and unsafe submarine boats of the 1890 s, displacing under two hundred tons and carrying a handful of men and a few torpedoes have grown into massive, soph...
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World War Ii Soviet Union
1,254 wordsForeign Policy in the 21 st Century T-TH 2 pm Code Parker Dr. Lin Chang February 2, 2005 Events, Policies and Actions between the United States and the USSR during the Carter, Regan and Bush Sr. Administrations The relationship between superpowers has always been complex. There is the natural inclination to achieve dominance on the world stage, while trying to keep a stable relationship with other world powers. The United States and the USSR had been recognized as superpowers since the end of Wo...
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Mikhail Gorbachev Warsaw Pact
1,108 wordsTHE COLD WAR The Cold War was the located tension between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. It started in the mid 40 's after WWII had left Europe in shambles and Russia and the USA in superpower positions. The Cold War was a clash of these supergiants in political, ideological, military, and economic values and ideas. Though military build up was great on both sides neither one ever directly fought each other. In this essay I'm going to bring forth the following points: Rise of...
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U S S R Soviet Union
1,080 wordsAmerica on the other hand was not at all concerned about its security. Many other western countries had encouraged America to take leadership in the west because of its stability and ability to ensure protection to the other smaller, less powerful countries. America was the most powerful country at that time and many nationalistic Americans felt that America should behave like a super-power and take the leading role in world affairs. America had always needed to invest money abroad to ensure its...
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Shell And Flame Crimson And Yellow Branch
355 wordsThe Ordnance Corps Ordnance Corps The symbol of the Ordnance Branch is a gold color metal shell and flame. This symbol was assigned to the Ordnance Branch in 1832. The shell and flame harmonizes with the protection of days gone by. The branch color is Crimson and yellow. In the beginning, the Ordnance Corps had a red trail, the same as Artillery. Later on in 1851, Crimson was assigned to this branch. Then in 1902 it was changed to black and scarlet. Then finally, in 1921, crimson and yellow were...
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Rest Of The World Ballistic Missile
1,044 wordsNuclear Diplomacy and Arms Control 1. There would be several advantages for the Government of India by adhering to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). For instance, adhering would ease international pressures spearheaded by the United States, Great Britain, and France. As India is just starting to become a nuclear power of its own, the already nuclear? powers that be? want to use India as an example to the rest of the world. As more countries become nuclear, they should sign the CT...
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Policy Of Containment Soviet Union
1,063 wordsAmerica? s Policy of Containment was introduced by George Kennan in 1947. This policy had a few good points but many more bad points. Kennans depiction of communism as a malignant parasite that had to be contained by all possible measures became the basis of the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and National Security Act in 1947. In his Inaugural Address of January 20, 1949, Truman made four points about his program for peace and freedom: to support the UN, the European Recovery Program, the colle...
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Iran Contra Affair Ronald Reagan
1,845 wordsRonald Reagan Reagan the Man, the President written by Hedrick Smith was a stirring biography of a mans life. Ronald Reagan was the fortieth President of the United States. He had a successful career but a term of turmoil also came with it. He was involved in a huge scandal but, his economic policies were full of flaws and this brought his countrys economy down. He was a man who supposedly had no chance of winning the Presidency because he was an actor but dedication helped his cause. He seeming...
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Wanted To Find Fidel Castro
806 wordsFidel Fidel Castro Fidel Castro Fidel Castro was the Cuban Prime Minister from 1959 to 1974, and then became president of Cuba in 1974. Castro is still president of Cuba today. Castro was born on August 13, 1927 in Mayor. His father was an immigrant from Garcia, Spain. He attended Catholic schools as a child. In 1945, he went to the University of Havana. He got his degree in law in 1950. He married Maria Diaz-Blast in 1948, and he then divorced her in 1954. He first got power in 1959, after Cuba...
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Cuban Crisis Equal Rights Kennedy
530 wordsJohn F. Kennedy graduated from Harvard in 1940, and soon after he entered the Navy. In 1943, when his PT boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, Kennedy, despite serious injuries, led the survivors through perilous waters to safety. Back from the war, he became a Democratic Congressman from the Boston area, advancing in 1953 to the Senate. He married Jacqueline Bouvier on September 12, 1953. In 1955, while recuperating from a back operation, he wrote Profiles in Courage, which won the ...
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Stimulated Emission Nobel Prize
1,216 wordsThe Wonderful World of Lasers Laser stands for Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Lasers work by producing an intense beam of bright light that travels in one direction. The laser has the unique ability to produce one specific color or wavelength of light, which can be varied in its intensity and pulse duration. The newest laser systems have become remarkably precise and selective, allowing treatment results and safety levels not previously available. All lasers contain...
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U S Navy U S Forces
1,721 wordsThe JMSDF (Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force) Japan is an island country surrounded by water. This means that the threat to Japan always comes from the sea. Japan also relies heavily on other countries for the supply of natural resources that are indispensable to national existence. Over 90 percent of imports are transported through sea routes. Taking into account the factors of geographical and economic features, the main mission of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) is to defend t...
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Aggression Pact Soviet Union
783 wordsThis paper is a one sided paper blaming the soviets for the cold war. It can also be written against the Americans. Karrie Pilgrim History P. 6 May 23, 1998 please inform me of what you thought about my paper. Whos to Blame for the Cold War? by Karrie Pilgrim Beginning after the end of World War II and proceeding until 1990, the Cold War has effected all countries in Eastern and Western Europe. Through unsettled grievances, the Soviet Union and United States have fought a nuclear arms war to sho...
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