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Scientists recently documented that influenza spreads around the world
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In 431 B.C. several hundred cavalry soldiers received a state burial o
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Theorists are divided about the cause of the Permian mass extinctions.
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Last year, a certain orchard produced a record number of oranges. Will
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The enormous distances between stars are not spaces entirely devoid of
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Historically, relations between workers and employers in the United St
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Computer programs exist that attempt to generate random numbers, but n
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Solar ponds are bodies of water in which circulation is incomplete and
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At the Freedom Party presidential nominating convention, Candidate Aku
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People native to islands far from major land masses usually subsist ma
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A 2003 study revealed that cinnamon may help improve blood sugar and c
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In a certain university course, some of the students took their own ha
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Historians have long thought that America was, from the beginning, pro
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More selective than most chemical pesticides in that they ordinarily
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Since the late 1970s, in the face of a severe loss of market share in
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Our police academy no longer requires its applicants to pass a physi
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A popular beach has long had a dolphin feeding program in which fish a
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1935
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Smokers who switched to a low-tar, light or mild brand of cigarette
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A prominent investor who holds a large stake in the Burton Tool compan
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Twelve years ago and again five years ago, there were extended periods
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Compared to the old equipment used by factory workers to assemble circ
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For several years, per capita expenditure on prescription drugs in Vor
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The university's constitution defines the powers of two governing bod
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In these modern times of fast food lunches, take-away dinners and read
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The advent of online education in the first decade of the 21st century
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The chemicals division at Company M spent 4% of its 2008 budget on mar
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