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Small business research summary volume RS no. 285
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SBA Office of Advocacy
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[2006]
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English
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NASA technical memorandum volume 2012-217673
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
23) Investigation of asymmetric thrust detection with demonstration in a real-time simulation testbed
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NASA technical memorandum volume 2016-218925
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center
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January 2016.
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English
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NASA technical memorandum volume 2012-217675
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center
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[2012]
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English
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2016
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English
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"All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. Exploring how this troubled memory works in Vietnam, the United States, Laos, Cambodia, and South Korea, the book deals specifically with the Vietnam War and also war in general. He reveals how war is a part of our identity, as individuals and as citizens of nations armed to the teeth. Venturing through literature, film, monuments, memorials, museums, and landscapes...
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"The United States today is hopelessly polarized; the political Right and Left have hardened into rigid and deeply antagonistic camps, preventing any sort of progress. Amid the bickering and inertia, the promise of the 1960s-when we came together as a nation to fight for equality and universal justice-remains unfulfilled. As Shelby Steele reveals in Shame, the roots of this impasse can be traced back to that decade of protest, when in the act of uncovering...
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NIST technical note volume 1857
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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English
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In Alice Walker's second story collection, women stand their ground in the midst of crisis This collection builds on Alice Walker's earlier work, the much-praised In Love & Trouble. But unlike her first collection of stories, the women in these tenderly wrought tales face their problems head on, proving powerful and self-possessed even when degraded by others-sometimes by those closest to them. But even as the female protagonists face exploitation,...
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Define symmetry and asymmetry in painting and sculpture, and the key effects on the viewer of each. Also, study scale and proportion of figures, and the distinction between "open" and "closed" composition, reflecting the artist's approach to visually framing the image.
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Uses the extraordinary account of how the biggest private company in the world grew to be that big to tell the story of modern corporate America. The annual revenue of Koch Industries is bigger than that of Goldman Sachs, Facebook, and U.S. Steel combined. Koch is everywhere: from the fertilizers that make our food to the chemicals that make our pipes to the synthetics that make our carpets and diapers to the Wall Street trading in all these commodities....
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Free-Motion Quilting Essentials volume 5
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English
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Next up, try your hand at dramatic-looking S-curves and arcs that can be as classic or modern as you want them to look. Christina demonstrates radiant designs like flowers and stars, including ways to connect them with meandering lines, and shares additional tips for creating symmetry or asymmetry.
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Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that.
Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate from those in the cell nucleus. It is thought that they were once bacteria...
39) Summary of "Some Reflections on Globalization and Neoliberalism in Latin America and Argentina" by P
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We have summarized here the essential of this book by the author.SOME REFLECTIONS ON GLOBALIZATION AND NEOLIBERALISM IN LATIN AMERICA AND ARGENTINASince the 1980s, it has been said that the world became a GLOBAL VILLAGE, in the heat of the technological revolution, the overcoming of the limits of space and time, and social homogenization (economic, political, and cultural). Although with fragmentations and asymmetries.
40) Deep Awakening
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中文(繁體)
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A moment that ought to have lasted for ever, has come and gone before I knew. After years of emotional drifting and tossing and turning, he finally found his long-lost emotional home. Ordinary people like us, in this information asymmetry reality, how much time and energy do we need to spend on each other's torture?